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Parco
dello Stelvio - Ortles
Stelvio National
Park was set up in 1935 to care for
and improve plant life, increase wildlife
and preserve the special geological
formations, including the beauty of
the Ortles-Cevedale mountain range,
and also to promote the development
of tourism in some of the loveliest
valleys in the Alps.
The range of plant species in the
park is particularly extensive.
Along a vertical line of 1000 metres,
there is every altitudinal band of
vegetation, from the conifer woods
at the bottom of the valley to the
snow areas with species which are
resistant to the cold and which grow
where the glaciers were.
Wildlife is one of the most spectacular
attractions of the park. There are
ibex goats, chamois, deer, roe deer
and marmots, as well as numerous species
of birds, including the eagle, which
is the park’s symbol.
Provinces:
BOLZANO, TRENTO, BRESCIA and SONDRIO
Number of communes: 22
Area: 134,619 hectares
Information
Consorzio del Parco Nazionale dello
Stelvio, Via Roma 1, 23032 Bormio
(SO)
tel. 0342 910100
Getting there
From Trento you take the SS 12 (the
Brenner road) or the A 22 motorway
going north as far as San Michele
all’Adige (16 km). You continue
on the SS 43 towards Mezzolombardo;
at Rocchetta you enter the Non Valley
and you go by Taio and Dermulo as
far as Cles. At the Mostizzolo bridge,
you enter the Sole Valley and you
continue on the SS 42 for Caldés.
A little before Malé you turn
right for the Rabbi Valley going towards
San Bernardo and Bagni di Rabbi. From
here you reach the Cercena Valley
and the Saènt Valley.
Geography
The park borders Switzerland in the
north and has direct contact with
the Swiss National Park for several
kilometres in the Livigno Valley.
In the south, in the Tonale Pass,
it is connected to the Trento natural
park of Adamello-Presenella, and through
this, to the Lombardy regional park
of Adamello. Thus, Stelvio National
Park, which on its own is the largest
in the whole of the Alps, is also
the heart of an even vaster protected
area covering a total of almost 400,000
hectares.
Excursions
Guided excursions in the valleys in
the National Park with the help of
Alpine guides from the “Ortles-Cevedale”
Mountaineering School, with the chance
to see some of the park’s wildlife.
Visits
Guided visits to museums and cultural
centres.
Main cities
Bormio
Livigno
Passo Stelvio
Solda
Stelvio |
Trafoi
Valdidentro
Valdisotto
Valfurva |
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Gran
Paradiso and Valsavarenche
The Gran Paradiso
is a high mountain park. Its woods
are meagre because they grow between
the natural upper limit (2000-2200
m) and the park’s boundary, which
runs on average at 1500 metres. In
common with almost all of the western
Italian Alps, therefore, the park
does not have typical forest wildlife
such as deer, roe deer, wood grouse
and mountain partridge. It does, however,
have a considerable number of ibex
goats, chamois and marmots. Bird species
include eagles and eagle owls, as
well as binconi, wood larks and ortolans.
Provinces: TURIN
and AOSTA Number of communes: 12 Area:
72,320 hectares
Information Via della
Rocca 47, Torino, tel. 011 817187
Geography
The Gran Paradiso was set up in 1922
and is the oldest national park in
Italy. It stretches from Piedmont
to Val d’Aosta in the Turin and Aosta
provinces. The natural boundaries
of the massif are the Dora Baltea
and Orco Rivers, which run about 1000
metres below the administrative borders
of the park.
Excursions
Alpine guides offer private excursions
and excursions for schools and children
and young people on holiday in the
park. Riding lessons. School for Alpine
skiing and glacier climbing.
Visits
The park has a visitor centre and
tourist office. It has a permanent
exhibition on the countryside and
geomorphology and a teaching laboratory
and projection room for schools which
want to carry out educational projects
in the park.
