If arriving at the railway station Pisciotta-Palinuro by train mostly there will be no bus connection because over the years the local service has been reduced to quasi zero. So the walk starts right here and because of the sea and mountain panorama it is a quite beautiful one. The road follows the old railway line above the coast as it was before track doubling and electrification. You ignore the serpentine road giong up and rather continue straight over a viaduct where you can see Pisciotta on its hill. Before the former railway crosses a second viaduct and enters a tunnel the footway connecting Pisciotta and Marina di Pisciotta crosses.

It is recommendable to first go left and give the little harbor village a visit. Off the high season in summer it is a very quiet place but still offers bars, restaurants, a food store, local products and a small beach at the very end of the lungomare. In the port fishermen may be observed maintaining their nets or enter the sea for fishing.

The joy of the steep footway to Pisciotta village gets a little bit clouded by being next to a wastewater plant but this is passed quickly and the rest goes along the large olive trees being characteristic for this place. Then you pass small medieval streets and reach the lively central square and the main road where you may even find a bar open during afternoon break.

Right on the other side of the road a staircase starts leading further up. After only a few steps you find a water fountain. You leave the densely populated area and turn left on an asphalt road for about 200 meteres and take the next turn right for further ascending on an old mule track. The place on the mountain ridge is called A Tartana. At the crossroads there are ruins of a chapel and to the right would be the patz to Monte Castelluccio. We go straight and slightly down through a chestnut forest into the valley of Fiumicello where the mule track hits the road from Pisciotta going around the hills. If you go this route in opposite direction it may be a little tricky to find the entrance of the mule track because due to widening the road it is reduced to a barely visible path and covered with forest at this place.

The rest of the route extends along the road, passing another water fountain.