Stage 05 bike – Casalbordino – Guglionesi

From the town of Casalbordino, proceed east, passing just downstream from the small town of Pollutri and continuing until crossing the Sinello River; from the river, the road proceeds to the right along the reclamation road and then climbs uphill, flanking the small country chapel of San Bernardino, until it reaches on a paved road in the center of Monteodorisio, where it crosses the Marian shrine of Madonna delle Grazie, continue in a southerly direction towards the small town of Cupello, after which it proceeds in the direction of the Treste River, with a continuously up and down path in a hilly environment, until reaching, on a very steep uphill stretch, the characteristic village of Lentella, dominated by the parish church of Santa Maria Assunta. From Lentella one faces the long descent in the direction of the Trigno River, which marks the border between Abruzzo and Molise; past it at the ford known as “Pietra Fracica,” one begins the ascent on the opposite side, with even challenging stretches, to the center of Montenero di Bisaccia, just outside the town is the Marian shrine of the Madonna di Bisaccia, beyond which, with a short detour, one can visit the Cave of the Madonna della Bisaccia, which opens in a rocky block along the Centurelle – Montesecco Tratturo. Here the sheep-track path is very apparent and you can follow it to the next valley, from where the last uphill stretch to Guglionesi begins.