From Sottochiesa to Fraggio

Just an hour's walk is enough to leave the present behind. From Sottochiesa, heart of the valley, an old mule track climbs among mown meadows and dry-stone walls to Fraggio: a village of stone and wood that has stayed as it was five centuries ago, where stone-slab roofs shine in the sun and every doorway has a story to tell.

The route

You start from Sottochiesa following CAI waymark 155. The trail leaves the last houses, passes the Villaggio dei Tigli and the hamlet of Motardino and gains height on always gentle slopes. After just under two kilometres, there it is: Fraggio, at about 1,000 metres, with the 1493 oratory of San Lorenzo and its courtyard houses, among the most intact examples of rural architecture in the valley.

Those with energy to spare can continue to Rocca, where trail 155 meets CAI trail 150 climbing from Reggetto towards the Piani di Artavaggio.

Good to know

• Start: Sottochiesa, Taleggio. Finish: Rocca.
• Waymark: CAI 155 – route checked on OpenStreetMap.
• Figures: 3.4 km one way, about 300 m of ascent, 1.5 hours.
• For whom: everyone, families included; return the same way.

Keep discovering the valley

From Fraggio you descend in a few minutes to the Sanctuary of the Madonna di Salzana. For a longer walk there is the loop The villages of Sottochiesa and Pizzino.

Photo - Pro Loco Pizzino