If you’re looking for an uplifting December walking escape with a good chance of comfortable and dry weather, Amalfi coast and Capri really fit the bill. This destination offers mesmerizing burnt-lemon landscapes, captivating cultural experiences, and temperate walking conditions (averaging comfortable temperatures of mid-to-high 18s – 20s centigrade). To find out about any of our…
This meeting with Elizabeth has been fortunate. She worked in Rome at the American Centre and then she moved to Duke University (NC), where she started to practice “our” rowing. On her travel to Munich for the Euro Master, she stopped in Rome to meet old friends. An early morning of July we had a…
Dear reader, I’m happy to share this short travel log written by two Australian guests, Stephen and Claire from Perth, who came to Italy for the first time in May 2023, embarking on a WalkItaly self-guided tour of Southern Tuscany and Giglio Island. The good news is that they survived an encounter with Maremma sheepdogs;…
Brunch. Is this the best way to plan a rowing campus in Rome in 2024? YES, IT IS! This is how the eight team members from the Marin Rowing Club (North of San Francisco – CA) decided to join the WalkItalyTours rowing campus on the Tiber in April 2024. The rowers will combine rowing techniques…
Do you have to be a US Navy Seal to join our self-guided walking tours? Our self-guided walking tours have been designed to combine the adventurous and exciting side of the tours with safety for our walkers, most of whom come from countries with different cultural backgrounds and, most importantly, are unfamiliar with the distances…
This is THE place of our hiking in the South of Tuscany from Pitigliano to the Mediterranean Sea. “Vie Cave (vee-ah cavay, meaning cave roads) are cut by Etruscan (VII Century B.C) hand tools into the mile-high tuff stone (tuff or tufa are layers of solidified ash from volcanic eruptions) of the Maremma area of…
We’ve just spent 4 days in Salina and Stromboli walking on the slope of Monte Fosse delle Felci (980 m), trekking to an altitude of 400 m on the island of Stromboli, visiting the tiny village of Ginostra, listening to stories about Aeolian immigration to Australia, learning about the roller-coaster history of local Malvasia wine…
Cagliari is the start of the Sardinia Tour. Courageous travellers should read this book of Mary Davey to get an inside of the island looked like in the second half of XIX century “I ask for the utmost indulgence for this small literary product which I would like to present as a faithfully sketched portrait…
Trekking with the Medici family and Napoleon along magnetic mountains and pristine beaches Dear fellows, I am excited to share with you this new tour to Elba Island. Elba is an island that deserves to be walked, possessing a magnificent coast of cliffs, beaches and coves. This 5-day, 4-night tour will lead you to discover the…
There is much ado about “Slow Travel”: it is often used as a brand name without a proper understanding of what the term really means. On paper, Slow Travel is an offshoot of the Slow Food movement – a focus on local farming, regional cuisine, communal meals and traditional food preparation methods that began in…