![]() Try trekking the route from Agerola to Nocelle on the Amalfi coast, called the Path of the Gods © Francesca Sciarra / Shutterstock Sentiero degli Dei, Amalfi CoastĨkm (5 miles) one way, 4.5 hours, easy to moderate Access the route via the toll road from Misurina (€30). Get an early start to appreciate the trail at its silent best (it can get busy as the day goes on, especially during the summer) and avoid afternoon thunderstorms. Kicking off at Rifugio Auronzo, the trail weaves to Rifugio Lavaredo and then clambers up to 2454m (8051ft) Forcella di Lavaredo with pop-up views of the Tre Cime – a trilogy of photogenic peaks shaped like bishops' miters – slowly cracking open, before heading on to Rifugio Locatelli and back to Rifugio Auronzo. If you're going to do just one day hike here, make it the Tre Cime di Lavaredo Circuit in the Parco Naturale Tre Cime. The cloud-scraping limestone spires, buttresses and towers that punch high above meadows, lakes and spruce forests here offer some of Europe's most compelling walking country. Madre Natura sure was generous with Italy in the looks department, but she went the extra mile in the Dolomites, puckering up in the country’s northeast. Tre Cime de Lavaredo are three colossal rocky peaks in Italy's Dolomites © SPavlo Glazkov / Shutterstock Tre Cime di Lavaredo, Dolomitesĩ.5km (6 miles) round trip, 4 hours, moderate Tackle this one on a clear day you’ll need to be surefooted and have a head for heights. Herds of ibex and chamois graze peacefully on steep patches of grass, and you should also be able to hear and see marmots. ![]() The views across the valley will make you gasp: spiky peaks, small glaciers glinting on the eastern skyline and the mighty Ghiacciaio Tribolazioni below Gran Paradiso itself. The day's ascent is 1180m (3871ft) and – oh joy! – the trip is virtually downhill all the way back to the village from the casolari. Between here and Casolari dell'Herbetet (a park ranger's base to the south), things get more exposed, with a traverse where you can cling on to a length of chain for protection. From the town bridge in Valnontey, the Alta Via 2 leads along an old mule trail up to 2588m (8490ft) Rifugio Sella, a former hunting lodge of King Vittorio Emanuele II. