Cavolata state-owned equipped area 

From Castroreale reach the hamlet of Rafia about 7 km away. From here, head towards the groups of pines and deciduous forest species that herald the entrance to the state-owned area; continue for a few hundred meters and on the left you will find, almost on the road, the equipped area we wanted to reach. The accommodation facilities are few

but welcoming: a single fire point, tables with benches, a fountain with water and other comforts, are all there is. Despite these structural deficiencies, the area is a popular destination for many Sunday day trippers and in summer in particular for scout groups from different locations on the island, representing an almost obligatory stopping place on an itinerary that allows you to cross this suggestive part of the Peloritani . The panoramic position of the area allows a view of the Longano Torrent which gives its name to the Montano Basin.

Common: castroreale
BM Longano complex
Vegetation type: Pineta

Toilets: 0
Toilets for the disabled: 0
Cooking points: 4
Tables: 8
Seats: 50
Drinking water points: 1
Non-drinking water points: 0

Height 400 m.

Managing Body

Department of Regional State Forestry Company

Provincial Office of the Messina Company

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Note on Sources

The information on the equipped state-owned areas has as its main source the website of the Regional Forestry Department of Sicily (continuously updated) to which is added a very interesting brochure entitled "The State Equipped Areas in Sicily" of the same department published in 1999 with the Editorial Coordination of the 8th Group - Promotion, Development and Research, editors Agostino Gatto and Valeria Restuccia. Further information was obtained from direct access to the areas and from interviews with experts and operators in the sector.

For official information and updates to the lists, see the pages of the site of the Sicily region - Department of the Regional State Forestry Company

http://www.regione.sicilia.it/agricolturaeforeste/azforeste/areeattrezzate.asp