Trekking, Wandering, and Hiking In Italy

The Valcamonica - Great hikes, great rock art.

La Via Francigena - Spiritual walking on the pilgrimage trail to Rome.

Hiking the Cinque Terre - Rick Steves says everyone has to do it. So there!

Walking Vesuvious - It's not all that easy. in 2009, the Giro d'Italia Bike race will attempt the climb the volcano.

Strada del Vino Colli di Candia e Lunigiana - A walk, mostly along the Via Francigena in the Lunigiana. What I like about it is that it's titled "A walk among marble and lard."

Puglia - The Foggia region has a nice Trail Map and Itinerari (look under "Materiali Promozionali" for links, or select the first one for a pdf with all of them). Also see an interactive map of Puglia.

Wandering in Venice - yes, you can even trek the big cities, looking for treasures overlooked by tourists.

Hiking in the Val Camonica - An account of a winter walk in the Cal Camonica. This valley has the highest concentration of rock carvings in the world. See our suggested hikes with our Val Camonica map.

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Giovanni Visetti: Hiking Guide and Mapmaker - a good resource for walks and walking maps, especially along the Amalfi coast and the Island of Capri.

Wandering about in Rome: TRASTEVERE - a good account of wandering through one of Rome's most interesting neighborhoods.

Vagabonding in Salento - Puglia's charm revealed.

Walks on the Wild Side - A writer walks Basilicata, the region around the instep of Italy's "boot".

Walking with St. Francis - Walking around Assisi, in the footsteps of St. Francis.

The Via Francigena in Europe - What you need to know about the pilgrimage route from Rome to Canterbury. Also see, The Via Francigena in "The Valley of the Abbeys" from Initaly.com and our own Map of the Via Francigena.

Alpi Apuane Trials - Itineraries for walking in northern Tuscany, in Italian.

See Tuscany - Urban Trekking - Four urban treks around Siena.

Maps

A good source of Italy maps is TrekTools.

Walking in Italy - One of the great things about having a home in Italy is to step out my door into the Appenines and discover the part of Tuscany nobody ever goes to, the Lunigiana.