Trekking in the Madonie: ten itineraries

A local guide, the paths they have always known and the stories behind them. Ten routes between sea and mountains, from urban trekking in Cefalù to the summit of Pizzo Carbonara, the highest of the Madonie, to the wood where the last abies nebrodensis survive, the Nebrodi fir: very few specimens are left in the world, and they are all here.

The itineraries:

• Cefalù, urban trekking (4 hours)
• Cefalù, the mountain of faith (4 hours)
• Gratteri, stories of rocks and knights (4 hours)
• Gratteri-Isnello, balanced between the villages (7 hours)
• Castelbuono, monuments of nature (3 hours)
• Castelbuono, the forest of giants (6 hours)
• Petralia Sottana, Sant'Otiero (4 hours)
• Isnello, Piano Cervi (7 hours)
• Piano Battaglia, Pizzo Carbonara (7 hours)
• Polizzi Generosa-Petralia Sottana, the abies nebrodensis (7 and a half hours)

Good to know

• When: all year round
• Languages: Italian, English
• From 1 person, easy difficulty, pet friendly

Prices (per person, unless stated)

• Price per group (it is the guide's fee), not per person: itineraries of 3-4 hours €303 · of 6-7 hours €345 · Gratteri-Isnello and Polizzi Generosa-Petralia Sottana €367

Before you book

• Run by a local partner in the Madonie, confirmed on request
• Transport is not included: from Palermo the Madonie are about an hour and a half by road
• Insurance: to be confirmed when booking
• Cancellation: full refund up to 30 days before, 30% penalty from 29 to 15 days, 50% from 14 to 7 days, 100% from 6 days before and for no-shows