The circular route is 170 kilometres long and can be completed in seven days. A new hiking trail winding through the wild, nature-rich landscape of Italy’s Dolomites mountain range has just opened. The Cammino Retico is named after the ancient Raeti people who once lived there in pre-Roman times.
It connects various remote villages between the Veneto and Trentino regions. The circular route is 170 kilometres long and can be completed in seven days. It hopes to bring slow and to some of Italy’s lesser-known territories at risk of depopulation while letting visitors explore an uncrowded and “uncontaminated” side of the country.
Set out by the social association Carpe Diem, the Cammino Retico begins and ends in Aune di Sovramonte near the city of Belluno. The passes through 10 municipalities in the Tesino and Feltrino areas. Each night, can stay in a mountain community including the walled town of Feltre and the lakeside village of Arsiè.
There are already 50 accommodation options along the route. The follows other pre-marked routes including the ancient Claudia Augusta and paths plotted by Italy’s Club Alpino (CAI). Elevation along the Cammino Retico ranges between 400 and 1,450 metres above sea level as the path winds through wild limestone peaks, lush valleys and lake shores.
“It is a chance for tourists to discover the culture and traditions of these uncontaminated, rural areas,” says Francesco De Bortoli from the Carpe Diem association. “And is the best wa.