Main cities
Alice Superiore
Alpette
Arnad
Bonne
Brosso
Bruil
Campiglia Soana
Castelnuovo Nigra
Ceresole Reale
Champlong
Chanavey
Chardoney
Chateau
Cogne
Colleretto Castelnuovo
Cuorgne'
Degioz
Donnas
Drusacco
Eaux - Rousses
Eaux Rousses
Epinel
Gerbelle |
Gimillan
Hone
Issogne
Lillaz
Locana
Loranze' Alto
Mellier
Meugliano
Plan De Brun
Pont
Pont Canavese
Pont Saint Martin
Pontboset
Quincinetto
Rhemes Notre Dame
Rhemes Saint Georges
Ronco Canavese
Sparone
Traversella
Valgrisenche
Valnontey
Verres
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Parco
Dolomiti di Sesto - Tre Cime di Lavaredo
The Sesto Dolomites
Natural Park covers the three communes
of Dobbiaco (1240 m) in a lovely hollow
in the Pusteria Valley, San Candido
(1173 m) at the mouth of the Sesto
Valley, and Sesto (1310 m), one of
the most famous climbing areas in
the Dolomites and situated in a valley
with the gentle slopes of the Carnica
range to the north-east and the Sesto
Dolomites in the south-west. Some
areas of the park are rocky, others
gravelly, some are wooded and others
have flowery meadows and larch trees.
In the rocky and gravelly areas some
of the most beautiful flowers in the
Dolomites are to be found in the fissures
and overhangs, such as the potentilla
nitida and Alpine poppy. The wooded
area has many different types of trees
of which the most conspicuous is the
Swiss mountain pine. In the wide meadows
there are innumerable species of flowers
including soldanelle, lilies of the
valley, papradisie, edelweiss and
red lilies. About 50 species of birds
live in the park of which the undisputed
monarch is the golden eagle. It is
also home to those animals which need
an undisturbed habitat such as chamois,
roe deer, foxes, Alpine hares, stoats
and martens.
Province: BOLZANO
Communes: Dobbiaco, Sesto and San
Candido Area: 11,635 hectares
Information
Ufficio Parchi Naturali Bolzano, Via
C. Battisti, 21, tel. 0471 994300
Geography
The Sesto Dolomites in the communes
of Dobbiaco, Sesto and San Candido
are the spurs of the north-eastern
Dolomites. The highest of these are
the Tre Cime di Lavaredo, (Cima Grande,
2999 m), the Rocca and Croda dei Baranci
group, the Cima Dodici (3094 m), the
Croda Rossa (2936 m) and the Punta
Tre Scarperi (3152 m).
Visits
In Dobbiaco you should visit the parish
church, which is an outstanding example
of local baroque, and Castel Herbsten,
one of its most beautiful old residences.
San Candido Cathedral is regarded
as the most important Romanesque building
in the Tyrol and has frescoes by Michael
Pacher and a carved wooden crucifixion
group. Sesto has the Rudolf Stolz
Museum and the terraced cemetery.
Main cities
Auronzo Di Cadore
Cima Gogna
Dobbiaco
Dosoledo
Misurina |
Padola
Palus San Marco
Passo Monte Croce Comelico
San Candido
Sesto Di Pusteria |
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Abruzzo
national park
Although it is predominantly
mountainous, the Abruzzo National
Park is an integrated complex of natural
habitats and animals in which there
are also small local communities with
strong cultural roots and traditions
which are still very much alive today.
The heart of the park is the primigenial
Camosciara, a true natural sanctuary.
This mountain amphitheatre is covered
in many places with thick woodland,
inhabited by the animals which are
the symbol of the park, bounded by
two valleys, the Fondillo and the
Iannanghera, and crossed by the River
Scerto and other waterways.
About 2000 hectares of it is completely
protected. 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
besides adding variety and interest
– the mountain maple, the ash, the
mountain sorb and the black pine of
Villetta Barrea. The park’s most valuable
asset, and which it exists to protect,
however, is its wildlife, including
the Marsica brown bear, the Abruzzo
chamois, the Apennine wolf and the
golden eagle. Nowadays there are 40
species of mammals, 300 kinds of birds
and 30 different reptiles and amphibians.
Provinces: L’AQUILA,
FROSINONE and ISERNIA Number of communes:
18, in four geographical areas belonging
to three regions (Abruzzo, Molise
and Lazio) and three provinces (L’Aquila,
Isernia and Frosinone). Area: 44,000
hectares + 60,000 hectares in other
protected areas.
