Big list of the best hiking tours and walking holidays in Italy

{ 2008 05 02 }

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Places worth a visit

With this short list of hiking trips You can find the best places where walking and unexpected trekking ideas.

Italy is big, so it's hard to list all possible hiking spots.

Terrain has a great variety:

Italy offers different kinds of itineraries:

The best places where hike are without doubt:

The National Parks have good hiking trails. Especially those in the mountain areas (See Alps, Dolomites and Abruzzi region)
Worth a visit are the "Vie ferrate" in the Dolomites
Garda lake in Lombardy's lake district is another great spot for hiking.
The heart of Italy, Tuscany and Umbria, is the ideal region to join walking and cultural visit. The territory is rich of medieval cities (Florence, Pisa, Siena, etc…) and food and wine regions to taste the Italian cuisine.
The Ligurian riviera with the Cinque terre (5 lands) is another good place for walking. It's a coast area formed by 5 little sea towns in the province of La Spezia.
In the South of Italy worth a visit are the Amalfi coast in the Naples bay, the Gargano natural trails (Apulia) and Sicily with the majestic Mount Etna.

[Bologna to Florence] Via Romea, the Pilgrim's way - An easy 8 days hiking tour from April to October
Trekking in the National Park of Abruzzo - A 7 days self guided tour available from June to September
From Bozen to Venice - An easy independent tour of 7 days
Hiking in the heart of South Tyrol - An easy 8 days trekking tour
Hiking in the Dolomites natural parks - An easy 8 days self guided trekking
7 days independent tour Siena and Val D'Orcia
7 Days self guided tour in the Chianti: Florence to Siena
8 days Self guided Trek - Naples, Capri Pompeii and the Amalfi coast - A medium difficulty trekking available all the year
8 days Guided Trekking - The Italy's Volcanoes: Stromboli and Etna - A medium difficulty trekking available from March to October