The Vanoi Ethnographic Path is a series of circular routes with each one proposing a different theme. These walks, winding between the village of Vanoi at 845 metres and Malga Vesnòta de Sora one thousand metres higher, pass through places that have been animated, built and transformed over the centuries by man.
The territory of the Path covers an area of 4,000 hectares; it is on the southerly side of the Largorai chain of mountains and cut by two valleys; the Valsorda and the lateral Valzanca. The marked trail covers both these valleys, finishing with a climb up the Valzanca valley to the high summer pastures under the crags of the Cece peak.
How the circular routes work
The Ethnographic Path has been made by recuperating existing trails and organising them into loops so walkers can return back round to their starting point.
There are four loops with each one specifically dedicated to a different landscape: the valley (la val), the mid-mountain meadows (i pradi), the woodland (el bosc) and the mountain (la montagna).
This division was used in order to not only show the different themes that illustrate the life of the Caoria community, but also to have different lengths of walks with a different level of difficulty, different times needed to complete them and to see different exhibits.
Information is given to people intending to walk along the Path, making it possible for them to choose a "personalised" trip. So we hope that being both knowledgeable and motivated in having ones own made to measure itinerary; knowing its length according to ones own needs and interests will make the experience more enjoyable.
More information in english clicking on the Parco Paneveggio Pale di San Martino at the address parcopan.org or in italian on the ecomuseo del Vanoi web site www.ecomuseo.vanoi.it