Information
Viale Tito Livio 12, Roma, tel. 06
35403331
Getting there
The A 25 Rome-Pescara motorway, exit
at the Pescina toll booths on to the
SS 83. After going round the south
edge of the Fucino plain, the road
turns towards the area before the
park, touches Gioia dei Marsi and
climbs. You enter the park from Gioia
Vecchio. From the south, you reach
the park on the SS 509 from the Comino
valley.
Geography
The Abruzzo National Park is in the
mountainous centre of Italy and is
a kind of high altitude barycentre
with complex, diverse natural properties.
It covers areas of high valley (over
1000 metres) and rises to 2249 m on
Mount Petroso. The dominant geographical
features are the mountains and the
whole associated system of the river
or rain stream valleys of the Sangro,
Sagittario, Melfa and Giovenco. The
water system of the river valleys
and lake basins, both natural and
artificial, and regular and irregular;
and glacial and karst features (caves,
dolines and swallow holes) all work
together to shape the environment.
Excursions
Marked routes leading visitors through
particular areas start from all the
towns in the park. There are 150 routes,
most of them quite easy and taking
about an hour. Some are more demanding
and require some training, but what
is particularly required is the spirit
of discovery.
Main cities
Alatri
Alfedena
Alvito
Aremogna
Balsorano
Barrea
Bisegna
Broccostella
Casamari
Civita D'antino
Civitella Alfedena
Civitella Roveto
Collepardo
Isola Del Liri |
Opi
Pescasseroli
Pescocostanzo
Posta Fibreno
Rivisondoli
Rocca Pia
Roccaraso
San Donato Val Di Comino
Scanno
Settefrati
Sora
Veroli
Villavallelonga
Villetta Barrea |
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Parco
del Gran Sasso d'Italia
The National Park of the Gran Sasso and the Laga Mountains is important for its beauty, variety and the vastness of its natural habitats which include typically Alpine features.
Although the Gran Sasso has little afforestation, at the lower levels there are oak woods, which give place to magnificent beech woods at about 1000 metres.
The beech woods predominate up to the Alpine meadow line and also contain holly and fir trees. The Laga Mountains together with the Capannelle Pass massif have
beech trees, small oaks, chestnut trees, maples and service trees. The park’s wildlife includes chamois, roe deer, wolves, wild cats, stone-marten, weasels
and hares. The numerous species of birds include the golden eagle, the peregrine falcon, the greater red woodpecker, the ring dove, Alpine and coral choughs,
the woodpecker, the Alpine hedge sparrow, the spioncello and the Alpine chaffinch.
Provinces: ASCOLI,
L’AQUILA, PESCARA, TERAMO and RIETI
Number of communes: 57 Area: 203,000
hectares
Information Corpo
Forestale dello Stato, Informazioni
e Soccorso, Monti della Laga, tel.
0861 63154
Geography The Gran
Sasso Mountain, 2912 m at the Corno
Grande peak, is the highest in the
whole of the Apennine range. It is
not its height (which is just above
the average height of the Alps) which
gives this mountain its special character,
however, but its steep sides and forbidding
appearance. Sudden differences of
level are frequent in the “aprutino”
sub-Apennines and create a landscape
which, at first sight, is strangely
reminiscent of the Dolomites. The
group can be divided into two parts.
The first, in the north, is more rugged
and imposing with a more sharply Alpine
morphology. The second is more like
the mountain range. The Laga Mountains
are not very high but they have craggy
spurs and sharply rising cliffs.
Excursions Excursions
in the park with Alpine guides and
trained leaders. Hill walking on most
days, climbing and cross country skiing.
Main cities
Acquasanta Terme
Assergi
Bazzano
Campo Imperatore
Campotosto
Cerqueto
Civitella Del Tronto
Fano Adriano
Folignano
Fonte Cerreto
Isola Del Gran Sasso Casale San Nicola
Isola Del Gran Sasso D'italia |
Isola Del Gran Sasso D'italia San Gabriele
L'aquila
Montorio Al Vomano
Nerito
Padula
Pagliaroli
Pietracamela
Pietracamela Prati Di Tivo
Poggio Cancelli
Poggio Di Roio
Tossicia
Valle Castellana San Giacomo Di Monte Piselli |
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Monte
Amiata (Parco Faunistico) - Toscana
Amiata mountain, covered with chestnut groves and beechwoods, is the green heart of southern Tuscany. Surrounded by the Monte Labro and Civitella massifs, Amiata supplies crystal clear water to Siena and Grosseto, to the Orcia valley and the Maremma plains.
