Foresta della Lama

<span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(168, 211, 240);">The "Foresta della Lama" (Lama Forest) lies in the heart of the National Park of the Casentino Forests, Mount Falterona and Campigna": a field situated at 699 m to which the bastion of the Tuscan-Romagna Apennines drops down from the heights of Monte Penna (1333 m asl.) creating a landscape of steep woods and ravines and rocky ridges that contrast starkly with the gentle lines of the small plain with its tranquil streams. At the centre of a beautiful and richly varied forest at the edge of this plain there is a forestry station surrounded by exotic plants of exceptional size, such as an unusual hawthorn that is roughly 300 years old. From the hill alongside a small church it is possible to catch sight of the reservoir of Ridracoli that has integrated well into the landscape: one branch of the lake extends to lap against the forest and offers one of the most beautiful views in the Apennines. </span> <div> <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102); font-family: arial, verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 20px; background-color: rgb(168, 211, 240);">You can only get here by mountain bike along the forest track (20 km) that breaks off from the former SS. 71 road of the Mandrioli Pass at Cancellino and follows the old decauville railway.</span></div>