The Devil’s Saddle, like the entire St. Elias promontory, consists of sedimentary rocks of Miocene age, thus geologically quite young. Within this type of karst rocks, several small caves have formed, which have been found to have been inhabited by man since the 6th millennium B.C. To the Roman period dates the martyrdom of St. Elijah, who, according to tradition, was killed in these places during Diocletian’s persecutions. The entire promontory bears his name today.
Place of departure: square in front of Calamosca beach. It is intended to propose two different itineraries that vary with respect to travel time, and therefore of visitors’ abilities, organized as follows:
- Short stick route: departure from the assembly square to the viewpoint from which it is possible to admire the port of Marina Piccola, Poetto and the city, reach the top of the promontory up to the blockhouse and the tower of Sant’Elia, arrival at the archaeological area and return; per- corrence time about 1.5 hours with departure at: 9:00, 10:30, 12:00, 15:00, 16:30, 18:00.
- Long loop route: departure from the assembly square to the viewpoint from which it is possible to admire the port of Marina Piccola, Poetto and the city, top of the promontory- fort – tower of Sant’Elia – archaeological area, proceed to Cala Fighera, return to the square of Calamosca; travel time about 3 hours with departure at: 9:00 am and 4:00 pm.