The mountain is split between the provinces of Siena and Grosseto, which have worked together to establish a number of nature reserves with unique characteristics.
Amiata is a great open-air museum, an environmental park in which art, culture and nature happily unite.
Amiata means to live in the open, to breathe in a salubrious air, a magical atmosphere.
Tradition, culture and nature, interweave an uninterrupted dialogue between man and his environment.
The animals live free, or are protected as in the Monte Amiata Wildlife Park, on the slopes of Monte Labro, where one can follow long guided trails. Here respect towards Nature creates a standard of behavior. The Park is within the Monte Labro Nature Reserve. This vast area was center of a 19th century religious movement that sprung up around the controversial figure of David Lazzaretti, a local prophet. The Reserve’s woods are easily explored on foot, on horseback, or on a mountain bike, by
following the network of paths based on the ancient ramblings of mushroom hunters and woodsmen.
On Amiata there is a high concentration of biotopes and protected areas, in which ecological balances permit an extraordinary combination of vegetation, which is particularly attractive to animals. Many of the nature reserves of the interprovincial system are found within our townships and almost all this extinct volcano is involved in protection programs.
Each nature reserve protects environmental treasures.
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Main cities
Abbadia San Salvatore
Arcidosso
Bagni San Filippo
Bagno Vignoni
Bagnolo
Bagnore
Buonconvento
Campagnatico
Castel Del Piano
Castiglione D'orcia
Chianciano Terme
Cinigiano
Marroneto
Montalcino |
Monte Amiata
Montepulciano
Paganico
Piancastagnaio
Pienza
Radicofani
San Quirico D'orcia
Sant'albino
Santa Fiora
Saragiolo
Seggiano
Stazione
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Parco
dell'Adamello
In general the park is typical of the central southern Alps, with splendid woods, mainly
coniferous, up to 1900-2000 m. Above that there are Alpine meadows and rock vegetation up to and beyond 2,500 m.
More than a third of the park is covered with woods and forests. Amongst the conifers there are spruces, larches,
firs and Scotch pines. Lower down there are broadleaf trees such as maples, cornels, service trees, hazel trees,
small oaks and alders. Above 2000 m, the woods thin out and adaptation to the severe weather conditions produces
the so-called “contorted” shrubs, such as the Swiss mountain pine and the rhododendron, and dwarf shrubs such as
azaleas and creeping willows. The Alpine meadows are starry with gentians, gentianellas, Alpine anemones, arnicas,
Alpine buttercups, poppies and lilies. Higher up there are edelweiss and Icelandic lichen. There is also a wide
variety of wildlife, with many rare species living only in the Alps, which is evidence of the remarkable integrity
of the park. The most important are the last remaining brown Alpine bears which are now extinct in the whole of
the Alps except for those in a small part of the park in the north-east part of the Brenta, where studies and
research are being carried out to ensure their survival. The most common ungulates are the chamois of which there
are about 6,000, and there are also deer and roe deer. Other animals include marmots, squirrels, badgers, stoats,
weasels, martens, stone-marten and hares. Birdlife is also very interesting with black partridges, wood grouse,
gallo forcello, rock ptarmigan, Alpine swifts, woodpeckers, cuckoos, eagle owls, little owls and tawny owls.
Predators include the falcon, the kestrel and the eagle in majestic flight above his hunting territory.
Tovel Visitors Centre, Lago di Tovel, Valle di Non, tel. 0463 451033
Province: TRENTO
Area: 61,800 hectares
Information Direzione
del Parco Naturale Adamello-Brenta,
Strembo, Val Rendena, Via Nazionale
12 tel. 0465 804637
Getting there For
the Non Valley, take the SS 12 (the
Brenner road) or the A 22 motorway
from Turin going north, as far as
San Michele all’Adige. You then go
towards Mezzolombarda on the SS 43
for the Tonale Pass. At Rocchetta
you take the SP 73 in the direction
of Denna, Flavon and Tuenno, which
are points of departure for the Campa
mountain subgroup and the northern
part of the Brenta group.
