In the heart of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines, Val Tassobbio is a place that stands out for its geo-morphological characteristics and for its biodiversity, it extends for about one hundred square kilometers, fascinating but little known, in the hilly part of the Reggio Apennines.
A valley full of woods, meadows, waterfalls and springs, medieval villages and castles and archaeological evidence. Looking down on the course of the Tassobbio you can see that it draws an anomalous “S“, with a stretch that seems to go apparently “against the current”, from the plain to the mountain, a peculiarity consequence of the phenomenon of “river capture”, the phenomenon that gave rise to the valley making it a geosite of regional importance.
We are inside the UNESCO MaB Biosphere Reserve of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines.
The valley can be reached from different directions, since the Tassobbio stream is born near Marola, in the Municipality of Carpineti, and flows parallel to the Apennine chain until it flows into the Enza, in the Municipality of Vetto.
You can explore the valley along the SS63 to Casina and using the castle of Sarzano as a starting point. For those arriving in Val d’Enza along the SS 513, the Tassobbio valley is thick with Scots pine woods, with picturesque historic villages. We remember for example the castle of Sarzano, the Pieve di Pianzo. Leguigno and Cortogno in the Municipality of Casina; Crovara, Legoreccio, Pineto and Casalecchio in the Municipality of Vetto; Villaberza and Gombio in the Municipality of Castelnovo ne’Monti and Marola in the Municipality of Carpineti.
Itineraries between nature and history to be covered by car, but also on foot thanks to the dense network of CAI paths, or by bike, with routes dedicated to mtb.
