Hiking and Tourism

The journey, on foot, by bike or by car if need be to cover long distances, in natural surroundings or in the most beautiful villages of Italy... is the time for relaxation, discovery and your own cultural growth.

Rifugio Tito Zilioli on the saddle below Monte Vettore

Rifugio "Tito Zilioli"

By Redazione Published: 13/09/2012

A hut in a strategic position on the saddle linking Monte Vettore and Cima di Prato Pulito. The Rifugio Zilioli is a stone building from the 1960s, physically not very large.It is in fact an…

Rifugio Fonte Astuni and the Fonte Astuni spring, Vallelonga

Rifugio Fonte Astuni and the Fonte Astuni spring

By Redazione Published: 12/09/2012

In the living heart of the Vallelonga, one of the most beautiful valleys of the Abruzzo Apennines, the hut enjoys a highly respectable position, strategic for organising hikes.The hut is not normally open or staffed,…

Baita "La Gallinola" - mountain restaurant

Baita "La Gallinola" - mountain restaurant

By Redazione Published: 26/08/2012

The Baita "La Gallinola" is a mountain restaurant in the wildest area of Campitello Matese, far from the ski lifts and on the edge of the wood. Set at 1600 m in a small wooded…

Rifugio Casanova in the Foreste Casentinesi

Rifugio Casanova in the Foreste Casentinesi

By Redazione Published: 24/08/2012

The hut stands at 894 m above sea level within the boundaries of the Foreste Casentinesi National Park.It lies in the valley of the Oia, in the municipality of Stia, in the Casentino area, Province…

Rifugio Vincenzo Sebastiani on the Velino

Rifugio Vincenzo Sebastiani on the Velino

By Redazione Published: 23/08/2012

Rifugio Vincenzo Sebastiani is one of the Apennine huts best known to hikers, like the even better known Rif. Franchetti on the Gran Sasso and Rif. Angelo Sebastiani on the Terminillo.The hut stands below the…

Rifugio Casina dell'Alpe mountain hut on the Alpe di Catenaia

Rifugio "Casina dell'Alpe"

By Alessandro Benazzi Published: 19/08/2012

The hut is in the northern part of the Alpe di Catenaia, in the municipality of Chitignano, at 970 metres.- From Rassina (AR), follow the signs for Chitignano-Chiusi della Verna; past Chitignano, carry on for…

Hikes for children in the Apennines

Hikes for children in the Apennines

By Redazione Published: 16/08/2012

Why hiking matters for childrenParents who love hiking, contact with nature and the mountain environment often don't know how to go about it or where to go. In this section we wanted to gather some…

Rifugio Massimo Rinaldi on Monte Terminilletto

Rifugio Massimo Rinaldi on Monte Terminilletto

By Redazione Published: 11/07/2012

Rifugio Massimo Rinaldi stands on the summit of Monte Terminilletto at an altitude of 2108 m; you can easily reach it on foot by the comfortable path that climbs from Rialto or by the chairlift,…

Cupi: a village of 15 inhabitants...

Cupi: a village of 15 inhabitants...

By Redazione Published: 11/07/2012

The place has a particular charm: to reach it you skirt broad conifer woods that give this corner of soft, rounded mountains a flavour of high mountains.On the road that leads from the Santuario della…