Geography Set in
the heart of the Alps, the Adamello-Brenta
Natural Park is the largest protected
area in Trentino with a total area
of 618 sq. km. It is situated in west
Trentino amongst the Giudicarie, Non
and Sole valleys and it stretches
over two distinct geological areas
– the Brenta Dolomites in the east
and the granite Adamello-Presanella
Massif in the west, with numerous
glacial areas straddling the borders
with Lombardy.
Excursions Excursions
with Alpine guides to the most interesting
parts of the park.
Visits The Visitors
Centre (open June to September) is
in Tovel, in the middle of the park
on the banks of Lake Tovel.
Main cities
Berzo Demo
Bocenago
Borzago
Caderzone
Carisolo
Edolo
Giustino
Incudine
Madonna Di Campiglio
Malonno
Monno |
Mortaso
Pelugo
Pinzolo
Ponte Di Legno
San Antonio Di Mavignola
Sonico
Spiazzo
Strembo
Temu'
Vezza D'oglio
Vione |
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Foreste
Casentinesi Park
Main cities
Acquapartita
Alfero
Badia Prataglia
Bagno Di Romagna
Balze
Bibbiena
Camaldoli
Campigna
Chiusi Della Verna
Civitella Di Romagna
Crocedevoli |
Poppi
Pratovecchio
Premilcuore
Riofreddo
San Godenzo
San Piero In Bagno
Santa Sofia
Serravalle
Stia
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Parco del Cilento
There are two types of vegetation in the park, Apennine and Mediterranean, according to the
different environments created by the high massifs and the rolling hills. Plant life ranges from fir trees to
evergreen maquis. Every now and then, the woods open out on to cultivated ground and pasture land. In the Cilento
massifs there are wolves, wild cats, martens, polecats and badgers. Otters live along the Calore, Tanagro,
Bussento, Minagro, Alento and Lamerro rivers and their respective tributaries. Amongst the many birds there are
golden eagles, black woodpeckers, ravens and kites.
Province: Salerno
Number of communes: 86
Area: 225,000 hectares
Information
Ente Provinciale Turismo di Salerno, Via Velia 15, tel. 089 224322
Geography
Cilento National Park lies within an area of the southern Apennines with the Aburni, Cervati, Bulgheria and Chianello massifs and Mount Sacro and Mount Stella.
The interior area of the park has green hills with olive trees and fluvial plains.
Excursions
There are many opportunities for excursions and visits with experienced guides and leaders.
Main cities
Agropoli
Albanella
Ascea Marina
Atena Lucana
Auletta
Battipaglia
Bellizzi
Brienza
Buonabitacolo
Campagna
Casal Velino - Costa Del Cilento
Caselle In Pittari
Castellabate
Celle Di Bulgheria
Contursi Terme E Colliano Bagni
Eboli
Ispani Capitello
Laurino
Laurito
Marina Di Camerota
Mercato Cilento
Montecorice
Morigerati
Novi Velia
Ogliastro Cilento
Padula
Paestum |
Palinuro
Pertosa
Petina
Piaggine
Picerno
Pisciotta
Polla
Pollica
Roccadaspide
Roccagloriosa
Roscigno
Sala Consilina
San Giovanni A Piro
San Mauro Cilento
San Rufo
Sant'arsenio
Santa Marina Policastro Bussentino
Sapri
Sassano
Sicignano Degli Alburni
Teggiano
Tito
Torre Orsaia
Vallo Della Lucania
Vibonati Villammare
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Parco
del Circeo - Lazio
Province: LATINA
Number of communes: 4
Area: 8,484 hectares
Information Via Carlo
Alberto 107, Sabaudia (LT), tel. 0773
511386
Getting there The
Circeo National Park is easily reached
from the north by taking the SS 148
from Rome (the Pontina road) and driving
south after Latina. Coming from the
south, you take the Domiziana state
road.
Geography The Circeo
was originally an island that became
linked to the mainland by the accumulation
of detritus from water courses and
the cordons of dunes that were its
earlier mainland link. It looks like
a gigantic fan resting on a six-by-two
kilometre plain, with ten little peaks,
the highest of which (Picco di Circe)
is 541 m above sea level. The park
lies in a south-east and north-west
direction. Topographically it is divided
into four “quarters” but is substantially
in two parts, the Quarto Caldo and
the Quarto Freddo, where the chief
environmental differences of the promontory
are concentrated and highlighted.
