﻿{"id":11599,"date":"2016-07-28T13:08:33","date_gmt":"2016-07-28T11:08:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/nuovosito\/en\/anello-dellelmo\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T12:10:03","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T10:10:03","slug":"anello-dellelmo-itinerary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/anello-dellelmo-itinerary\/","title":{"rendered":"Anello dell\u2019Elmo Itinerary"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221; css=&#8221;.vc_custom_1579600126807{margin-top: 10px !important;margin-bottom: 10px !important;}&#8221;][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_single_image source=&#8221;featured_image&#8221; img_size=&#8221;full&#8221; css=&#8221;&#8221; qode_css_animation=&#8221;&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b>Average travel time<\/b>:\u00a05 and a half hours without stops<\/li>\n<li><strong>Distance<\/strong>: 11 kms approx<\/li>\n<li><b>Interests<\/b>:\u00a0walking, nature<\/li>\n<li><b>Difficulty level<\/b>: A hiking path of medium difficulty, requires some training for the length and elevations.<\/li>\n<li><b>Elevations<\/b>: 550 meters up and 540 meters down<\/li>\n<li><b>Trail markers<\/b>: white-red markers and signs of the trail.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Characteristics:<\/strong> dirt roads and farm tracks, large trails through forest, avoid during rainy periods.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/2&#8243;][vc_raw_html css=&#8221;&#8221;]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[\/vc_raw_html][\/vc_column][\/vc_row][vc_row row_type=&#8221;row&#8221; use_row_as_full_screen_section=&#8221;no&#8221; type=&#8221;full_width&#8221; angled_section=&#8221;no&#8221; text_align=&#8221;left&#8221; background_image_as_pattern=&#8221;without_pattern&#8221;][vc_column][vc_column_text]About a 35-40 minute drive from Orvieto in the municipality of San Venanzo this great natural path for trekking and adventure lovers. This route winds through woods and green areas where you can see very beautiful naturalistic views from inside the large Elmo ring.<\/p>\n<p>The location is below the Peglia river, in the woods of Elmo and Melonta, following the waterways between rapids and ditches. These waterways served the \u201c<strong>Mill of Fruga<\/strong>\u201d that now is a picturesque ruin and the path starting point. Going forward along the path switching between other ruins of abandoned farmhouses including the farmhouse of Podere Montarsone, about 1 km from the cottage you reach an area that borders the forest among the slopes of Monte Melonta and Elmo. At this point the path tightens across a stream that generates a clear pool of water called <strong>Pelacane<\/strong> and near the Ripa Murata: a large rock wall where the water flows fast.<\/p>\n<p>The path heads down to the Chiani river already mapped by the local mountain community and finally, just along the Chiani, the old farmhouse Pian della Casa.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone wishing to take instead the whole Elmo ring path at the area of the Fruga mill head north, taking a dirt road uphill towards Cittina houses past the Montarsone ditch. From here climb up\u00a0560 meters to Settano and then Pomontone.\u00a0From this here\u00a0the path comes down along the ridge of Mount Melonta (623 mt) where\u00a0you descend to the Tenuta\u00a0Melonta. The descent is quite long and leads to the shores of the Chiani river.<\/p>\n<p>The area is dense with vegetation and is rich in rivers and clear streams.\u00a0To resume the circular path you must again pass a section of the Montarsone ditch and a portion of the Moat dell\u2019Elmo. Exceeding the latter, near Pian della Casa is a crossroads indicating the climb to Pratelle and Poggio Casa Nuova houses, just below the farm company Elmo.\u00a0To reach the starting area (mill Fruga) continue for another short stretch until you reach Cerquosino.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This route winds through woods and green areas where you can see very beautiful naturalistic views from inside the large Elmo ring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":289,"featured_media":47981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"default","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"set","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[179],"tags":[177],"class_list":["post-11599","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trekking-itineraries-around-orvieto","tag-suburban"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/289"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/47981"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.orvietoviva.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}