Calanchi di Sant'Angelo Limosano
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Viewpoint·Easy·Scenic·Hidden gem

Calanchi di Sant'Angelo Limosano

Molise

The calanchi near Sant'Angelo Limosano in the central Molise are clay badlands eroded into an extraordinary lunar landscape — gullies, pinnacles and ravines in grey-blue clay. The abandoned village of Sant'Angelo above is half-ghost town, half inhabited. This badland landscape is almost entirely unknown outside the region. Rollers and bee-eaters have been seen on the clay ridges.

Duration
2 hours
Distance
4 km
Elevation
+80 m
Best season
March – June, September – November

Highlights

  • Grey-blue clay badlands — lunar landscape almost unknown
  • Half-ghost half-inhabited village above
  • European roller and bee-eater on the clay ridges

With your dog

Clay badland trails; dogs off-leash.