Parco Burcina Felice Piacenza

Itineraries

Given its limited extension, the Park can be easily visited on foot during the day. In this case there are no limits of time.
The elderly persons (over 65 years) and the disabled persons can enter the Park by car on Thursdays (except on holidays) from 8.30 a.m. to 6.00 p.m. and on Saturdays from 9.00 a.m. to 11.00 a.m.
In the Park, from the entrance to the summit, there is a non-asphalt carriageway: from here a number of paths leave, some of which can be travelled over also with push chairs or wheelchairs.
Next to the entrances there are panels reproducing a planimetry of the Park with the related path practicability and length of the routes, so that everyone can plan his/her visit in the best way.

Here are some examples of the itineraries:

From the entrance to the rhododendrons basin
about 0,30 hours (outward journey)
It is the "compulsory" route during the blooming season for rhododendrons, from the end of May to the beginning of June. It is carried out on a dirt road.
From the entrance to the tower
about 1 hour (outward journey)
It is a route leading from the lowest altitude of the Park (570m), to the highest peak (835m), where you will see a relatively recent tower (beginning of the 20th century) and the ruins of a grave dating back to the 4th century BC.
There are many deviations and short cuts which give the opportunity to follow different routes to go back and forth.

Blooming and Fructification Calendar

March	spring crocus camellia heather narcissus cherry tree
April	forsythia magnolia spiraea
May	dove tree azalea rhododendron rock rose cornus
June	rose kalmia tulip tree rock rose chestnut tree
July	hydrangea
August	hydrangea calluna
September	heather apple tree
October	autumn coloring apple tree