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Hike Pagarine Route, France & Italy
Pagarine Route is a 10 stage 159km walking path from Nice on French Riviera up into the Italian hills to the city of Cuneo. was an important hub for the salt trade in the Middle Ages and the salt was brought ashore on Plage des Ponchettes in small wooden row boats before being taxed in nearby Cours Saleya, Nice’s centuries-old marketplace, and taken by mule on a gruelling journey to Italy where it was traded for use in the mountains and further north.
Each of the 10 stages of the Pagarine Route is different, varying between 10 and 20km in length, and 350m to 1,500m in elevation.
Statge 1: 15.8km, 700m climb to the small hilltop town of Aspremont.
Stage 2: climbs to Mont Cima at an altitude of 878m and onto the toen of Levens.
Stage 3: Goes over Cros d'Utelle bridge, which is thought to have been built by the Pagarine Route's eponymous creator, a 14th-Century entrepreneur named Paganino Dal Pozzo who also instigated the gabelle tax system.
Stage 4: Goes to the village of Roquebillière.
Stage 5: End in the village of Saint-Martin-Vésubie.
Stage 6: Goes over the Col de Fenestre mountain pass into Italy.
Stage 10: The Pagarine Route ends at Cuneo, a busy medieval town at the confluence of the Gesso and Stura valleys.
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