Moderate Programme

 500,00  670,00

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The Moderate Program (MP) is designed with shorter days and less climbing. This is suitable for people who are used to walking in hills with a reasonable level of fitness.

All walks are led by a qualified guide. A packed lunch is provided.

 

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Description

Day 1 – Arrival

Arrival in Assisi (PG). Meeting with the organization at 5pm

Presentation Umbria Walking Festival: organisation, trip, day by day activities

Dinner and overnight in Assisi

 

Day 2 – Walking Assisi

Breakfast at the hotel

 

Assisi to Eremo delle Carceri hike

A gentle hike starting form Assisi climb the lower part of Subasio Mountain, passing through a holm oak forest. The visit or Hermitage Carceri it gives you a sense of the early Franciscans eagerness to leave town and be close to nature. A quiet and spiritual place to inspire the hiking week in nature.

Back to Assisi options to walk down until Santa Maria degli Angeli (2,5 km) or by public bus

Distance: 7,3 km – Elevation gain: 490 m – Elevation loss: 100 m – Time: 3 h (without stops)

 

At the end of the hike transfer by public bus in Assisi train station and train to Spello. Visit Spello.

 

Meeting in Spello at 4pm and transfer to Preci (1 h drive)

Accommodation

Dinner and overnight at Il Collaccio

 

Day 3 – Walking the Campiano Valley

Breakfast

 

Castoriana Valley

Hike along the western border of Monti Sibillini national park, Excursion is within the Monti Sibillini National Park, at the junction of the Valnerina and Castoriana valleys, among gentle hills, countryside, small villages, tiny country churches and the timeless atmosphere of a territory characterized by an ancient system of settlements, mentioned since the IX century, due to the Benedictine colonisation of the area.

Distance: 10 km – Elevation gain: 350 m – Elevation loss: 350 m – Time: 3 h (without stops)

 

Free time

Dinner and overnight at Il Collaccio

 

Day 4 – Sibillini, wild and unknown

After Breakfast transfer to Ussita (1 h)

 

From Frontignano to Ussita (per Efra)

Panoramic excursion in the heart of the Sibillini National Park. In the presence of the dolomitic Monte Bove a gentle hike excursion through high altitude pastures and luxuriant beech woods. From the top to the valley reaching the small town of Ussita, damaged by the 2016 earthquake.

Distance: 9 km – Elevation gain: 300 m – Elevation loss: 740 m – Time: 4 h (without stops)

 

Back to our accommodation by private transfer (1 h)

Dinner and overnight at Il Collaccio

 

Day 5 – Montefalco, land of culture and Sagrantino wine

Transfer to Montefalco (1 h drive)

 

Visit of Montefalco and welcome to a local family. A small farm managed by Alessandro and Grazia will give you the Italian style of life. Lunch

Transfer to Bevagna and free time to visit the ancient town and shopping

Transfer to Romanelli winery

Back to our accommodation by private transfer (1 h)

Light dinner

 

Day 6 – In the famous highlands of Castelluccio di Norcia

After Breakfast transfer to Castelluccio di Norcia (1 h)

 

The high crossing of Piano Grande

Starting from the pass divides the system of plateaus of Norcia with that of Castelluccio a succession of large spaces and different environments will make this excursion unique. High passes, pastures, woods, and a spectacular arrival in Castelluccio di Norcia, the highest inhabited centre in the Apennines

Distance: 13 km – Elevation gain: 450 m – Elevation loss: 530 m – Time: 4.30 h (without stops)

 

Visit Norcia and dinner at Il Castoro Restaurant

Back to our accommodation by private transfer or by walk (the accommodation is 2 km far from the restaurant)

Overnight at Il Collaccio

 

Day 7 – Valnerina, in the green heart of Umbria.

After breakfast transfer to Sant’Anatolia di Narco/Gavelli (30 min)

 

A geological experience along the Valcasana

A spectacular hike from Gavelli to Scheggino, in one of the geosites listed in the Valnerina Geological Park. The geologic landscape does not exist on its own, and natural or anthropic aspects are part of the sober magnificence of this land and contribute to a unique occasion of enjoying the natural landscape and elevate our personal culture. The trees grow around the rocks affecting their stability and their destruction. The villages and the holy sites perked on these mountains are like an extension of the cliff on which they are erected. In every place we find trace of the complicated coexistence between man and nature, the last short segment of a very long history that rocks bear witness to.

Distance: 8 km – Elevation gain: 100 m – Elevation loss: 950 – Time: 3 h (without stops)

 

Transfer back to our accommodation by private transfer (1 h)

Dinner and overnight at Il Collaccio

 

Day 8 – Departure

After breakfast transfer to Spoleto train station (45 min)

Additional information

Date

May, October

Accommodations

Camping And Motorhomes, Hotels/B & B, Villas and Chalet