| Trekking
is the perfect for wellness and for spend an
unforgettable vacation in tuscany which will rest your
body and mind.
The Timeless Tuscan Countryside
This walk through the gentle landscape of Tuscany take us through a countryside
that is timeless. Tuscany is a region well suited to a walking pace and there
is much to absorb.
Here are some of the best preserved medieval towns in
Europe with their Romanesque churches and buildings. Walk
through a varied countryside of rolling hillsides, vineyards,
olive groves and forests alive with colour. Tuscany offers
many gastronomic delights: pecorino cheese, wild boar dishes
and porcini mushrooms. And need we remind you, it is also
Chianti wine country.
Tuscany truely have mountains and
alpine scenary.
Some
samples of trekking itineraries.
Mugello Tuscany
Discover a network of trails from easy to difficult,
laid out to let you discover the ancient villages on the
mountain top and valley. Beautiful sights await the walker
along the trekking rings, which cross the Mugello ridges
and valley, with its springs, waterfalls, archeological remains,
and a stop at the CAI and Comunità Montana Points
is always a pleasant rest.
Chestnut-trees, beech-trees, fir-trees, pine-trees ... The
nature-lover will relish the rich Flora and Fauna, with common
sightings of countless species of birds, the fallow and roe
deer, wild boar and little foxes.
Lucca Garfagnana Tuscany
In Garfagnana the area north from
Lucca, Trekking opportunites are amazing. There is the
Highest Mountain in Tuscany, Monte Prado at 2054 meters
which one can walk to on the main Apennine chain which
is a range of high rolling mountains.
Easy valley walks
and mountain peaks, to that of harder scrambles and longer
high level walks
- Grotta del Vento and Forato mountain Walk
up "Monte Forato", via Foce Petrosciana, some
scrambling involved. Spectacular Rock Arch on Summit.
Walk down via Costa Pulita, to Grotta
del Vento for Optional tour in caves as extra. A
walk that has views as impressive that one can get in
the Alpi Apuane, with the sea and high peak of Pania
della Croce, along with the spectacular rock arch on
the top of the mountain, it is a great walk.
Level: Moderate to Challenging 5 hrs
there is a steepish up with some hand scambling, nothing
too difficult. To a winding descent after the arch.
good tour and worthwhile the expense. See
caves of the winds
- Tour Orecchiella Natural Park & Pania
di Corfino 1609 Mt. Walk to
Campaiana, Fonte dell’Amore
and Pruno amidst the Natural Beauty of the Pania Corfino
in the Orecchiella National Park. This is certainly an
area of outstanding natural beauty, what with the wildlife
and the flora in the park it is surely one of the jewels
of the area. The view one gets from the top of the
Pania di Corfino is one of the best views to be had
of the Garfagnana. We will be on the look out for the
park mouflon and red dear as they are to be found on
large numbers, or even the elusive Wolf ! Bus to Corfino –
Level: Moderate
nothing technical, some rocky terrain – 6hr
- Highest Peak in Tuscany" - Mt
Prado From the Ski Station of Casone 1314m-walk
along main Apennine ridge to Monte Prado 2054m-desceding
to Lago Bargetana-Rif Battisti and back to Casone.
Here we hit the open ridge line of the Apennines, walking
the border line of Tuscany & Emilia Romagna. On
both sides there are great views, on a clear day one
can see Corsica island from the top along with other
mediteranean islands. Beautiful walking and open views,
a rocky descent, but nothing technical.
Level: Moderate up
to 7 hours with some stops. Bus up to Casone for
circular walk
- "The Dead Man of the Garfagnana" Walk
up Pania Della Croce 1858m, from Piglionico, via Rif
Rossi, one of the best views to be had of the coast from
the summit from the dead man's stomach. Also the choice
of Pania Secca. If you are wondering what the Dead Man
is, then..at a certain
angle in the Garfagnana, when you lookat the Mountain,
you have a head which is very pronounced, with fore
head, nose and chin, the stomach is the Pania della
Croce, then there are Knees and the Feet at Pizza di
Saette. Looks like a person lying on its back. The
Dead Man of the Garfagnana. Best views of the coast,
and real high mountain feel without the difficulty.
Level: Moderate
some scrambling on way up and down 6 hrs.
- Monte Sumbra One of the easiest trekking
peaks, we start from Vianova, and take a trail that leads
us up through beach forests out onto the main ridge up
to the Summit of Monte Sumbra 1709m extensive views over
the Garfagnana and coast, rtn via drovers path. Walking
through mature beech forest most of the way along the ridge
of Sumbra it is always a surprise to pop out into the open.
When you do , you are rewarded with the spectacualr view
of a near sheer rock wall of Monte Sumbra and a perfect
view to the coast, along with one of the best all round
panoramas that you get from any peak in the Alpi Apuane.
