ITINERARY: SAN BERNARDINO – CIAPPO DEI CECI – CIAPPO DELLE CONCHE – SAN BERNARDINO
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 turn left at the first crossroad (200 m after the roundabout). You drive now on the road SP27 (Street Domenico Brunenghi) for about 400 meters until you reach a new crossroad where you have to turn right (street named: Via della Pineta; it goes uphill). You keep going uphill on this road for about 3,5 Km. At this point you are going to find a large square where you can park (the stree where you are now is called: Via Giovanni da Verrazzano).
Total length of the car route: 4,1 Km
Duration: 3 h 30 min Length: 10 Km Elevation gain: 130 m
Before starting the itinerary, we recommend a quick visit to the Church of San Bernardino: take the uphill road in front of you for 300 meters and take a look to the church and to the landscape!
Once you are back to the starting point, keep following the main road for about 250 meter (pay attention to the cars), and mind your left-hand side: here starts a little deviation (downhill) that is going to lead you to a big signpost (in 20 meters) that indicates you the right way.
Trail mark: yellow mark
This first stretch it’s a 700 meters long of apparently flat ground trail that, passing through an olive grove, is going to bring you to the very little river called “Rio Ruggetta” . You cross it and you turn left at the very first fork.
Trail mark: red mark
The trail is now following the riverbed, going uphill. Mind your right-hand side to see the little cave “Grotta del rio Ruggetta”. During this stretch, you are going to cross the river a couple of times, ending to the left side of the river and finding a new fork.
Trail mark: red mark supported by a triangle with a red dot
At this point, you take the trail on your left and you walk for about 200 meters until you reach another crossroad: you keep going on the right-hand direction.
Trail mark: red square
This is the last stretch of our itinerary. Keep following the main trail (go always on your right-hand side if you run into some little forks) to reach our goals: Ciappo dei Ceci (700m) and Ciappo delle Conche (+ 1Km).
A “Ciappo” is a large calcareous plate that was used in ancient times to collect water by making handmade little canals into the rock. Some graffiti are present too: the most famous are “il trenino”, “il fiore” and “la nave”.
Turn around and follow back your steps to get back to the starting point and the car.
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