Article · 14 Nov 2020
A long-distance walk around Lake Como in Italy
Using routes from Gillian Price's 'Walking Lake Como and Maggiore', ferry crossings and their own ingenuity, Carol and Jim Watson enjoyed a long-distance walk around one of...
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Article · 5 Aug 2020
Back in the Italian Dolomites on the Alta Via 1
With Covid-19 precautions now in place, Cicerone's Italian Dolomites author Gillian Price is overjoyed to be in her favourite mountains and on her favourite trail. Yippee!
Article · 27 May 2020
Latest camino-related Covid 19 response status and advice
Check here daily for the latest on Camino-related COVID-19 response openings for Spain, Portugal, Italy, France, Switzerland and Britain. Covering Camino Francés, Camino del...
Article · 7 Mar 2020
Early days on the Via Francigena in Italy
Melanie Trethowan left her home in rural New South Wales, Australia, to travel the Italian leg of the Via Francigena.
Article · 19 Feb 2020
Hidden Gem – Stelvio is Italy's largest alpine national park, yet overshadowed by neighbouring Dolomites
Bordering the Dolomites to the east, and Switzerland to the west, the Stelvio is one of the largest protected areas in all of the Alps. Its unspoilt landscape ranges from valley...
Article · 25 Jul 2018
4 spiritual reasons to walk the Way of St Francis: Florence to Assisi
Ben Cottam and Giles Story walked the 285km section from Florence to Assisi, rather faster than recommended, over nine days in early May this year, armed with Rev Sandy Brown’s...
Article · 24 Jun 2018
What is a peace trail? Traces of war and reconciliation in the Carnic Alps, near the Dolomites
Lesley looks at the poignant Peace Trails, such as the Karnischer Höhenweg near the Dolomites and the Pot Miru in Slovenia. There are signs of war scattered around these routes...
Article · 3 Mar 2018
Four days on the Grand Apennines Trek, or Grande Escursione Appenninica (GEA)
Barbara and her husband completed four stages of the Grand Apennines Trek, or Grande Escursione Appenninica (GEA) using Gillian Price's guidebook. She sent in these photos and...
Article · 13 Sept 2017
An unusual family in the Apennines
Gillian Price writes about staying with an unusual family whilst trekking the Grande Escursione Appenninica in the Apennines.
Article · 5 Aug 2017
What’s the Alta Via? Why are they numbered? Why are there two AV1 routes in Italy? I’m confused…
There are Alta Via trekking routes in two areas of the Italian Alps: the Dolomites and the Aosta Valley (Gran Paradiso/Mont Blanc). Here's the difference.
Article · 11 Nov 2016
Why walk from Munich to Venice? Let John Hayes explain.
There's a new trekking guidebook to The Dream Way or Traumpfad from Munich to Venice. But why? What ties these cities together and why should you do this allegedly classic trek?...
Article · 26 Nov 2015
The Way Of St Francis – enjoy a pilgrim's progress in Umbria
Sandy Brown's Cicerone guide to The Way of St Francis, takes you through the 550 km pilgrimage route from Florence to Rome, via Assisi. For most of the walk, you will be exploring...
Article · 18 Nov 2014
A taste of Sicily
Italy is known for fresh food and delicious flavours and here Gillian Price, author of Walking in Sicily, suggests some essentials to taste after a pleasant Sicilian stroll.
Article · 18 Jan 2014
The Via Francigena - a pilgrim route from Canterbury to Rome
The Via Francigena ('the way through France') is a long-distance walk with a difference - a 1900km pilgrimage on foot from Canterbury to Rome. People have been making pilgrimages...
Article · 6 Jan 2014
So, which trek to do next?
Karen from Billings, Montana emailed to ask for suggestions for which alpine trek she should tackle next after her Chamonix-Zermatt and Alta Via 2 treks. Cicerone publisher Jonathan Williams runs through the main options in Austria, France, Italy,...
Article · 12 Dec 2011
Tour of Mont Blanc - Clockwise or Anti-Clockwise?
Although the Tour of Mont Blanc route is well established as an anti-clockwise circuit, there are arguments in favour of walking the TMB in a clockwise direction.