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)
