VIc.28    Section Monte Rotondo - Fortino   10 km

Flollowing a quiet night I packed up my on the outside slightly wet tent and continued south. Following a road with basically no traffic I arrived before lunch at Fortino. Earlier I had passed by the marked trail to Cerrata. This trail was closed and maintenance was going on. Here in Fortino is currently (2024) the end of the mainland part of E1. There is a short section on Sicily but otherwise I had finished the E1 all the way from North Cape in Norway to here. The weather was fitting for reaching this community, it was sunny and rather warm. At the bar Zurich I stopped for a while for a break with tea and cake. The service staff was from Venezuela and Cuba. I could have a conversation in Spanish.

As there is no marked E1 trail from here to Reggio Calabria I decided to follow more or less the Sentiero Italia.

Trail to Cerreta is closed and will be rebuild

Hilly landscape outside of Fortino

Laudry day short of Fortino

Town entrance sign of Fortino, the current southern end of E1 along the mainland

Zurich Bar in Fortino

Continuing south along Sentiero Italiano (SI) along the road