Parco del Pollino

Pollino National Park is the largest in Italy and includes 24 Lucanian towns on the northern side of the massif. It is a land of mountains over two thousand metres, beech forests, gorges and rivers, whose symbol is the Bosnian pine growing on the highest ridges. It is also a UNESCO Global Geopark.

Rotonda, seat of the Park authority, and Viggianello are the gateways to the peaks and the Vacquarro and Ruggio plains, San Severino Lucano has the sanctuary of the Madonna del Pollino, Terranova di Pollino the trails to the Garden of the Gods. Castelsaraceno has one of the world’s longest Tibetan bridges, Latronico its spa and Monte Alpi, San Paolo and San Costantino Albanese their Arbëreshë traditions. Along the Sinni are Senise with Lake Monte Cotugno, Chiaromonte, Francavilla and Valsinni, the village of the poet Isabella Morra.

You will find everything in our Pollino Park guide, with trails and GPX tracks.