{"id":62614,"date":"2022-04-21T09:49:39","date_gmt":"2022-04-21T07:49:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/?post_type=itinerario&#038;p=62614"},"modified":"2025-07-28T12:12:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-28T10:12:18","slug":"cavagrande-del-cassibile","status":"publish","type":"itinerario","link":"https:\/\/www.visitsicily.info\/en\/itinerario\/cavagrande-del-cassibile\/","title":{"rendered":"Cavagrande del Cassibile"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1248px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:0px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><p>The &#8216;<strong>caves<\/strong>&#8216; in these areas are extraordinary <strong>canyons,<\/strong> created by the erosion of the watercourses that still flow along their beds. Here, at Cavagrande, the Cassibile river (the ancient Greek <em>Kakyparis<\/em>) flows creating waterfalls and lakes where you can cool off and relax, surrounded by unspoilt nature.<\/p>\n<p>Getting there though is not easy. There are <strong>many paths<\/strong>, but according to the Azienda Foreste Demaniali Regione Siciliana ( State Forest Enterprise of the Sicilian Region ) only three of them are regularly accessible: &#8216;<strong>Scala Cruci<\/strong>&#8216;, &#8216;<strong>Sentiero Carrubella<\/strong>&#8216; and &#8216;<strong>Scala di Mastra Donna<\/strong>&#8216;. The first two can be reached from SP4 Avola-Manghisi; the third from SP73 Canicattini &#8211; Cugni &#8211; Stallaini \u2013 Cassibile.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Scala Cruci&#8221; is the most common way to access it: it starts from the stunning <strong>viewpoint of<\/strong> <strong>Avola Antica<\/strong> and arrives to the small <strong>lake of Avola<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;Carrubella&#8221; is on the same side of the &#8220;Scala Cruci&#8221; path, but a little further uphill from the Avola Antica viewpoint. It is a <strong>beautiful circular path<\/strong> of about <strong>6 km<\/strong> in length and with a difference in height of <strong>about 180 m<\/strong> (starting from the plateau and ending at the valley floor).<\/p>\n<p>On the northern side of the path there is a large cave called <strong>Grotta dei Briganti<\/strong>, inside it there is a settlement dating back to the Bronze Age. The grotto was also used by the Byzantines and by the Arabs. Thanks to the presence of a natural spring, the Arabs turned it into a tannery.<\/p>\n<p>On the southern area of the path there is the necropolis of Cassibile, a large archeological site with <strong>a system of caves and tunnels<\/strong> that stretches for about a kilometre. There are about 2.000 graves, dated from the 11th century B.C. They are also known as <strong>Ddieri<\/strong> (from the Arabic dar, meaning &#8216;house&#8217;)<\/p>\n<p>For any information about the access to the trails or to the Reserve, please contact the <strong>Azienda Foreste Demaniali<\/strong> (The State Forest Enterprise).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":63675,"template":"","categories":[1917,1928,1940],"luogo":[3112,3091,2950],"stagione":[1875],"class_list":["post-62614","itinerario","type-itinerario","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-aperto-en","category-territorio-en","category-trekking-e-outdoor-en","luogo-avola","luogo-noto","luogo-siracusa-syracuse","stagione-summer"],"acf":{"galleria":false,"sottotitolo":"","titolo_paragrafo_1":"Dettaglio","paragrafo_1":"<p><strong>Cavagrande del Cassibile Nature Reserve<\/strong> is a <strong>corner of paradise,<\/strong> located between the municipalities of Avola, Noto and Siracusa.<\/p>\n","durata":"","distanza":"","difficolta":"","localizzazione":"<div class=\"leaflet-map\" data-height=\"400\" data-map=\"leaflet\" data-map-lng=\"15.1116943\" data-map-lat=\"36.9411114\" data-map-zoom=\"7\" data-map-layers=\"[&quot;CartoDB.Voyager&quot;]\" data-map-markers=\"[{&quot;label&quot;:&quot;Avola Antica, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;default_label&quot;:&quot;96011 Avola Avola Antica, Sicilia Italia&quot;,&quot;lat&quot;:36.945125699999998,&quot;lng&quot;:15.100792200000001,&quot;uuid&quot;:&quot;marker_68874cb59d06e&quot;}]\"><\/div>\n"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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