Excursions The marked
paths leaving from the Visitor Centre
and the numerous forest paths (many
of them suitable for bicycles) help
visitors to explore the park.
Visits The Wildlife
Area, where some of the most typical
local fauna are kept in captivity,
is particularly interesting. So also
is the Museum, which gives a good,
clearly set out overview of the park’s
functions and its different sections.
The best seasons for visiting the
park are spring and autumn when the
weather is mild and the scenery is
a fresco of bright and pastel colours.
Description The Quarto
Freddo, so-called because it is exposed
to the north-west, where the high
Mediterranean maquis (the “forteto”)
thrives, and the Quarto Caldo, exposed
to the south and covered with maquis
of shrubs with leathery leaves, are
on the Circeo promontory. The wildlife
in the park consists of boars, squirrels,
foxes, porcupines, wild rabbits, polecats,
hedgehogs, hares, weasels, stone-marten
and badgers. The deer and the wolf
disappeared at the end of the nineteenth
century. There are numerous kinds
of nesting birds including the tree-creeper,
the hobby, the pecchiaiolo falcon
and a number of woodpeckers such as
the green woodpecker and the greater
and lesser red varieties.
Main cities
Borgo Grappa
Borgo Isonzo
Borgo Sabotino
Fondi
Latina
Lido
Lido Di Fondi
Monte San Biagio
Pontinia |
Priverno
Prossedi
Sabaudia
San Felice Circeo
Scalo
Sezze
Sonnino
Sperlonga
Terracina |
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Parco
Naturale delle Dolomiti d'Ampezzo
- Veneto
Main cities
Cortina D'ampezzo
Passo Tre Croci
Pocol |
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Parco
di Monte Gennaro
Main cities
Ascrea
Carsoli
Castel Di Tora
Cineto Romano
Civita
Collalto Sabino
Collegiove
Licenza
Nespolo |
Ornaro
Orvinio
Paganico
Poggio Moiano
Poggio San Lorenzo
Riofreddo
San Polo De' Cavalieri
Scandriglia
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Parco
delle Madonie - Sicilia
Main cities
Campofelice Di Roccella
Castel Di Tusa
Castelbuono
Cefalu'
Collesano
Geraci Siculo |
Gibilmanna
Gratteri
Piano Degli Zucchi
Pollina Finale
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Parco
della Maremma - Toscana
The Maremma Park extends over a rectangular area of 17,000 hectares, bounded on the north by the
Tombolo pine forest and Talamone in the south. Within the park is the mouth of the Ombrone, the pine forest of
the Grand-dukes at Marina di Talamone, and the Uccellina mountain range which is 500 m at its highest.
You can still see the eight medieval towers built there by Cosimo I de’ Medici, to warn him of danger approaching
from the sea. At Poggio Lecci you can see the ruins of the Abbey of San Rabano, built in the eleventh century
and dismantled by the Sienese in the fifteenth. Down below there are caves which were inhabited in prehistoric times.
There are tours of the park which go in search of rare plants and wildlife
(there are 229 protected species of birds) and to enjoy the views over the islands of the archipelago.
