{"id":5765,"date":"2023-05-05T18:10:10","date_gmt":"2023-05-05T16:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/tour\/walking-through-history-in-ponci-valley\/"},"modified":"2026-09-02T17:54:36","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T15:54:36","slug":"walking-through-history-in-ponci-valley","status":"publish","type":"tour","link":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/tour\/walking-through-history-in-ponci-valley\/","title":{"rendered":"Walking through history in Ponci Valley"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Day 1 \u2013 From Noli to Valle Ponci<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Independent arrival at Spotorno-Noli railway station at approximately 11:00 a.m.<br \/>\nA short bus ride takes us from the station to Noli.<br \/>\nAfter visiting the beautiful Church of San Paragorio, we begin the ascent towards the Telegrafo area and the Manie Plateau. A pleasant gravel track leads us into the secluded and fascinating Valle Ponci.<br \/>\nDinner and overnight stay in the selected accommodation.<br \/>\nTechnical Information: 10 km \u2022 3.5 hours walking \u2022 +510 m ascent \u2022 -360 m descent<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 2 \u2013 Valle Ponci to Varigotti and Back<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A circular walk leads us to the sea and the picturesque fishing village of Varigotti, passing the charming Church of San Lorenzo and the watchtower of Punta Crena.<br \/>\nWe then climb back through vineyards towards the Manie grasslands and return to Valle Ponci.<br \/>\nDinner and overnight stay in the selected accommodation.<br \/>\nTechnical Information: 10.6 km \u2022 3.5 hours walking \u2022 +460 m \/ -460 m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 3 \u2013 Valle Ponci, Val Landrazza and Rocca di Corno<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Two circular excursions with a lunch break at a local trattoria.<br \/>\nIn the morning, we set out in search of wild orchids; in the afternoon, we explore ancient rock engravings and look for the distinctive blue blossoms of a rare bellflower species.<br \/>\nDinner and overnight stay in the selected accommodation.<br \/>\nTechnical Information: 13.6 km \u2022 4 hours walking \u2022 +650 m \/ -650 m<\/p>\n<p><strong>Day 4 \u2013 From Valle Ponci to Finalborgo and Perti<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A beautiful descent through pine woods brings us back to the coast at Finale Pia. From there, the route continues gently through the historic alleyways towards Finalborgo, one of Italy&#8217;s most beautiful medieval villages, enclosed within its ancient walls.<br \/>\nA short final walk leads to Perti, beneath the ruins of a hilltop castle surrounded by olive trees, where we celebrate the end of the journey with lunch in a traditional trattoria.<br \/>\nTechnical Information: 10.7 km \u2022 3 hours walking \u2022 +370 m ascent \u2022 -500 m descent<br \/>\nArrival at Finale Marina railway station at approximately 4:00 p.m.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p><a style=\"display: inline-block; padding: 10px 20px; background-color: #f60!important; color: #fff; text-decoration: none; border-radius: 5px; border: none; cursor: pointer; font-size: 16px;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/contact\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Contact us<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":550,"template":"","tour_destination":[105,146],"tour_type":[96],"class_list":["post-5765","tour","type-tour","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tour_destination-europe-en","tour_destination-valle-ponci","tour_type-trekking_and_hiking","tour_facility-trip_facilities_505d85a3-c025-4aae-a0d2-991747935d41_it","tour_facility-trip_facilities_af85bfa8-3cc8-439b-9bfd-0bad9b654c6a_it","tour_facility-trip_facilities_2f40f723-4bef-414f-9667-6888234b81c1_it","tour_facility-trip_facilities_1d6f2921-758b-41b0-a22a-74ef66abd9d4_it","tour_facility-trip_facilities_94b3b224-4fff-4d8f-8c3e-e0595265dfc2_it"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/5765","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tour"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/5765\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5767,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour\/5765\/revisions\/5767"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/550"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"tour_destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_destination?post=5765"},{"taxonomy":"tour_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.betaniatravel.it\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tour_type?post=5765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}