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Today’s hike was much easier than yesterday’s but more exposed / hot — 10mi and 450ft elevation gain. It is our 28th wedding anniversary today and it was a nice…

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Part of the day, thru forest Today was about a 11mi hike with 1800 elevation gain. Time passed slowly for me, as I am a bit under the weather — but…

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.…