Magredi di Cordovado
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Magredi di Cordovado

Friuli-Venezia Giulia

The Magredi are wide, stony alluvial plains built by Alpine rivers spreading gravel across the Friuli lowlands, creating a dry, steppe-like habitat unlike anything else in the region. Skylarks, stone-curlews and little ringed plovers breed on the open ground, and wildflowers colonise the gravel in spring. It's a strange, semi-arid landscape squeezed between the Alps and the Adriatic plain.

Duration
2 hours
Distance
5 km
Elevation
+20 m
Best season
April – June

Highlights

  • Steppe-like gravel plain, unique in the Alps' foothills
  • Stone-curlew and skylark breeding ground
  • Wide open, semi-arid habitat

With your dog

Flat gravel-plain tracks; dogs off-leash on open ground.