Main cities
Castiglione Della Pescaia
Grosseto
Grosseto Rispescia
Manciano
Marina Di Grosseto
Montiano
Poderi Di Montemerano
Principina A Mare |
Punta Ala
Roccalbegna
Roccamare
Roselle Terme
Saturnia
Scansano
Talamone
Tirli |
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Parco
delle Alpi Marittime
Main cities
Aisone
Alma
Armo
Artesina
Bagni
Beguda
Borgo San Dalmazzo
Bossea
Boves
Boves Fontanelle
Cantarana
Chiusa Di Pesio
Colle Di Nava
Colle San Bernardo
Cosio D'arroscia
Demonte
Entracque
Festiona
Frabosa Soprana
Frabosa Sottana
Limone Piemonte
Limone Piemonte Colle Di Tenda
Limonetto
Mendatica
Miroglio
Monesi
Montaldo Di Mondovi'
Montaldo Di Mondovi' Corsaglia
Ormea |
Pamparato
Peveragno
Pianche
Pietraporzio
Pieve Di Teco
Ponte Di Nava
Ponti
Prato Nevoso
Rezzo
Roaschia
Robilante
Roburent
Roccaforte Mondovi'
Roccavione
Sambuco
San Bartolomeo
San Giacomo
San Giacomo
San Luigi
Sant'anna
Terme Di Lurisia
Terme Di Valdieri
Upega
Valdieri
Valloriate
Vernante
Villanova Mondovi'
Vinadio
Viozene |
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Parco
del Pollino
Main cities
Cassano Allo Jonio
Castelluccio Inferiore
Castelluccio Superiore
Castrovillari
Cerchiara Di Calabria
Chiaromonte
Episcopia
Fardella
Francavilla Marittima
Francavilla Sul Sinni
Frascineto
Laino Borgo
Latronico
Lauria
Moliterno |
Morano Calabro
Mormanno
Orsomarso
Roccanova
Rotonda
San Costantino Albanese
San Severino Lucano
Sant'arcangelo
Saracena
Senise
Sibari
Teana
Terranova Di Pollino
Viggianello |
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Parco
dei Monti Sibillini
Main cities
Acquasanta Terme
Amandola
Arquata Del Tronto
Bolognola
Cascia
Castelsantangelo Sul Nera
Comunanza
Fiastra
Force
Libertino
Montefalcone Appennino
Montefortino
Montegallo
Montemonaco
Muccia |
Norcia
Palmiano
Penna San Giovanni
Pievetorina
Preci
Roccafluvione
Roccaporena
Sant'angelo In Pontano
Santa Vittoria In Matenano
Sarnano
Servigliano
Ussita
Valle Castellana San Giacomo Di Monte Piselli
Visso |
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Parco
Sirente - Velino - Abruzzo
Main cities
Aielli
Caporciano
Collepietro
Corfinio
Fontecchio
Lucoli
Magliano Dei Marsi
Massa D'albe
Navelli
Ocre
Ovindoli |
Poggio Picenze
Popoli
Prata D'ansidonia
Raiano
Rocca Di Cambio
Rocca Di Mezzo
Rovere
San Demetrio Ne' Vestini
San Pio Delle Camere
Scurcola Marsicana |
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Parco
del Tarvisiano - Friuli Venezia Giulia
Main cities
Amaro
Arta Terme
Cavazzo Carnico
Chiusaforte
Ligosullo
Malborghetto Valbruna
Moggio Udinese
Paluzza
Paularo |
Pontebba
Resia
Resiutta
Tarvisio
Tolmezzo
Treppo Carnico
Venzone
Zuglio |
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Parco
Naturale Gruppo di Tessa - Trentino
Alto Adige
Main cities
Avelengo
Caines
Lagundo
Marlengo
Merano
Moso In Passiria
Naturno
Parcines |
Plaus
Prato Allo Stelvio
Rifiano
San Leonardo In Passiria
San Martino In Passiria
Scena
Senales
Tirolo |
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Parco
Fluviale del Tevere
Main cities
Alviano
Amelia
Attigliano
Avigliano Umbro
Baschi
Castiglione In Teverina
Civitella D'agliano |
Giovev
Guardea
Lugnano In Teverina
Monte Castello Di Vibio
Montecchio
Todi |
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Ticino
Park
Main cities
Agrate Conturbia
Basiglio
Battuda
Bellinzago Novarese
Bereguardo
Bernate Ticino
Besate
Binasco
Boffalora Sopra Ticino
Borgarello
Buscate
Busto Arsizio
Busto Garolfo
Caltignaga
Cardano Al Campo
Casarile
Casorate Sempione
Cassano Magnago
Castano Primo
Castellanza
Cavaglietto
Cerano
Certosa Di Pavia
Cressa
Cuggiono
Fagnano Olona
Gallarate
Galliate
Gambolo'
Garlasco |
Giussago
Gorla Maggiore
Gropello Cairoli
Gudo Visconti
Inveruno
Lonate Pozzolo
Magenta
Mesero
Momo
Novara
Oleggio
Olgiate Olona
Opera
Pavia
Pieve Emanuele
Rosate
Rozzano
Samarate
Siziano
Solbiate Olona
Suno
Trecate
Turbigo
Varallo Pombia
Vernate
Vigevano
Vizzola Ticino
Zelata
Zibido - San Giacomo |
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Ketil Sjavik
Asbjorn Klostersvei 2
1472 Fjellhamar
Norway
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