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SPECIAL AUTUMN RURAL TOURISM
Autumnal view of the historic town of Letur, with its terraced fields and centuries-old olive groves
The silence of the
mountain
Walking through Letur in autumn
is also a way of understanding its
history.
Each path preserves the imprint
of generations who turned the
mountainside into a habitable
place. Today, those same trails
offer visitors a different experien-
ce: walking without hurry, viewing
the landscape with renewed
eyes, feeling time at another
pace. The Letur Network of Trails
is not only a physical route, but
also a network of memory, nature
and future.
Anyone returning to the village
after a day of hiking finds in Letur
the unspoilt serenity of life’s small
things: the fountains, the shaded
corners, the sound of the bells
striking noon. In the bars of the
old quarter, the air smells of fres-
hly brewed coffee, oven-baked
bread and woodsmoke. Neigh-
bours greet each other in the
square, children run beneath the
arches, and the traveller, without
realising it, becomes part of that
simple, genuine scene.
Sometimes, as evening falls, the
sun ignites the rooftops and the
mountains take on a reddish tone
that seems unreal. From the La
Molatica viewpoint, the cluster of
houses blends into the landscape
and the air fills with silence.
There is no finer farewell. Le-
tur needs no embellishment: its
beauty lies in authenticity, in that
blend of water, stone and calm
that defines mountain villages.
Autumn only heightens its cha-
racter; it becomes more intimate,
more serene, more truthful. Per-
haps that is why those who know
it return each year when the air
smells of rain and the earth is co-
vered with fallen leaves. Because
in Letur, every path is also a way
of returning to oneself.
Letur Stream
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