Italy
Dolomites, Apennines and the Sardinian coast
Italy is a spine with flanks. In the north the Alps close the country off with glaciers and limestone walls, and the Dolomites rise out of them as steep rock towns with vertical faces.
Below them the Apennines run from Liguria to Calabria, with beech forest, springs and old shepherd paths. Sardinia has granite and cork oak, Sicily volcanoes and coastal paths.
From June to October you walk in the Alps; in the south spring and autumn are best.
Trips in Italy
Lagorai · ItalyAlta Via del Granito
Three-day loop through the granite world of Cima d'Asta and the Cime di Rava in the Lagorai.
Pale di San Martino · ItalyPalaronda Trek
Four days of hut-to-hut walking across the Pale di San Martino plateau: the largest rock desert of the Dolomites, from San Martino di Castrozza and back.
Dolomites · ItalyAlta Via 1
Twelve days hut to hut through the heart of the Dolomites: from Lago di Braies over the Fanes plateau and the Lagazuoi, past Cinque Torri and Pelmo to the wild finale under the Schiara above Belluno.
Mont Blanc massif · Switzerland, France, ItalyTour du Mont Blanc
The classic walk around Mont Blanc: 164 kilometres, three countries, eleven stages from 6 to 20 kilometres, and every day a balcony view of the highest mountain in the Alps.
Ortlergebiet · ItalyOrtler Höhenweg
Seven high-alpine stages around South Tyrol's highest mountain, from the Stilfserjoch through the glacier country of the Cevedale group to the lakes of Cancano.
Meraner Land · ItalyMeraner Höhenweg
Eight days on way 24 around the Texelgruppe: palms and cypress on the south flank, a 2,895-metre pass on the north side. A hut-to-hut loop with views of Meran, the Etschtal and the Ortler.