Castelmola: Monte Veneretta

Circular walk, 7 km

Route: Castelmola: Monte Veneretta

You walk from the parking lot in Castelmola up the Via Annunziata. You continue to follow the road up. The road turns into a wide path, which winds upwards in hairpin bends. You cut off the bends with stairs. You have beautiful views of Etna. With a narrow path you reach the top of Monte Veneretta, with panoramic views of the surroundings. Then follows a pathless descent. Further on you reach another path, which leads to a road. You descend further via this road and then over a path to end up at the Salita della Scalazza which takes you back to Castelmola.

shape
loop
length
7 km 152
location
Sicily, Italy
start / arrival
path
road:49%  path:29%  stairs:11%  track:11% 
elevation
rise: 482m / fall: -482m
lowest: 473m / highest: 880m
 
Photo: Castello di Castelmola
Castello di Castelmola
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Points of interest

  • Cemetery Castelmola
  • Chiesa di San Nicolò di Bari, Castelmola
  • Chiesa della Santissima Annunziata
  • Castello di Castelmola
  • Parcheggio Via Corita di Mola
  • Parcheggio Castelmola
  • Monte Tauro (395m)
  • Punte Mole (802m)
  • Monte Ziretto (579m)
  • Monte Veneretta (884m)
  • Portella Pandolfo (560m)
  • Portella del Giasso (671m)

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References

Source

We found this trail, ‘Von Taormina auf den Monte Veneretta, 884 m’, in publication ‘Rother Wanderführer: Sizilien’ of Dorothee Sänger, Michael Gahr, published by Bergverlag Rother Gmbh in 2023.

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