ITINERARY: FEGLINO – “PRA’ MARTINO” (FARMSTEAD) – SAN GIACOMO – BENEVENTO’S BEECH TREES
By car (from Finale Ligure’s train station FF SS): you take the national road Aurelia (Strada Statale 1) in the direction of Savona and you turn left at the first crossroad (200 m after the roundabout). You drive now on the road SP27 (Street Domenico Brunenghi) for about 1,3 Km until you reach Finalborgo. Here you turn right joining the street SP27 towards “Feglino” and going on for about 5,2 Km to reach the city center of Feglino. Go beyond the highway overpass and you start climbing up the street “Via Rocche Bianche”. After 800 m you take the deviation for “Via Concezione” and the graveyard of Feglino where you can park.
Trail classification: trail of historical and naturalistic interest
Level: Moderate/Hard
Duration: 5h Length: 17 Km Elevation gain: 620 m
Trail mark: two red X (XX)
The trail is wide and easily walkable. It goes uphill steeply.
Take the unpaved road that starts beyond the graveyard to start a long and demanding climb to the pass of San Giacomo. Ignore the little deviations for the next 1 km until you reach a big fork: take the right hand side direction and go on for other 400 m to turn left at the next fork. A third fork will appear after other 600 m: keep going right.
The main trial will lead you to the abandoned farmstead called “Prà Martino”.
Then, after 500 m, the trail join a bigger unpaved road: keep going left. You keep going on for 1,2 Km, on the tral “Alta Via dei Monti Liguri (AV) to finally reach the Church of San Giacomo.
Trail mark: three yellow dots
The trail is well signaled and easily walkable.
This new trail (follow the vertical signals) leads to the thousand year old beech trees of Benevento (30 minutes).
Turn around and follow back your steps to get back to the starting point and the car.
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