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Spina Verde is crossed by several trails. Among them, there are the 13 official trails, adequately cleaned and made safe every year by the Park Authority. In the main sites of panoramic, historical, and naturalistic interest, the Park Authority has installed cases and panels illustrating these places.
The brochure and the map of the trails are available free of charge in the Park Offices in Cavallasca. The Park suggests various kinds of itineraries.

Itineraries of the History of the Military Tactics

These itineraries connect the military positions and the works of defense of different periods (medieval fortresses in Baradello, defense positions of the two world wars, in particular the trenches of World War I in Spina Verde); they therefore combine the pleasure of the tourist trip in nature with the themes of history and military tactics.

Nature Itineraries

Spina Verde Park does not only include important cultural sites, but it also represents the greatest green lung for Como and the adjacent Municipalities. As a matter of fact, the Park is a primary source of biodiversity of the regional and provincial ecological network. This importance is given to the "wildlife" presence, including 150 species among birds, amphibians, fish, and mammals, besides important invertebrate species (like the Stag Beetle and the Freshwater Crayfish). Various nature itineraries, with the necessary trail markers, lead hikers to discover the ecological role played by Spina Verde.

Panoramic Itineraries

Spina Verde Park, for its geomorphological conformation, is a natural 360-degree balcony where you can enjoy both the imposing landscapes of the alpine chain and the Po Plain and, when the sky is very clear, also the Apennines of Oltrepo Pavese.

Historical-Religious Itineraries

The historical - religious itineraries developing in Spina Verde Park lead to the discovery of religious buildings, some of which of great importance, characterizing the territory and dating back to different periods, covering the whole existence of the Christian religion (from proto-Christian sites to Romanesque basilicae, to the most recent evidences of faith).

Sports Itinerary

Cultural Itinerary

Spina Verde Park represents the "cradle" of the town of Como, with the important protohistoric finds of Pianvalle, Mojenca, and of the so-called "Camere in Roccia" (Rooms in the rock), evidences of the Golasecca civilization that are still visible in the Park.