The Garfagnana is actually the valley of the river Serchio and it lies to the North of Lucca.
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| Serchio River |
Our first stop was the town of Borgo a Mozzano to see the Ponte della Maddalena.
We then drove on to the little town of Gallicano from where we turned onto a narrow, winding road up into the hills.
Our destination was the Grotta del Vento, the Cave of the Winds.
It was a nail biting drive up the hill having to contend with crazy Italian drivers coming in the opposite direction. One even tried to overtake us. Maddness on such a tight road with so many bends.
We managed to get to the top without a scratch.
The cave was very interesting and had a lot of stalactites and stalagmites. Parth claims to have seen a goblin swimming in one of the pools. I think Parth found the temperature in the cave a relief as it was only 10 degrees. Outside it was reaching around 37 degrees!
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| Rock pool in the cave |
Fantastico! Thanks for the beautiful pics. Ponte della Maddalena has a beautiful shape. It's amazing to think one can actually walk/drive over it. It somehow looks too fragile! Well, and the CAVE is something else- stunning Speleological spectacle!! Oh yes, was that a woodland elf you were able to snap at the end there? ;-)So glad you are having such an amazing time, although your temperatures at near 40C are just a bit warmer than our 22 muggy and oppressive climate!!
ReplyDeleteNo it was not a wood elf (there are no such things as woodland elves, only high elves, dark elves and wood elves) - it was a goblin.
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