Whether your goal is a day trip or a full holiday, the Nebrodi Park is the place for you: here is what not to miss, with the help of the Sentieri Stagionali app and website.
Whatever you ask of a national park, the Nebrodi has it. Whether your passion is trekking through nature, discovering lakes, waterfalls and mountains, or art, culture, archaeology and craftsmanship, or you have a love of quality food, the Nebrodi is the ideal place to plan a day trip or a holiday, at any time of year.
Here is what not to miss.
There are countless itineraries to explore in the Nebrodi, rucksack on your back and walking boots firmly laced. In a Sicily known above all for its great archaeological sites, its baroque cities and its beaches, the mountain scenery feels truly striking and unexpected. The Rocche del Crasto are absolutely not to be missed: Mesozoic-era Dolomitic formations, they are visible from the villages of Alcara Li Fusi, Longi and San Marco D'Alunzio. Among them, Rocca Traora stands out as the favourite destination for visitors, owing to its faunal importance: it is home to a prime griffon vulture-spotting point, a bird of prey that has long been successfully reintroduced to these areas. Bring your binoculars!
The artistic expressions of the Nebrodi Park are numerous, with a hidden gem around every corner. An absolute highlight is the ceramics of Santo Stefano di Camastra, produced since the 17th century and known and exported throughout the Mediterranean. Tiles decorated in yellow, cobalt blue, green and red can still be seen all over the town, set into the friezes of its buildings. They are still made in the town's ceramic workshops: a perfect small souvenir to take home.
It is so prized they call it green gold: the Bronte pistachio features in recipes for every course, from starters to pasta dishes, from main courses to desserts. Because of its distinctive characteristics — it has developed traits that set it apart from the common pistachios of the Middle East, its region of origin — it is also a Slow Food Presidium. A visit to one of the authorised retailers is not to be missed!
The Nebrodi Park still holds many more surprises. Find out more by visiting the Sentieri Stagionali website
Sentieri Stagionali is an initiative created by Snam in collaboration with Federparchi and LifeGate. It was born as part of the broader editorial project Sentieri Sostenibili: a series of volumes that, through the story of the possible integration between infrastructure and territory even within delicate ecosystems such as national parks, aims to promote Italy's natural and cultural heritage.