What to do in Sestola

Excursions in the surroundings

Outdoors: Excursions, Historical Villages, and Wild Nature!

There are numerous activities that our town offers to outdoor enthusiasts.


From a stroll downtown, exploring shops showcasing the delights of our region, to shopping, bars, restaurants, walking through alleys to discover historical villages, squares, fountains, and reaching the Rocca with museums, oratories, and churches.


Many excursions start from the town, with marked trails of varying difficulty through the woods of pines, beeches, and chestnuts, to discover the flora (Koch's gentian, red lily, alpine aster) and fauna of the area (squirrels, marmots, roe deer), collecting mushrooms, blueberries, blackberries, gradually reaching Pian del Falco, Lake delle Ninfe, Giardino Esperia, Passo del Lupo at the foot of Mount Cimone, arriving at Pian Cavallaro along the ridges of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines.

Immerse yourself in nature: excursions, extreme sports, and suspended adventures!

Many possibilities for immersing yourself in nature, from Capanna Tassoni to Lake Scaffaiolo to Duca degli Abruzzi in Ospitale, along the paths of the Gothic Line.


Various activities can be practised, from routes for trekking enthusiasts to Nordic walking. The more daring can launch themselves along the descents of Cimone Bike Park equipped for MTB, Downhill, Free Ride, or simply with hang gliding or paragliding.



Adventure Park Cimone: suspended paths among the trees for young and old.

Holidays dedicated to sports, relaxation, and culture in our Hotel

Horseback riding, tennis, golf club, indoor and outdoor swimming pool, football field, multifunctional sports hall for basketball, volleyball, football, and fencing. Also, mini-golf and orienteering. Fishing enthusiasts can indulge in the Leo and Scoltenna streams in our area and artificial lakes.


Various events await you throughout the summer season to accompany you from morning to night with initiatives for young and old: games, adventure, creative workshops, itinerant shows along the course, concerts in the square, musical evenings, concerts in the church, sunrise concerts, themed evenings, readings of books and poems, painting and photography exhibitions, etc.


Tasting of typical products (Crescentine, Parmesan, Borlenghi, Gnocco fritto, Porcini mushrooms, Chocolate and Brittle, Balsamic Vinegar). Interesting and full of history and nature are the nearby villages: Fanano with numerous CAI trails, Montecreto (Community Museum), Riolunato (Documentation Centre of May), Fiumalbo (Museum of Sacred Art).

Sestola: the winter paradise for snow sports enthusiasts

The town of Sestola is a small paradise for spending a winter holiday, catering to both sports enthusiasts and those who are not. Here, you can explore the Cimone District, the first ski resort in the Modenese Apennines with more than 50km of slopes.


From the centre of the town of Sestola, a chairlift departs, connecting, without long queues (if you want to leave your car at the hotel), the small ski resort of Pian del Falco, a delightful station with its small church in the centre and slopes for beginners and children all around. Alternatively, there is the larger one called Passo del Lupo at the foot of Mount Cimone, near Lake della Ninfa. In all these stations, you can find all the services you need to spend a day in the high mountains: rentals, bars, restaurants, refuges, Baby Park, etc.


The downhill slopes, snowboarding areas, freestyle and freeride options, and cross-country skiing tracks with guaranteed snow cover are served by modern ski lifts, accessible with a single ski pass.

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