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Nordic walking - weekend on the Island of Elba |
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Nordic walking – weekend on the Island of Elba |  | Come and try Nordic walking with us (a fast walk with poles) on the paths of the Island of Elba.
This simple fun sport is suitable for all age groups and allows you to unite the positive effects of sport (firming shoulder, chest, thigh, bottom, tummy and back muscles) with relaxation and fun. The pristine paths, the silence and the colours of the Island of Elba are ideal for Nordic walking. | | | | 2011 dates: | dates on request for groups of a minimum of 4 people | | Price: | € 245 per person (€ 290 at Easter and national holidays) | The package includes: 2 days of guided excursion as programme with an environmental guide with National Park of the Tuscan Archipelago accreditation, 2 nights half board in a 3 star hotel, return passenger ferry ticket, all transfers on Elba (until 8 person), insurance, technical assistance during the excursions.
The package does not include: the return journey from your place of departure to Piombino, any return ferry passage for cars, drinks at meals, all lunches, any entrance tickets to museums, parks or similar even if scheduled in the programme, extras and anything not specified in the entry “The package includes”. | | | Weekend Nordic Walking with the freedom of accommodation in an apartment (only overnight stay):
Two roomed apartment 4 bed places € 190 per person (€ 240 at Easter and national holidays) | | | Programme weekend Nordic walking on the Island of Elba: | 1st day | Friday: arrive on Elba, meet with guide, dinner and overnight stay. | 2nd day | Saturday: route Marina di Campo, San Piero, Monte Perone, Sant’Ilario, Marina di Campo | 3rd day | Sunday: route: San Piero – the old quarries – San Piero.
At the end of the of the excursion departure | | | | | | Route of the Nordic walking excursion:
| | | Route: Marina di Campo San Piero M.te Perone Sant’Ilario Marina di Campo Distance: 18 km
Time: 8 hours
Difficulty: challenging
Interest: historical, naturalistic, panoramic.
| We leave from the town of Marina di Campo after a few metres along a path on the plain, we take another that climbs directly up to San Piero. Here we take a diversion to Piazza di Facciatoia (Square) to see the beautiful view of Marina di Campo. Leaving the village of San Piero we continue our ascent on granite, among rock roses, strawberry trees and higher up among majestic chestnut trees. On arriving in the Castagnole area we find a spring where we stop to quench our thirst. From here we take a track taking us to Masso alla Quata (745 m asl), the route, then, becomes easy with a slight descent as far as Monte Maolo. From this point our descent to Marina di Campo begins. At first the track is steep and leads to Monte Perone where under the shade of pine trees we take a break. The descent to Marina di Campo is very pleasant, the path surface is good and the view is fantastic. On arriving at Sant’Ilario we continue on tarmac for a short stretch and then take a path that leads to Marina di Campo where our excursion ends. | | | Route: San Piero- Le cave antiche- San Piero Distance: 8 km
Time: 3 hours
Difficulty:easy
Interest: historical, naturalistic, panoramic. | We start our excursion from the Chiesa di San Nicolò (church) on an easy route going up slightly in the direction of Sassi Ritti, an ancient burial place, witnessed by the presence of 4 menhir. This is a historically important area where people lived on Elba thousands of years ago also has beautiful views, we can see the Islands of Montecristo and Giglio and also the chop like form of the Island of Pianosa. From here the path is flat and at about 1.7 km from the start we find a perfectly preserved shepherd’s shelter. These constructions, similar to igloos, were used by farmers up until a few years ago. After about 3 km we get to one of the most important sites on Elba, the granite quarries from the Roman era. From this beautiful and fascinating point the path descends quickly along the granite rocks, we must be careful where we place our feet and poles. On arriving above Cavoli we follow a short stretch of path in a flat area then we start to climb up again in the San Piero direction. | | | | | Info: +39 0565 978005 - info@ilviottolo.com |
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Nordic walking - Elba 
