Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 August 2015: Night walks in the Natural Reserve
Saturday 8 August: Moonlight guided walk in Monte Pietralata. Enjoy the sunset in the Natural Reserve from the top of Monte Pietralata, with its wonderful view from the Apennines to the Adriatic sea. The moonlight walk will be an incomparable opportunity to live the night with its voices, rumors and maybe see some falling stars. Children over 6 years old will be given a funny kit to play together during the excursion. Meeting point at 17.30 at the tourist office of the Natural Reserve of the Gola del Furlo (punto IAT Furlo) in the village of Furlo di Acqualagna, via Flaminia n.36. Transfer by cars to the starting point of the walk. The total distance to walk going and back is about 7 km. Lenght about 6 hours. Sack dinner.
Sunday 9 August: Night archaeological walk. The guided walk starts at 19.30 from the dyke Enel near the village of Furlo to discover the two tunnels bored by the Romans along the consular Via Flaminia and the other archaeological sites in the territory of the Natural Reserve. In fact the consular road Via Flaminia, built by the Romans in the III century b. C. to connect Rome to Rimini, passed through the Gola del Furlo. Then the excursion will take the visitors to the Grotta del Grano, the place where a castle was built by the Goths. Lenght of the excursion: about 2 hours. Distance: about 4 km.
Free admittance for both events. Reservation is required. Contact the Furlo tourist office (punto IAT Furlo). Phone: 0721-700041. E-mail: riservafurlo@provincia.ps.it
Saturday 8 August: San Lorenzo night at Furlo to observe the stars with an astrophile. The night walk to Monte Paganuccio to observe the stars, with vegetarian dinner and possibility to sleep in the refuge Ca’ I Fabbri is organized by Il Ponticello. The explanation of the sky is made by an astrophile. Price for the excursion and the dinner without sleeping in the refuge: 30 euros. Price including sleeping in the refuge: 45 euros. Meeting point in Fano at 18.00 and in Fossombrone at 18.45. Distance to cover going and back: 6 km total. Lenght of the excursion: about 3 hours. Elevation difference: 250 m. Requests for info and reservations have to be forwarded to federico@ilponticello.net; web www.ilponticello.net; tel/ fax 0721-482607; mobile 3337435749.
