The State Forestry Corps controls the reserve;
access is free, but from March 2022 until December 31st 2022 it is allowed only on Saturday and Sunday from 9 AM o'clock to 4 PM.
After December 2022 there can be other flow to access, as in the past you needed to send a mail to utb.caserta@corpoforestale.it to inform about your visit two weeks in advance, reporting the following information: what is the day of your visit, the path, the number of persons and the leader.
Magica De Spell is a fictional character of the Scrooge McDuck universe, a sorceress created by Carl Barks.
It is known that Barks wanted to create attractive witch, and her features were inspired by Sophia Loren and Gina Lollobrigida.
According to the author, Magica De Spell's house is on the slopes of the Vesuvius:
The guides of the park found the Magica De Spell's house within the Forest Reserve Tirone Alto Vesuvio, and they also arranged some visits to it for school students.
Usually the house is closed, but looking for this cache you can arrive there and enjoy the Forest Reserve Tirone Alto Vesuvio.
The Forest Reserve Tirone Alto Vesuvio was established since 29 March 1972 by government and it is set to safeguard the crater wall of Vesuvius, it has an area of about 1,000 hectares.
You cross one of the most beautiful and scenic views of the park, with continuous alternating of traits of closed and shady forest and scrub in open stretches, both dominated by the Vesuvius.
You have a panoramic view over the lava of 1944 colonized by lichen Stereocaulon vesuvianum.
There are two main ways to arrive to Magica's house, both of them along the road coming from Ercolano.
1) parking nearby the restaurant "Douce Atmosphere", at N 40° 49.629 E 014° 24.116; this one can be easy if your tour stops exactly there for lunch!
2) parking nearby the guest house "Il Sentiero" N 40° 49.003 E 014° 23.170, and then follow the reported waypoints, it is not difficult!
Further info can be found at the following site:
http://www.epnv.it/pnv/visitailparco/sentiero_tirone.asp
Feel free to contact the cache owner for further information and GPS tracks.
Download GPS track: link.
Bring your own pen, and take care to properly hide the cache after logging!
