First of all, let me tell you that we are sorry for the very very long absence. Sometimes life throws in some difficult moments and we had to deal with it. Now we’re back.
To start again I wish to tell you about a place that is not a “place” as such…
Let me explain. We discovered this place two years ago when we went to visit the Eremo dell’Acquarella. It is an extraordinary church close to Cerreto d’Esi that is very important because in 1529 was the venue of the first general assembly of the Cappucini friars an important offshoot of the Franciscan Order (info here ). The place is an incredibile example of an eremitic curch and in addition to the curch you can find a tower that dominates the valley below. It was spring and the colours of the landscape together with a fantastic range of butterflies flying around made the place magic.
We had quite a lot of time before getting back to Ancona, so we started to drive up the road, that is apparently unnamed, and after a fifteen minutes drive we arrived to the place where the road ends and turn into a “white” road. The place was breathtakingly beautiful. The mix of the Monte San Vicino moutain, the woods, the smell of flowers and the light was fantastic and within ten minutes we had the chance to see a kestrel performing a moment of hanging flight. Above all the sense of peace was absolute even enanched by the wind blowing.
From that day we have been there many many times in every seasons, even if in the heart of winter the snow is not cleared from the last three miles of the road and the place is reachable only by ski, and we have found every time new sceneries, new paths and new discoveries. A very good idea is to start from the Caprareccia and walk on top of all the the peaks around it (mounts Cipollara, Maltempo and all the smaller ones around).
The best thing is to give you a small gallery of images
Just go there. It’s worthy. It’s not a “place” where something happens if not the wonder of our mountains.
Finally two maps to get there
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