Parco Sirente Velino, Italy

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Rank : 9.0 (average on 12 votes)

Coordinates : 42.175363, 13.592434 (Open in Google Maps)

Subjects : The park covers 50,000 hectares at an altitude ranging from about 500 meters until you reach the maximum altitude of 2,486 meters thus offering an extraordinary variety of landscapes. The fauna is represented by about 46% of mammal species present in Italy with 32% of breeding birds still in Italy. The registered species of vertebrates are 216. For brevity, we cite the Apennine wolf, roe deer, Deer, Pine marten, wild cat, occasionally Marsicano Bear, among birds, the Chough, the partridge, the Golden Eagle, the Griffon, the raven, the woodpecker muraiolo, the Shrike, Chaffinch the Alps. Among the reptiles is a rare Orsini viper, including amphibians such as the spectacled salamander, Triton Apennines, the Red frog Apennines. Due also to remind fans macro, the presence of this rare Rosalia alpina on old beech trees. Very numerous and varied flora with over 1,500 species surveyed to date.

Recommended equipment : In addition to the equipment usual advice a tele very thorough, perhaps with the addition of teleconverters, especially to those who want to photograph mammals that live, of course, in total freedom.

Best months : Each day can provide good photo opportunities as long as you have a good knowledge of places and habits of animals. In the spring, do not miss the extraordinary flowering of daffodils on 'Plateau of the Rocks (usually late May). Foiage wonderful autumn throughout. In winter fairy-tale landscapes snow to higher altitudes.

How to get there : By car: from the A24 exit Celano for the 'Plateau of the Rocks, always on a 24 output Valle del Salto to access the Monti della Duchessa. From the A25 take the exit Sulmona-Pratola Peligna direction Raiano to access Subequana Valley and the northern side of the Sirente. By bus: After reaching L'Aquila, Sulmona and Avezzano all the centers of the park are served by the bus Harp. The closest airports in are those of Rome and Pescara.

Visits : Admission is free. There are several visitor centers. Refer to the website of the Park.

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