“Linea 7000” is a project that aims to show how our mountains and trails are easily accessible using public transport. The project, born from an idea by Gian Luca Gasca, promoted by the Italian Alpine Club and supported by Ferrino, focuses on the Sentiero Italia CAI route, the longest trek in the world that crosses the Alps, the Apennines and also the mountains of the two largest islands: Sicily and Sardinia. A long itinerary that can become an opportunity for a conscious and low environmental impact discovery of our country. The second episode of Gian Luca's journey takes us to discover the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park (PNALM). Let's find out together how to reach the trails with public transport.

Reaching the Abruzzo, Lazio and Molise National Park


The easiest way to reach the PNALM is to get to Pescasseroli, in Abruzzo. Pescasseroli is the heart of the Park, from which you can start numerous excursions within the protected area. The park management body, the visitor center and the natural history museum are located here. The town can be easily reached from Rome in just over three hours. By train, from Rome Tiburtina, you can reach Avezzano, in Abruzzo. From here, by bus, you can reach the center of Pescasseroli in an hour and thirty minutes. The connections are frequent and the connections are convenient. To consult the timetables, refer to Trenitalia and Trasporto Unico Abruzzese.

Towards the paths


Once we reach Pescasseroli we are already on the CAI Sentiero Italia path, so all that remains is to take the backpack and start walking first through the streets of the center and then up towards the woods and mountains hoping, if we are lucky, to meet some animals and maybe the Marsican brown bear, the true symbol of this territory.

Our stages

Pescasseroli – Barrea

Length: 23.65 km

Difficulty: E

Difference in altitude: 256 m

Signage: white and red stamps

A long stage, but with a small difference in altitude, which runs along the bottom of the Val di Sangro until reaching Lake Barrea. After leaving the center of Pescasseroli, the itinerary continues in a south-east direction, initially on an asphalt road. You will soon find yourself at a crossroads, where you keep left and continue along the dirt road (signposted E2, SI). We walk along an ancient sheep track, once used by shepherds who carried out the spring and autumn transhumance between the mountain pastures of Abruzzo and the Tavoliere delle Puglie.

After a slight climb the path descends again and reaches the Strada Statale 83, to be followed for a stretch until passing the town of Opi. At the first crossroads beyond the center of the town, leave it to take the path on the right. Once we reach the southern slopes of Monte Marsicano we find ourselves again on the Statale, which we follow for a long stretch towards the east, up to the foot of Monte Mattone. At the height of a bridge on the right we start to follow Via Camosciara on a slight and constant climb. After several kilometers pay attention to the entrance of the path, on the left, which heads towards Civitella Alfedena, a magnificent balcony overlooking Lake Barrea. After crossing the center of the town in a few minutes you reach the body of water, which you skirt on its southern side until you reach the town of Barrea of ​​the same name which overlooks the eastern shore of the basin.

For the return

From Barrea there are convenient bus connections that allow you to reach Avezzano in about two hours and thirty minutes, from where you can return to Rome thanks to regional trains.