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DRIVE 16
Milan
Turin Venice
IT AL Y
Genoa Bologna
Perugia
Rome
Sanctuaries
and Forests
Fiesole to
Anghiari
Highlights
• Great Benedictine abbey
Wander around the Abbazia
di Vallombrosa along heavily
forested trails of beech and firs
• Historic castles
Conquer the ruined Castello di
Romena and climb the tower of the
splendid Castello di Conto Guidi
• Pristine forests
Visit the best preserved forests in all
Italy, the Parco Nazionale delle Foreste
Casentinesi, home to wild animals
such as wolves, boars and mouflon
• Holy sanctuary
Visited by St Francis and one of
the holiest places of the Franciscan
monks, the medieval Santuario della
Verna is set in an untouched forest
Casentino Valley view with Poppi’s Castello
dei Conto Guidi in the distance
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