Places
Park·Moderate·Scenic·Popular
Piano Grande di Castelluccio
Umbria
Piano Grande is a huge flat polje at 1,350 m ringed by the Sibillini peaks, farmed for the prized Castelluccio lentil. Every June the fallow strips erupt into the 'fiorita' — poppies, cornflowers and wild mustard in overlapping bands of color, visible from the rim road above. The 2016 earthquake damaged the hilltop village, but the plain itself and its walking tracks are untouched.
Duration
3 hours
Distance
8 km
Elevation
+150 m
Best season
May – July, September
Highlights
- The June 'fiorita' wildflower bloom
- Farmed since Roman times for lentils
- 1,350 m glacial-karst polje floor
With your dog
Open plain, mostly flat tracks; dogs off-leash away from grazing sheep.
