In Search of the Camuni

Here I am again, telling the story of another trip... or rather an outing I did today with my friend Lara. We live in Lombardy and had never been to visit the rock engravings park... so we said to ourselves... we must go; and so today at 11.00 we set off towards Capo di Ponte and after about 2 hours by car we arrive. The park is easy to reach, well signposted, and the locals are happy to give you directions to the various car parks. We left the car near the church and then, after a walk of about 10 minutes, we found ourselves at the entrance to the park. This park is part of the UNESCO heritage, the first in Italy. The cost is 4 euros; they also give you a map and explain that the park is divided into 5 routes marked by colours; we did them all except the purple one because it isn't accessible. The leaflet indicates the most important and beautiful rocks to see, for example no. 50, no.

23, no. 35 and also no. 99, although on this last one... we unfortunately couldn't see the graffiti! The park is very accessible, the routes are not demanding and even children can easily do them. There are 104 engraved rocks and the oldest engraving dates back to the Neolithic, when the valley was inhabited by the Camuni. After about 2 hours and after taking many photos we decide to leave the park and head to the exit; I buy a postcard and ask the shop assistant if she could tell us what to see nearby, and she pointed us to the Nadro park a few kilometres away. Indeed, after 10 minutes by car we find ourselves in this little village, where there's a square to park in, opposite which is the archaeological museum, and it's here that you buy the tickets for the park. The ticket costs 3 euros and you can see three different areas: Foppe di Nadro, Campanine and Sottolaiolo.

We decide to see only the first because we wanted to get back at a decent hour... and also it's the richest in engravings. After walking for about 15 minutes you enter the reserve, and here too there's a set route to follow; the rocks are not all numbered but you'll find information panels. We finally saw the engraving that gave the symbol to our region, on rock no. 24! We're happy to have seen it. The duration of the route varies depending on how you are... if you stop to look at the rocks properly, the duration, in my opinion, doesn't exceed an hour and a half. Our day ends here... after spending a few hours in the company of millennial rocks we are thrilled!!! Today at the park there were practically just the two of us and if you can I recommend visiting during the week, so you can also enjoy the peace of the park and the sounds of nature. Until the next trip!!!