Grande Cammino dei Briganti

• Lunghezza:

  500 km

• Partenza:

  Sante Marie e Tagliacozzo

• Arrivo:

  Potenza

Designed by. Luca Gianotti, to connect on foot many places important to the history of southern brigandage, along the axis traveled by General Borjes on his escape from Vulture to safety in the Papal States.

Crossing 5 regions the water situation is very different, in the first part the trail is full of springs and fountains, then as you go down south it decreases, but there are never any problems.

Day 1 Sante Marie – Tagliacozzo (connecting STAGE)

(20 km – 14 km if you do not take the detour to the place where Borjes was captured). Elevation gain: uphill 450 m – downhill 550 m

Day 2 Tagliacozzo – Capistrello

(22.4 km). Height differences: uphill 650 m – downhill 650 m

Day 3 Capistrello – Civita d’Antino

(17.5 km). Height differences: uphill 700 m – downhill 550 m

Day 4 Civita d’Antino – Balsorano

(15.3 km). Height difference: uphill 270 m – downhill 750 m

Day 5 Balsorano – Pescosolido

(15 km). Height differences: uphill 650 m – downhill 250 m

Day 6 Pescosolido – Alvito

(16 km). Height differences: uphill 500 m – downhill 600 m

Day 7 Alvito – Picinisco

(17.5 km). Height difference: uphill 550 m – downhill 400 m

Day 8 Picinisco – San Biagio Saracinisco

Day 9 San Biagio – Colli al Volturno (18 km)

Day 10 Colli al Volturno – Monteroduni (18 km)

Day 11 Monteroduni – Roccamandolfi (20 km)

Day 12 Roccamandolfi – Bojano (21 km)

Day 13 Bojano – Sepino (20 km)

Day 14 Sepino – Pontelandolfo

Day 15 Pontelandolfo – Casalduni – Torrepalazzo

Day 16: Torrepalazzo – Benevento

Day 17 Benevento – San Giorgio del Sannio

Day 18 San Giorgio – Fontanarosa (where we eat, sleep and rest)

Day 19 Fontanarosa- Guardia Lombardi

Day 20 Guardia Lombardi – Melfi

Day 21 Melfi (560 m) – Rapolla (site of brigands’ massacre) – Monte Vulture – Rionero in Vulture (670 m) brigandage museum

Day 22 Rionero – Monticchio Lakes (abbey of San Michele, hiding place of brigands) – Calitri (621 m)

Day 23 Calitri -Serra del Prete – Rapone (920 m; Locanda del Borgo)

Day 24 Rapone – Vatt’nier Falls – San Fele – Pierno (or San Cataldo or Sant’Ilario)

Day 25 Pierno (or San Cataldo or Sant’Ilario) – Lagopesole (830 m; visit to the castle and rock paintings of Tuppo li Sassi)

Day 26 Lagopesole – Frusci (site of the killing of Ninco Nanco) – Favale – Monte Caruso – Carmine Sanctuary – Avigliano (870 m)

Day 27 Avigliano – Cefalo – Porcile – Bosco Grande – Cerreta – Potenza (830 m)

Are there any supermarkets? Yes, every 2-3 days of the walk
Are there pharmacies? Yes, every 2-3 days of the walk

In 2022 we inaugurated the first week of the walk, all marked red-white and with plaques bearing the logo of the path. You can now find free gps tracks to walk this first part on this website.

Highlight if there are dangers: ravines, dangerous animals. NO

Are any sections passable by people with disabilities? NO

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15-20% because of town and city crossings, otherwise all trails and mule tracks

Salvacondotto (the credential): you will be able to pick up the Salvacondotto on departure to be recognized along the Camino. There are two places to pick up the Salvacondotto: Sante Marie and Tagliacozzo. It is free of charge.

For now, the path is not equipped with tent areas, but it can be walked by sleeping in a tent, taking care to sleep away from villages, perhaps near an isolated spring. There are many along the way. In the future we will set up equipped tent areas, with bathrooms and showers. No permits are needed.