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HOLIDAYS IN FARM ACCOMMODATIONS IN ITALIAN PARKS
[ CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PARKS ] |
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All
the useful informations for a trip inside one of
the innumerable wonders of our country
Gennargentu
National Park
Gennargentu national park is located
at the very heart of Sardinia, around the highest peaks
of the Gennargentu Massif. The landscape is extensive
and ever-changing: there are mountains, meadows, rocks,
canyons, valleys, forests, shrubs, beaches and cliffs
that plummet down to a crystalline sea. The most significant
vegetation of the Gennargentu varies gradually as one
gains height. On the lower slopes and in the valleys one
finds small stretches of holm oak forest. Further up there
are oaks and maples. Last but non least, the summits:
they are the reign of perennials, of shrubs and precious
endemisms. In a recent analysis examining the biodiversity
values of the Mediterranean forests, WWF has identified
Gennargentu as one of the region's most important forest
areas requiring immediate protection. The park gives also
hospitality to a rich and varied fauna. Its main representative
is the mufflon which inhabits the mountains in large numbers.
Wild boar, wildcats, dormice, and foxes are also very
common. The mountains are an inviting stop-over for many
migratory birds. Of the mythical "bue marino" only two
or three specimens remain, which perhaps are no longer
able to reproduce. |
 Abruzzo
National Park
The Abruzzo national park is
the heart of Central Apennines. but not only for its
position. Its valleys keet the sauvage environment
that, some time ago, should be the typical one for
most Italian Mountain. The Abruzzo National Park is
an integrated complex of natural habitats and animals
in which there are also small local communities with
strong traditions. The forest dominates the whole
park, covering an area of almost 21,000 hectares.
The most common tree is the beech but there are other
species such as the mountain maple, the ash and the
black pine of Villetta Barrea.In the park you can
also find an extraordinary variety of exclusive animals
such as the Abruzzo chamois the Marsicano bear, the
Apennine wolf and the golde eagle. The river Sangro
takes his source in the park, Its clean waters run
amog banks still covered by a thick vegetation made
of poplars, willows, limes and ashs. These waters
are also populated by trouts, bleaks and freshwater
orayfish. . |
Circeo
national Park 
Circeo national park was founded
in 1934 and it is made up by the Circeo promontory,
the forest of Sabaudia and the lakes of Fogliano, Monaci,
Caprolace and Paola. The most convenient bases for exploring
the Park are San Felice Circeo and Sabaudia. The caves
along the promontory are interesting from a paleethnological
point of view, in fact a number of handmade articles
have been discovered here. The park is a bird sanctuary,
where cormorants spend the winter and many species pass
by throughout the year.The charm of Circeo park has
been also increased by the legend of Ulisse... people
tell that in the promontory of Circeo Ulisse, going
back home from the war of Troia, was drawn and seduced
by Circe the enchantres. |
 Vesuvio
National Park
Vesuvio is, if we exclude the
isles, the only active Volcano in Europe and surely
one of the most famous volcanos in the world. It is,
for geologists, a still active volcano of explosive
kind which first formation dates back to 250000 years
ago. Its famous eruption in 79 a.C. allowed the perfect
conservation of Pompei and Ercolano until today. In
the area of Vesuvio the strata of several storic eruptions
are observable and, still in these zone, more than
230 different minerals have been catalogued . These
strata have been slowly colonized by the vegetation.
The areas around the foot of the volcano have always
been populated thanks to the fertility of the volcano
rocks. Now more than 700.000 people live in an area
of high volcanic risk. |
Cilento
National Park 
It wouldn't be exaggerated to
say that Cilento national park is something like the
green lung of Italy. There is no place in Italy where
you can admire an uncontaminated nature like in Cilento.
Here the list of natural sights like grottos at the
sea, long sandy beaches, stalactite caverns, canyons,
mountains and valleys with chestnut trees and olive-groves,
wild-blooming flowers in spring and mushrooms in winter
seems to be endless. Cilento has also an ideal climate
to make a trip, it is extremly soft even in summer and
in winter is not too cold. The most famous resorts the
splendid Palinuro, here you can find the primrose of
Palinuro, the only primrose that lives on the sea an
not on the mountain. |
 Pollino
Natural Park
Pollino is the real mountain
of the south, an not only because reaches with its
2267 metres of Serra Dolcedormire, the highest altitude
(except Etna) of southern Italy.The Pollino National
Park is the largest protected area among the most
recent parks inaugurated in Italy. The park is located
in the southern Appennine mountains in Calabria and
Basilicata. A lot of people have compared the park
of Pollino with an island because in the clearest
winter days, from the top of the Pollino Mountain
you can see three seas (Tirreno, Ionio and furthest
Adriatic). For several reasons Pollino is really an
island. The most important reason is surely its centuried
isolation. The park turns up as a vast and uncontaminated
territory home to many rare plant and animal species,
such as, the Royal Eagle and the Capriol Deer. The
natural areas are enriched by paleontologic sites,
such as, the Romito Caves and the Mercure Valley,
as well as, archaeological sites dating back to Greek
colonization. . |
The
Sila National Park
The Sila National park has been set up to preserve some
of the area’s last remaining endemic species such as the
wolf, the wildcat and rare raptors. The Big Sila spreads
to the center of the massif and includes the most densily
populated and active areas of the upland. The National
Park in Sila Grande includes the impressive forest of
the Fossiata and the small natural reserve of the Giant
of Fallistro, colony of secular Larch Pines, plants that
reach above the 40 meters of height and a diameter of
around 2 meters. More to the south spreads the Little
Sila that includes some of the most complete corners of
the Silano habitat, such as the Tacina Valley and the
Gariglione thick wood, one out of the most renowned Calabrian
forests. The Sila’s extensive forests are made up largely
of oak, ash, maple and chestnut woods. A lot of factors
have fovoured the growth of blooming forests: the altitude,
the local rainess and the granitic nature of the ground
that doesn't absorb immediately the waters but lets them
flow on the surface in vegetations favour. Inside these
forests you can find also several artificial lakes. These
lakes have contributed to create the ideal environment
for birds, mammals and fish of the park. |
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