Walking in Tuscany - A Walker's Guidebook

Guidebook to 50 walks through Italy's Tuscany, Umbria and Latium, ranging from brief strolls to a five-day trek (the Chianti Trail). Includes the wild Chianti ridge, city walks through Perugia, Orvieto and Volterra, and day walks on the beautiful island of Elba and along the unspoilt coast around Orbetello.

Walking in Tuscany

50 Walks throughout Tuscany

Author

Gillian Price

Cover

Paperback - Laminated

Edition

Third

ISBN_13

9781852844899

Availability

Published

Price

£14.00

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Location Map (1)
Overview Maps (1)
Sample Routes (1)

Seasons

Mild climate makes it suitable all year round. Can be hot and hazy at low altitude during summer, and cities are more crowded.

Centres

Florence, Perugia, Orvieto, Siena, Volterra, Elba

Difficulty

Easy walking. Clear paths (not all waymarked), some with brief, trouble-free climbs/descents.

Must See

Etruscan remains, medieval hamlets, Renaissance towns, Romanesque churches, unspoilt coast, and nature reserves and parks.

Map: Walk Locations
Map: Walk Locations

Introduction
Etruscan Italy
Further Reading
When to Go
Getting There & Around
Walking
Maps
Accommodation
Food and Wine
What to Take
Wildlife
Vegetation and Flora

Walks
1:   A Stroll in the Hills Around Fiesole
2:   Il Sentiero del Chianti: the Florence–Siena Long-Distance Path
3:   Castellina to Radda in Chianti
4:   Volpaia
5:   Environs of San Gimignano
6:   Volterra City Route
7:   Saline di Volterra, an Alternative Approach to the City
8:   The Murlo Circuit
9:   Through the Sienese ‘Crete’ via Monte Oliveto Maggiore
10: Montalcino to Sant’Antimo
11: Bagno Vignoni and a Scenic Loop
12: Fortresses in the Val d’Orcia
13: Monte Cetona
14: Chiusi and Poggio Gaiella, the Legendary Mausoleum of Lars Porsenna?
15: The Heights of Cortona and a Franciscan Retreat
16: In Hannibal’s Footsteps Above Lago Trasimeno
17: Isola Maggiore
18: Perugia City Walk
19: Baratti and the Populonia Promontory

Isola d’Elba
20: Isola d’Elba: Oratorio di San Cerbone
21: Isola d’Elba: Monte Capanne Circuit
22: Isola d’Elba: Chiessi–Marciana Traverse
23: Parco della Maremma: San Rabano Loop
24: Parco della Maremma: Punta del Corvo-Talamone
25: WWF Oasi Laguna di Orbetello
26: The Argentario Promontory
27: Ancient Cosa and the Tombolo di Feniglia
28: WWF Oasi Lago di Burano
29: Sovana’s Sunken Roadways and Necropolises
30: Sovana to Pitigliano the Old Way
31: Poggio Buco
32: Sorano to Vitozza via the River Lente
33: A Stroll around Velzna, Etruscan Orvieto
34: Orvieto to Bolsena as per the Corpus Domini Procession
35: Civita di Bagnoregio and the ‘Calanchi’
36: WWF Oasi di Alviano
37: Vulci and the River Fiora
38: Tuscania: Romanesque Churches and Etruscan Tombs
39: The Castel d’Asso Necropolis

40: The ‘Island’ of Norchia and its Multi-Storeyed Tombs
41: Lago di Vico 42: Blera: Ancient Roadways and Bridges
43: Blera: More Necropolises
44: Barbarano Romano: San Giuliano and the Marturanum Park
45: Barbarano Romano: the Via Clodia
46: San Giovenale and Civitella Cesi
47: Sutri’s Sunken Amphitheatre and Mithraism
48: Falerii Novi and the Via Amerina
49: Tarquinia’s Painted Tombs and Old City
50: Cerveteri alias Etruscan Caere
51: Ancient Veio and the Ponte Sodo

Appendix
Glossary