For many centuries, this path was the only access to the castle. The assumption that the nobility arrived at the castle in carriages is not entirely accurate. Horses find it difficult to pull loads uphill over such a steep, rocky path. Going downhill is also strenuous for the animals, as even braking their own body weight is challenging. This makes it especially difficult when combined with a heavy load, like a carriage.

Those fine ladies and gentlemen who didn’t wish to walk or be carried by a mule would have been transported to the castle in a comfortable sedan chair. One of these can be seen in the castle museum. 

Heavy loads, such as construction material and provisions, were most likely transported along this path, using the combined strength of people and animals.

In many places along the castle path, you can still see the deep furrows (or ruts) in the porous tuff stone. 

Until the 1980s, local farmers rented arable land on the fertile volcanic soil of the castle hill. These fields were also accessed via this path.