Valli Cupe Regional Nature Reserve

The Valli Cupe Regional Nature Reserve is located at the foot of the Sila plateau, in an area between the municipalities of Sersale, Zagarise and Cerva, each of which is worth a visit. The Valli Cupe Regional Nature Reserve is characterised by gorges and precipices that drop sheer for hundreds of metres; monoliths that make up a small universe of stone; flora of monumental trees of the Silan primeval forest; waterfalls and canyons that alternate with niches of precious biodiversity. From a geomorphological point of view, the Valli Cupe Nature Reserve is composed of three distinct bodies, which can be visited in one long excursion or by separate treks in stages:

• Valli Cupe Ditch, which includes one of the largest canyons in Europe and the acrocorus of Mount Raga
• Campanaro Torrent, with a tour of the waterfalls
• Crocchio River, with its homonymous gorges and waterfalls, monolith and monumental trees.

After the excursion to the Valli Cupe Reserve in Sersale, we also recommend a stop in Zagarise, where you can admire the Norman Tower, the Church of the Rosary and taste the prized Calabrian PDO Olive Oil, and in the small centre of Cerva, with the Chestnut Museum, the Ceramics Museum and places rich in legends such as Borgo Marcaglione, the ‘’Santi Tre Fanciulli‘’ Monastery, with the remains of a real ‘’lost city‘’ and Barbaro.