page_title: Aiguilles de Bavella
section_title: Hiking trails
hierarchical_section_title: Aiguilles de Bavella / Hiking trails
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: Aiguilles de Bavella avec la statue de Notre Dame des Neiges.
context_page_description: The Aiguilles de Bavella are rocky spikes of red granite that dominate the hill of the same name. The name means needles of Bavella. At 1218 m, the hill connects the Alta Rocca to the east coast of Corsica.
  This massif is smaller yet much more popular than the "aiguilles de Popolasca". The site is characterized by jagged peaks, large rock walls and pine trees twisted by the wind.
  Located in the centre of the "Massif de Bavella", are the seven "tours d'Asinau," or towers of Asinau, the actual "needles". These are traditionally numbered from south to north:
  Punta di l'Acellu
  Punta di l'Ariettu
  Punta di a Vacca, the only tower accessible to a simple hiker
  Punta di u Pargulu, separated from the previous towers by the Bocca di u Pargulu, taken by the Alpine variant of the GR 20
  Punta Longa
  Punta Alta, the highest
  Punta Iolla, separated from the Punta Alta by the Bocca di u Santu
  The highest points of the Bavella massif stand a little to the north of the Needles with both Punta di u Furnellu and Punta Muvrareccia at 1899m. The massif is overshadowed by the highest peak in the region, Monte Incudine.
context_section_description: From Mount Incudine to the Bavella Pass, the GR 20 footpath, after reaching the refuge of Asinau  at 1536m, passes by the foot of the aiguilles de Bavella in the Rizzanese Valley (Asinau), but a so-called "alpine variant" route allows the towers of Bavella to be reached via the Bocca di u Pargulu (Bocca llu Pàrgulu, 1662 m).
  After the Bavella pass, the path begins its descent towards Conca, via "Foce Finosa" (1206 m) and the i Paliri refuge (1055 m) at the foot of the Punta Tafunata (literally "Pierced Peak"), a 1312 m high mountain with a hole.
  A statue of Notre-Dame-des-Neiges ("Our Lady of the Snows") stands at the pass, a few meters from the road, on top of a large mound of boulders. The Purcaraccia is a famous creek with waterfalls and natural pools. The trail starts about 8 km from there on the D268 towards Sari-Solenzara.
  The towns of Quenza, Zonza and Conca stand in a curve to the southwest of the Bavella Pass.
caption: "Aiguilles de Bavella" and a statue of "Notre Dame des Neiges".
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