This itinerary offers the chance to fully immerse oneself in the authentic nature of the Orobian Pre-Alps, crossing wide green expanses and highland meadows, shaped over time by the work of farmers and ranchers who still keep alive the ancient rhythms of summer grazing.
In villages such as Costa Serina, Cornalba and Oltre il Colle, where industrial development has had a minimal impact, it is still possible to admire intact rural nuclei, with houses made of local stone and wood, simple and harmonious architecture that tells of the hard and silent life of mountain communities of the past.
The Via Mercatorum, which this trail takes up and enhances, proves to be an ideal journey through historical memories, ancient places of worship, small alpine oratories, botanical rarities and panoramic viewpoints of surprising beauty. To walk along these traces is to get closer to the millennial history of the communication routes that enabled exchanges, meetings and trade, reaching even the most isolated areas of our mountains.
An undemanding itinerary, perfect for those who wish to combine nature, tradition and culture, discovering step by step a valuable landscape and human heritage.
