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This trail connects the village of Campiglia to Persico pebbly beach. Hikers arriving from La Spezia will find the starting point in Santa Caterina square, where the trail enters the Park's boundary and meets the AV5T. After a short stretch of paved road the trail turns to the left down the stairway to Tramonti. It descends gently among vineyards, scattered houses and cultivated terraces, and passes by the fields where the cultivation of saffron and myrtle-leaved orange trees is favored by the peculiar environment. The area is also plenty of Indian fig opuntia. Further along the trail, from the place called Chioso, a secondary trail (528V) descends toward the place called Navone.
Download KMZThe path then becomes steeper and steps get higher, climbing down along abandoned terraces now covered with Mediterranean scrub (tree heath, broom shrubs, holm oaks, mastic shrubs and spurge). Passing by the place called Case Persico you can notice a white mulberry, a reminder of the local tradition (now lost) of breeding silkworms. Past the group of houses, the stairway becomes uneven. Some old traces of sandstone mining can be seen on the right side of the slope, the stone was traditionally used to pave roads in La Spezia and Genoa. In the last stretch of path, the ruined flight of steps were recently replaced by a concrete pavement. Persico beach, where the trail ends, is a pebbly beach with a fresh water spring at the back.
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