Immersed in the typical landscape of Tuscany, Umbria or Lazio, you will walk along roads and paths rich with evidence of ancient rural civilization and old ways of life. Discovering along the way old farmhouses and the habits of families who lived there, tools of country people, and traditional cultivating techniques in the vineyards and olive groves.
The most fascinating areas for walks in the countryside are Valdorcia, Chianti, Crete Senesi, Val di Chiana, Maremma, Val di Pesa and Tuscia.  In these fabulous scenarios you cross woods, olive groves, vineyards and fields, a true mosaic landscape laid over the distinctive hills overlooking ancient stone houses, villas and medieval hamlets.
The itineraries reach some well known towns and villages such as Fiesole, Montepulciano, Pienza, Montalcino, Cortona, Radda in Chianti, Castellina in Chianti, Pitigliano, Volterra and Montefalco.
It is also possible to do a country walk around the main tourist cities of Florence, Lucca, Siena, Arezzo, Perugia, Assisi and Viterbo. You only have to cross the city gates to dive into the magic atmosphere of rural landscapes.

The Apennines are a chain of mountains stretching the length of the Italian peninsular (1200 km in length); they are considered  the backbone of the country and a wonderful scenario for hiking.  This mountain system is really magnificent  and many peaks rise to 2000 m in altitude. Etruria is surrounded by the Northern Apennines along its all east side, from Liguria to Umbria; the ridge is the border between Tuscany, Emilia Romagna and Le Marche.
In this area you can hike through endless prairies and explore the best preserved forests in Europe. The panoramic points are dramatic and the views expand between impressive mountains and the Mediterranean Sea.
The most beautiful and wild areas for hikes, in the Northern Apennines, are Valtiberina, Casentino, Garfagnana and Lunigiana. It’s no accident that the Italian Ministry of Environment established the Casentino Forest National Park (36,000 ha) and Appennino Tosco Emiliano National Park (23.000 ha).
Making hikes along the crest of these mountains means touching the sky and retracing ancient routes trodden since time immemorial.

The “Saint Francis walk” is an amazing voyage along the route of last pilgrimage which Francesco had between La Verna, the place where he received “the stigmata” ans Assisi, the place where he was born. Thanks to this “spiritual” experience you will be enraptured by the pure, uncontaminated beauty of the landscape that has not changed greatly since that enlightened personage walked upon it.
Following the “Saint Francis walk” it is possible to discover hidden tracks related to the saint such as hermitages, chapels, crosses and walk inside the forest of La Verna which the friars have maintained in its natural status respecting the Franciscan philosophy toward nature.
The route runs along mountains and valleys reaching lovely towns as Anghiari, San Sepolcro, Città di Castello and Spello where time seems to stop.

At the beginning of the 11th century, a multitude of souls began to travel across Europe converging on the spiritual home of Christianity, Rome.  Pilgrims followed the major medieval pilgrimage route in Italy, the Via Francigena which linked Rome with Canterbury.
This route was described, for the first time, by Sigeric the Serious, the Archbishop of Canterbury, who travelled to and from Rome to be consecrated by the Pope.  It was the end of the 10th century.
In 1985 an Italian historian, Giovanni Caselli, retraced the ancient itinerary as described by Archbishop Sigeric and in 1994 the Via Francigena received the recognition of the "European Cultural Itinerary" from the European Council.
The Via Francigena crosses the Etruria region from the North to the South through the most beautiful areas; in Tuscany the route passes through Lucca, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, Siena, San Quirico d’Orcia and Radicofani then goes on into Lazio passing for Acquapendente, Bolsena, Montefiascone, Viterbo and Sutri.
Even now modern pilgrims walk along this route motivated by spiritual reasons or just the need to be in touch with nature and history.

The coasts and islands of Tuscany are famous for the wild environments and wonderful landscapes which attract hikers from all over the World.
The trails run through the typical “macchia mediterranea”, an ecosystem rich in colours and scents, or the ancient evergreen forests where you can still find enormous pine trees and cork oaks.  It is possible to walk along never ending beaches and then climb spectacular cliffs till the top of high peaks (Capanne Mountain 1200 m). The most magic thing is that everywhere you are, the “sea is with you” and the urge to dive into the blue is irresistible.
Tuscany boasts out and out “Jewels  of  the Mediterranean” such as Elba Island, Giglio Island, the Uccellina Mountains, the PIombino promontory, and the Argentario promontory.
These jewels are set into two caskets of rare beauty, the Maremma Regional Park (10.000 ha) and Arcipelago Toscano National Park (17.000 ha).

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