Sep 17, 2021 | Europe, Italy
Not entirely hopeful that we would have time to attempt a second Dolomites high route we hadn’t planned or reserved anything for Alta Via 1. Having a copy of the GPX route downloaded to Gaia and a list of the more popular refuges was the extent of it. Whilst...
Sep 12, 2021 | Europe, Italy
Planning a long hike during Covid was not as easy as we anticipated. Our, or at least my first option of the Arctic Circle Trail in Greenland was pretty much closed – we needed a plan B. We had never really thought too much about the Dolomites but after reading...
Aug 3, 2021 | Europe, Italy
With the forecast calling for rain to fall for multiple days on Chamonix yet again it was time to search out another European city. Having recently got back from Nimes in the south of France it was the turn of Italy. We toyed with a return to Venice, then thought that...
Jun 8, 2021 | Europe, Italy
To date we had yet to visit any of the Italian Lakes, the reason being… well we had no excuses! We were living barely on the French side of the Mt Blanc tunnel and Como was a short 3 hours by car – as I said, no excuses, we were just waiting for the right...
Aug 24, 2020 | Europe, France, Italy, Switzerland
Seeing the ultra runners with their minimalist vests and lightweight trekking poles on Corsica’s GR20 earlier this year set the seed. Whilst we hauled 20kg backpacks over the rugged terrain these guys passed us with ease, skipping through multiple stages en...
Oct 3, 2019 | Europe, Italy
Being in Rome and Vatican City for my first, Andrea’s second time, was one of our best travel experiences in Europe. Immensely rich in history the city provided us endless sightseeing opportunities, walking tours, people watching, and some of Europes best...
Sep 27, 2019 | Europe, Italy
Not sure that I’d even heard of Portofino on the Italian Riviera until it was mentioned in Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, the classic 1988 comedy starring Michael Caine and Steve Martin. Still, it was a place that someday I’d visit. Andrea and I had just hiked...
Sep 20, 2015 | Europe, France, Italy, Switzerland
It wasn’t until reading an article on top hikes of the world that we jumped on the chance to hike the 110 miles around the tallest mountain in the Alps, a route known as the Tour du Mont Blanc. This was actually our second choice of European hike, the first being the...
