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pannello 5 sui pipistrelli, il 6 sui galliformi (gallo forcello,<br />
coturnice...), fino ad arrivare al Passo Stret<strong>to</strong> (pannello<br />
7 sui rettili), secolare pun<strong>to</strong> di transi<strong>to</strong> fra Valsol<strong>da</strong> e Val<br />
di Rezzo, e snodo di numerosi sentieri. Seguendo i bolli<br />
rossi del percorso faunistico (e i blu della via dei canti),<br />
svoltate a destra, in salita verso sud: troverete <strong>da</strong>pprima<br />
il pannello 8 sui rapaci, poi il 9 sui carnivori, proprio<br />
sot<strong>to</strong> la tana del lupo, suggestiva grotta lungo il sentiero.<br />
Attraversando una valletta, raggiungerete l’Alpe Pessina,<br />
antico insediamen<strong>to</strong> ora attrezza<strong>to</strong> ad area di sosta, dove<br />
troneggia il pannello 10 sull’en<strong>to</strong>mofauna forestale (gli<br />
insetti del bosco). Poco più in al<strong>to</strong>, verso il Bronzone,<br />
potrete ammirare un grande sorbo, protet<strong>to</strong> <strong>da</strong> una parete<br />
di roccia: un vero monumen<strong>to</strong> vegetale! Tornati alla<br />
Pessina, incontrerete l’ultimo pannello (11) sugli ungulati:<br />
caprioli, cervi, camosci e cinghiali che, se sarete fortunati<br />
e, soprattut<strong>to</strong>, muniti di binocolo, potrete osservare <strong>da</strong>l<br />
vivo! Scendete alla Serte, dove si chiudono i due anelli e<br />
ammirate i vecchi fabbricati dell’alpe, i grandi larici, l’antica<br />
calchera, la fontana...<br />
Una volta rientrati a Dasio vi consigliamo di fare<br />
quattro passi fra le strette viuzze di ques<strong>to</strong> piccolo e<br />
sperdu<strong>to</strong> borgo montano: non sarà tempo perso. Fra le<br />
dimore vi sono, infatti, alcuni palazzi patrizi di discre<strong>to</strong><br />
interesse nonché la chiesa di San Bernardino <strong>da</strong> Siena<br />
<strong>da</strong>ll’appariscente facciata color ocra. Fon<strong>da</strong>ta in epoca<br />
medievale e inizialmente dedicata ai SS. Giovanni e<br />
Stefano la chiesa fu inti<strong>to</strong>lata al san<strong>to</strong> <strong>to</strong>scano nel 1450, in<br />
occasione della sua canonizzazione.<br />
CONSIGLIATO A:<br />
l’escursione non<br />
presenta difficoltà<br />
tecniche, ma solo un<br />
cer<strong>to</strong> impegno fisico.<br />
COME SI ARRIVA:<br />
<strong>da</strong> Como: Dasio<br />
si raggiunge <strong>da</strong>lla<br />
SS 340 “Regina”,<br />
deviaz. a Menaggio<br />
per Porlezza-Lugano.<br />
Giunti alla frazione<br />
Cressogno di Valsol<strong>da</strong>,<br />
salire a destra e<br />
superare le frazioni<br />
Loggio-Drano-Puria<br />
e raggiungere Dasio<br />
(scarse possibilità di<br />
parcheggio).<br />
RATING:<br />
not a technically<br />
demanding walk, but it<br />
is one requiring some<br />
physical effort.<br />
HOW TO GET THERE:<br />
from Como: Dasio may<br />
be reached using the<br />
main SS 340 ‘Regina’<br />
road, and turning off<br />
at Menaggio <strong>to</strong>wards<br />
Porlezza/Lugano.<br />
At the hamlet of<br />
Cressogno di Valsol<strong>da</strong>,<br />
climb up <strong>to</strong> the right<br />
going through the<br />
hamlets Loggio/<br />
Drano/Puria <strong>to</strong> Dasio<br />
(not much chance of<br />
parking there).<br />
right: you’ll find signboard 5 about bats, number 6 about<br />
galliform birds (fork-chested cocks, quails, etc.), until<br />
you get <strong>to</strong> Passo Stret<strong>to</strong> (signboard 6 about reptiles), a<br />
centuries-old crossing point between Valsol<strong>da</strong> and Val<br />
di Rezzo, and a footpaths’ hub. Follow the fauna trail’s<br />
red marks (and the blue ones of the song trail), then go<br />
right and climb up <strong>to</strong>wards the south: first you’ll <strong>com</strong>e<br />
across signboard 8 about game-birds, then 9 about<br />
carnivorous animals, right below the ‘Wolf’s Den’ – an<br />
evocative grot<strong>to</strong> along the path. By crossing a small<br />
valley you’ll reach the Alpe Pessina; once an ancient<br />
settlement it now acts as a s<strong>to</strong>p-off area with the 10 th<br />
signboard about insect life (woodland insects). Slightly<br />
higher up <strong>to</strong>wards Bronzone you can admire a big sorb,<br />
or service-tree, sheltered by a rock face: a real vegetable<br />
monument! back at the Pessina you’ll find the last<br />
signboard (11) about ungulates: roe deer, ordinary deer,<br />
chamois and wild boar, which with some luck and (above<br />
all) binoculars you’ll be able <strong>to</strong> see in the flesh! Go down<br />
<strong>to</strong> the Serte, where the two ring ends meet, and admire<br />
the Alpe’s old buildings, its great larch trees, the ancient<br />
lime-kiln, the fountain...<br />
On returning <strong>to</strong> Dasio we suggest strolling down the<br />
narrow streets of this little, out-of-the-way mountain<br />
village – it’s well worth it. Its dwellings in fact include<br />
some fairly interesting patrician homes as well as the<br />
church of San Bernardino <strong>da</strong> Siena with its striking ochre<br />
façade. Founded in the middle ages and first dedicated<br />
<strong>to</strong> Saints John and Stephen, the church was named after<br />
the Tuscan saint in 1450 <strong>to</strong> mark his canonisation.<br />
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