Hiking Tours in Italy

On most trips, yes. One bag per person, usually up to 44lbs, moves ahead while you hike with a daypack. The exceptions: on some tours you carry your bag on ferries and trains, and on Alta Via 1 hut tours you carry your pack between huts.

Yes, on most trips, with a solo supplement because some costs aren't shared. Tuscany In Style isn't available to solo travelers, and neither are our Alta Via 1 tours or The Dolomites to Lake Garda. Classic Amalfi Coast suits solo hikers used to navigating alone.

Allow 7 or 8 days for a full inn-to-inn route, like Hiking in Umbria from Spoleto to Assisi. Short on time? Our 5-day Short Breaks cover Cinque Terre, Tuscany, Umbria and Puglia, and fit around a few days in Rome or Florence. Up for something longer? Start in Switzerland and hike into Italy on the Via Francigena.

Yes. That's how all our Italy trips work. We book your accommodation, arrange luggage transfers on most routes, and give you route notes and downloadable maps in the Macs app. You hike at your own pace, and our team is on call 24/7 if plans change.

If you walk regularly, you'll enjoy our Easy-Moderate trips, with hikes of about 4 to 10 miles. Coastal routes add steep stone steps, so train on hills or stairs before you go. Dolomites trips need Alpine fitness, with days of up to 5,480 ft of ascent.

Fly into the nearest airport for your region: Naples for the Amalfi Coast, Palermo for Sicily and Venice for Cortina and the Alta Via 1. Trains reach many other start towns, like Monterosso and Spoleto. Your pre-trip info has full travel details.

Hiking shoes or boots with good grip for stone steps, a light waterproof, sun protection and a refillable water bottle. Add warm layers and trekking poles for the mountains. On most days you carry just a small daypack. A full packing list comes with your booking.