Trekking in the Alta Murgia Park

With the excursion “The path of water and stone” you will not only have the opportunity to keep fit, but also to discover the history of our magnificent rocky habitat along the Canapro stream.

Experience the excursion discovering theAlta Murgia National Park,the most fascinating karstic hinterland of all Apulia, through one of its most famous routes: the one that crosses the Scoparello Wood in the countryside of Ruvo di Puglia and touches the Jazzo del Demonio with its paralupi stones and its dark legend.

It is said, in fact, that one night two shepherds, because of a heavy rain, improvised a shelter in which to shelter and while they were warming around the fire, their dogs began to bark insistently, when suddenly everything went silent in an eerie silence. It was a man who seemed to have lost his way, so the two shepherds made him sit around the fire, but suddenly they noticed the hairy hooves the man had and ran to hide under an iron crucifix. The demon looked at them and disappeared into the night. The following morning the shepherds went to the flock and the dogs that, strangely enough, had survived that encounter. From there was born the legend that the shepherds’ dogs, in addition to being fierce, were even able to face the devil.

Along the way you will meet the characteristic structures of the Apulian aqueduct and learn about the history of this mammoth work.