Level: Easy to Moderate, small exposure,
6 hrs
- Marble Quarries & Monte
Tambura From Campocatino to Passo Foccolaccia
and an amazing marble quarry on the main ridge. Up
ridge to Tambura, 2 nd Highest in Apuane. Down via
Arnetola Valley back to start! This is a walk that
takes in the main feature of the Alpi Apuane, MARBLE
!!! The quarry's that you see and pass through have
the pure white marble of Carrara, leaving scares on
the landscape, hard to cover up, but impressive in
their own right. Tambura, one walks on a ridge line
up to the peak and down with great views all around
the mountain. Small scramble sections involved,
but other wise a good cricular walk
Level: Moderate
to Challenging - some scrambling long 7 hrs
- Lakes, Mountains and Canyons" Walk
from Orrido
di Botri, and up onto Monte Rondinaio, and to Lago
Baccio. Great Panorama high in Apennines & down to
Serchio Valley and Barga. This walk takes you onto a
high section of the Apennines in the middle valley, here
one is in the middle of big mountains and great mountain
lakes. Along with a spectacular view down into the Garfagnana
Level: Moderate to challenging walk,
long, up to 7 hrs, bus to near Orrido / Passo Giovo
- Traditional Valley Life in Garfagnana. Valley
walking via old drovers' paths and tracks, through Medieval
walled village Castiglione, and other hamlets. Taking
in the local traditions and flavours of the real day
to day life in the valley of the Garfagnana. This is
a walk that takes all aspects of valley life, walking
through ancient chestnut woodlands to open fields cultivated
with corn and Farro grain. Then the old villages full
of history, dating back to the 700's and the Byzantine
era. A great way to see the area and see how people live
in the valley.
Level: Easy, 6 hrs, Inc bar stops,
circular from the lodge at Braccicorti.
- Lago di Vagli & Campocatino Start
beside lake and take old path up to village of Vagli
Sopra and then to old shepherd's village of Campocatino.
After time here, walk to old hermitage of San Viviano
and descend to Vagli Sotto. This is a valley walk with
a mountain feel, passing through the Villages of Vagli
and up to the quaint and probably one of the most picturesque
sights in the Garfagnana, Campocatino, with the soaring
heights of the peaks behind, one gets a bit of everything.
The hermitage of San Viviano is a small chapel clinging
to the rock face, built from a old cave where the saint
is said to have lived. Great views of the lake of Vagli
and flowers and orchids that in season are wonderful.
Level: Easy
to Moderate with one section with some exposure in ascent
to hermitage 5.5 hrs
- Marmite del Gigante A day spent exploring
the huge carved out water channels and holes on the side
of M. Sumbra and M. Fiocca. Great fun climbing around
on the rocks. This walk or climbing day is more of a
scramble and is really for people who are resonably fit,
There is a lot of scrambling from rock to rock and by
following the rivers washed out course makes for a lot
of fun as you go from one level to the next. Level: Moderate
5 hrs
- Orto di Donna & M Grondilice Foce
Siggioni & Giovo crossing
into Lucido Valley, and Foce Di Navola and over main
ridge of the Apuane and Grondilce to new Rif Grondlice
and descend back into the Orto di Donna!, "the ladies
back Yard !" This walk gets one away from village life
and into the mountain scenary where not many people
tend to go, off to the right hand end of the range,
with the highest peak of Pisanino bearing down and
marble quarries hidden in the valleys. It makes for
great walking and this walking, passing as it does
between 2 valley's, has time to take in all the sights
and sounds of the spectacular end of the Alpi Apuane.
Level: Moderate
- 6.5 hrs
- Orto di Donna & Monte Pisanino From
the Valley of the Orto di Donna we follow the ridge line
up onto the highest in the Alpi Apuane, Monte Pisanino
1947m. Steep and exposed in places. Rewarding and spectacular
views on the summit. Only for the experienced this is
a walk that is rewarding in its own right by being the
peak of the highest in the range. The walk is via a ridge
line to the top , exposed in places, with a peak that
has little room to spare, but affords all the time to
be able to sit there and take in the views from the top.
Level: Challenging and expert
level though not technical it needs a good head
for heights 6 hrs
Cinque Terre Walk coastline
near La Spezia to reach 5 Terre coast and the town
of Portovenere. more
details about 5 lands...
The 5 terre are called "the 5 Lands", because
at one time they were inaccessible apart from sea access
by boat and the small walking trail that connects them. Now
there is the road and rail link. Howevere it is this old
path used for harvest time crop gathering and trading that
we walk on. more
details
From Rio Maggiore and
a short section of walk on the Via
Del Amore the trail
of Love !, where lovers go and gaze at each other and the
sun set ! Here we walk to Manarola via the
path cut into the rock face of the cliff with great views.
Then from Manarola a small harbour town also we take a 45min
section of walk to Corniglia. Built high
in the tock of a rock outcrop. Then from here we hot the
main part of the trail through the olive groves and lush
vegetation as you walk to Vernazza on a
narrow trail that wonds it way through for over an hour to Vernazza.
One of the quaintest towns along the walk. Here get a
break for Lunch before continue on the Last section to
Monte Rosso. An inspiring section of trail
through the olive groves and lemon trees less trodden that
the section before the end of the walk and
the old and new towns of Monterosso. |