Abruzzo:  Gran Sasso (the big rock)

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights

Available:  from june to september

À la carte accommodations: camping or mountain retreats

Gran Sasso or the big rock, is a place of contrasts:  on one side an enormous high plain, that has the nickname “little tibet”, and on the other side, soaring hundreds of metres, amazing rock faces.  This excursion unites the love of mountains, their peaks, their valleys and the people who live amongst them.  This is a vacation for people who love adventure and the strong emotions it brings to their lives.

Marche / Lazio / Abruzzo:  the big Apennine trek

Duration: 9 days, 8 nights

Available:  from june to octobter

À la carte accommodations: camping or mountain retreats

We’ll take you to the most spectacular tract of the Apennine mountain range.  It is suitable only for those without fear of steep climbs and long hours of hiking.  We’ll have 9 days to span the sibylline peaks, hiking down along the forested sides that will lead us all the way to Gran Sasso.  This trek is an incredible adventure.  If steep climbs and high elevations do not scare you, and if you want to experience the apennine mountains in their most authentic and profound setting, and if sleeping under the constellations fills your heart with joy, then join us for this once in a lifetime adventure!

When planning a Trekking à la Carte holiday, always remember that along with your ever present backpack and comfortable, well broken in hiking boots, you’ll need to pack clothing according to the season and the type of excursion you have chosen.  Also keep in mind that you should never start out without a bottle of water, a change of clothes if necessary, and a water-proof jacket.

Abruzzo:  mount Maiella

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights

Available:  from june to september

À la carte accommodations: camping or mountain retreats

Mount Maiella is like a mother to the people of Abruzzo and was bestowed with the name of a divinity. It is a mountain of extremes; valleys without end, enormous peaks, long, beautiful streams, and dramatic changes in altitudes. Here, your love of mountains will bring you to a place that will embrace you and take your breath away.  This excursion is for those you want a unique adventure, and to immerse themselves in nature that is still wild, and to return knowing that mother Maiella has left a little piece of her beauty in their heart.

WALKING TOURS

These easy excursions without steep climbs, are perfect for all levels of fitness and last from 4 to 5 hours each.

Duration: 7 days, 6 nights

Available: from april to october

A’la carte accommodations: standard, comfort, superior

This tour follows in the footsteps of the franciscan friars and their spiritual travels to ancient abbeys and monasteries. We’ll take you to beautiful oak and chestnut forests, you’ll discover hidden medieval hamlets, go to the crests of the Apennine mountains, and see views that will take your breath away. We’ll visit the art treasures of florence and assisi and sample the best of tuscan and umbrian cooking.

The road to Sagrantino: Umbria

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights

Available: all year round

À la carte accommodations: standard, comfort, superior

Sagrantino is the most celebrated wine produced in Umbria today. Grown in the splendid, hillside vineyards surrounding Montefalco, this wine tasting tour will take you to the picturesque wineries that made it famous. You’ll walk among the silver olive trees and the cobblestone paved roads of hamlets and castle fortifications in Spello, Montefalco, and Collemancio. Time itself will seem to have stopped and allowed you to absorb the quiet, relaxing, and stupendous colours of these medieval towns and country sides dedicated to the god bacchus.

The Sabina region – silver and green: Lazio

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights

Available: all year round, best in august

À la carte accommodations: standard, comfort, superior

The Sabina region in Lazio is like a sister to Umbria in the north. It will welcome you like a friend and proudly show you all of it’s abbies, nestled picturesquely in century old, holm-elm forests. Here you’ll be peacefully transported away by an afternoon spent immersed in the waters of it’s thermal baths, or spent wandering around the splendors of ancient civilization. Or perhaps you’ll find yourself marveling at the silver tones of it’s olive groves. You may even find the inspiration to try your hand at olive picking!

HIKING TOURS

These excursions require that you are in good physical shape and have excellent stamina, because each hike will last up to 6 hours. They differ from the walking tours as there are notable changes in the elevation the trail will take from start to finish. As always, a durable backpack is an absolute necessity. On these tours you could also find yourself alternating between traveling on foot, mountain bike or even snowshoes. We have also included many other extra activities to allow you to totally immerse yourself in a relaxing vacation.

From assisi to Norcia – the shepherd’s footprints in Umbria

Duration: 7 days, 6 nights

Available: from may to october

À la carte accommodations: standard, comfort, superior

Umbria, for centuries the land where shepherds roamed. Continually moving throughout the seasons, day in day out, guiding their flocks and creating countless trails where you can still feel their proud, nomadic spirit. Travelling along their almost forgotten paths, we will discover verdant fields, beech tree forests, and quench our thirsts at mountain water springs. This is a trip to the untamed Apennine mountains where a lasting record of these indefatigable shepherds still exists today.

Unexplored Umbria: olives, history, and much more…

Duration: 6 days, 5 nights

Available: all year round

À la carte accommodations: standard, comfort, superior

Often the most authentic experiences are inspired by simple events; colours, sounds, seeing a winding alleyway in a beautiful village, real food offered by kind people met along the way, horizons without end. Umbria shouldn’t be defined just by it’s famous sites, but also by it’s other half – it’s small villages where people of few words still live almost the same as they have for centuries. Hard working people who will welcome you to their world and gladly show you their ancient trades and authentic lifestyles. Along this journey you will encounter the real soul of umbria that lies between the it’s mountains and ancient villages.

Umbria / Marche: the Sibyilline mountains

Duration: 5 days, 4 nights

Available: from june to october

À la carte accommodations: standard, and comfort

The Sibylline mountains are in a word, magic. They are a land of mystery, of mountain tops that are named for fairies, of lakes that hold secrets, and of waters that seem to disappear. It is also a land of the wild flowers and green fields that surround everything, and home to wolves and eagles, unique colours and winds that blow across it’s lands. Here, shepherds still produce cheese using the old fashion methods, and you’ll taste flavours that should be savoured slowly as you step into the footsteps of the an ancient people that still live in the land of pastures that almost touch the sky.

Trentino: the heart of the Dolomites

Duration: 7 days, 6 nights

Available: from july to october

À la carte accommodations: standard, and comfort

The dolomites are known throughout the world as the “pale mountains”, the rocky spires that tower hundreds of metres into the skies. They are surrounded by beautiful valleys where the villages still practice their ancient artisan trades, such as producing the cheese that is made high up in mountain pastures. The Dolomites is also home to natural parks and day spas; to mountain peaks that will amaze you as they become infused with red and pink at sunset. On this special excursion you will savour traditional food and wines and the people of the dolomites that still produce them with pride and joy.

TREKKING

These exciting excursions have been designed for people in excellent physical shape and stamina, and who already have experience in mountain hiking.  The elevation changes throughout the treks will be challenging and their overall length will be not less than 6 hours.  On these adventure filled excursions you will be walking with backpacks for perhaps a full day, and if necessary  sleeping overnight in tents or at mountain refuges (in which case a maximum of only 10 people per trek is possible).

Abruzzo / Lazio:  the lake mountain  – trekking the Metella

Duration: 4 days, 3 nights

Available:  from june to october

À la carte accommodations: camping or mountain retreats

This is the land of water.  In this unique area of the apennine mountains you will countless breathtakingly beautiful waterfalls and sandstone gorges, cascading with crystalline water.  There is no other place that offers you the chance to immerse yourself in this many natural springs with fairytale-like surroundings. Here, colours are stronger - emerald green fields and beech forests that seem endless, and then unit with transparent waters revealing landscapes that will stay with you forever.

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For more information prices and booking please visit our contacts page