Posts by shinypenguin

After the hike, we toured the Duomo and did an underground tour. The Duomo had an overwhelming amount of frescoes. Luckily Virginio was there to decipher them for us. Super interesting. Self…

The old bridge where we ended our walkEasy day today in terms of mileage but we still managed to get lost a couple times. Arriving in Orvieto, we take the…

From our guides: We continue our route to reach the lovely town of Acquapendente, where we visit the Romanesque cathedral of the Santo Sepolcro, who’s unusual 10th century crypt contains a…

Castello Di ProcenoTo start the day, we had a tour of the castle in the medieval village of Proceno. Castello Di Proceno was a central location on the Via Cassia,…

The climb continues From the first half of the day. The big excitement of the day was when we met these two Italian hikers who warned of us of aggressive…

Nice open trails like this, a rare flat section A very hilly dayToday was a 1964ft elevation gain over about 11 miles. We walked a couple of miles then reached D’Orcia…

Hello day 3Today we walked 7.44mi to Caparzo winery. Then continued another 4 miles, ending in Torrenieri then taking a car ride to Montalcino. We eat & sleep here tonight.…

On this day, we walk across open meadows and along the Strade Bianche (white roads). We see views of Tuscan countryside. Ponte d'Arbia is our hiking destination for the day.We…

And so it beginsToday we start our trek to Rome. We leave Siena from the gate of Porta Romana and head into the hills of Tuscany. Where we stayedTonight &…

New city, new Duomo. This time we did the Gates of Heaven entrance at the Duomo, going up up up straight stairwells and narrow spiral ones, short ceilings with beams…