Italy is the most fabulous country in the world. And trekking is the best activity possible. So Trekking in Italy is just the perfect mix! You cannot ask for a better holiday! Hiking and Trekking in the Italian Alps is a world to discover. In this blog, you will find many articles about Trekking Alps experiences with many different tags by Season, Month and Hiking Area. All this is located in northwest Italy: Discover more about our wonderful Trekking in Italy blog!
Welcome to Adagio Guesthouse: A Charming Escape in North Italy’s Enchanting Village! We just opened our new guesthouse. So if you are coming hiking in the north west italian alps and you need a room which is not in a big city, this is a very good option. Adagio Guesthouse is ready for you. This is the website: https://adagio-guesthouse.it Nestled at the foothills of the majestic mountains in North Italy, … Read more…
I want to make an update about COVID situation in Italy. As you may read in the newspaper, Europe’s COVID number of cases is rising. But as hospitalization and intensive care unit are under control the limitations are quite small. Vaccinations apparently are doing a great job to reduce the complications of getting COVID and that makes possible travelling and have access to all facilities including hotel and huts. You … Read more…
Hiking in Aosta Valley is a dream for all hikers. Not only there are big mountains covered with snow even in deep summer. Not only the biodiversity here is great and the hikes pretty wild and not so crowded. Not only it is home to Mont Blanc, Monte Rosa, Gran Paradiso, and Matterhorn. Aosta Valley stands in Italy: which means great food, amazing wine, and a warm welcome. I personally … Read more…
UPDATE 10/05/2021: From the 15th of May the Travel restriction due to COVID-19 within Europe will be eased. There will be NO QUARANTINE. You’ll need to have one of those: Vaccine to COVID-19 Prove that you healed from COVID-19 within the last 6 months negative PCR within the previous 48 hours Check the rules yourself before to book but this should be the rule for the summer 2021. This would … Read more…
Which is the perfect timing for visiting the Alps? As every adventure the weather influence a lot the experience and this question can be a crucial question in many area. The short and easy way to answer this question is: anytime is good for hiking. But this can be misleading. Every season is very different one each other. And the different months offers different opportunities in terms of hiking. For … Read more…
Many people around the world can’t wait to plan finally their holidays. Our trips to the Alps in this weird 2020 were very few and we really hope many more people will be able to come to our magnificent mountains hiking in the Italian Alps starting as soon as possible. The situation right now is still not good. There are still many people infected with COVID and the social distancing … Read more…
2020 was not a normal year. One year ago, I hardly knew what “Pandemic” means. “Epidemic” was already bad enough. This is the year when everything was put into perspective. It brought up many problems that we had already as a society and as a species. And even though now we have good reason to think that with vaccines in launchpad, we could be out from this pandemic quite soon, … Read more…
Tour of Mont Blanc (TMB) or Tour du Mont Blanc is one of the most famous trekking in the world. The place is gorgeous and the Mont Blanc is certainly one of the most beautiful mountain of the world. Said so, the Tour of Mont Blanc have a big problem: it is overcrowded and this is why many people should search for an alternative to Tour of Mont Blanc. As … Read more…
We can start again hike together, whenever you will want. In Italy, the Coronavirus hit hard, as in many other countries, unfortunately. We still don’t know how this Pandemic will affect our world but right now, here, the situation is getting back to what it used to be. Honestly, I do not want to call it “normality”, because I am quite skeptical about the way we were living, especially in … Read more…
Hi everybody. I wrote a post in the Trekking Alps blog about 40 days ago, at the start of the quarantine. We were supposed to have a lockdown for about 3 weeks to get rid of the virus, but of course, it was not enough. And now we passed the 40 days that make a quarantine…. a quarantine! So now I am happy I reached this milestone. I would have … Read more…
Covid-19 or Coronavirus is changing our lives. In Italy we felt it particularly hard but unfortunately, this is hitting the whole World. We have to patient. We all have to stop for a while what I personally like the most: traveling and meeting people. It is not easy. Luckily I have a wonderful family to spend time with and a beautiful home where to pass my spring and grow some … Read more…
Most people associate Alps to the Swiss Alps. Or maybe French. Or what about a Ski winter in Austria…. Italian Alps are less famous and ridiculously underrated. And even though I am completely biased by being born in Italy, and in clear conflict of interests, as I run a Trekking business in Italy, I will try to argue why you should choose the Italian Alps over any other country. I … Read more…
The hike in Susa Valley looks like any other: I did not have idea that Michael was a journalist. He wrote me as everyone did, from the contact form of the website that he wanted to hike in the Alps starting from Milan. Milan is a big destination for Italy even though honestly I think it is one of the worst one. It is the most “fast” city of Italy, … Read more…
London is “the” city in Europe. Among the many advantages of this wonderful town, there is the connectivity. And Turin and the Alps are very easy to be reached out from London city. So this is an ideal Escape from London. Many londoners come to the Alps in winter to skying. But even more interesting than skying, hiking in the Alps is also very accesible and possible all year round. … Read more…
Is it possible to do mountain hiking in Spring? Most people think that mountains are enjoyable only in Summer, when in the city it is too hot, or in the winter, where ski is one of the most popular activity to do. But this is very unfair. Mountains are great all year long and I experienced in my life living at the door of the Alps. I experienced the Alps … Read more…
Many asked me about the possibility of the Self Guided Hikes. The choice is up to you. In terms of costs, the difference is usually not much. There is a very detailed work on preparing a self guided hikes which are quite similar to come hiking with a guide. Moreover, the guide can always understand the situation and evaluate it in the process of the hike while in the self … Read more…
For this 2018 SFG Corporate Trip hiking in the alps, we start organizing everything from november 2017. And from that moment it did not stop snowing up in the mountains. We also had a very wet spring, with lot of thunderstorm and an amazing quantity of water falling every day. There have been a record of more than 8 meters of snow fallen at high altitude up in the Alps! … Read more…
Italy is arguably one of the most beautiful destination for your holidays. Culture, good food, great cities, nice people and also incredible Nature. Mountains in particular are the sanctuary of Nature togheter with the coast of the south and some remote Islands. There are two main mountain chains, the Alps and the Apennines. The Alps are one of the most beautiful mountain range of the world. And even though the … Read more…
It was several years of not abundant snow in the Alps. Last years in the dolomites alsmost no snow have been falling and 2 years ago till the 1st of January the mountains of the Alps where snowless. This year finally it changed! In December an incredible amount of snow have been falling and still is continuing. The precipitations are crucial for the health of the land. Snow means storage … Read more…
The Southern Piedmont Alps are not so well known in the World but it is one of the most beautiful place where to do Hiking. Monviso, with its 3800 meters of altitude above the sea is called the King of Stone and its majestic Peak is saw from all over in the North west, in the mountains and not only. Hiking in the Monviso area is an amazing experience and … Read more…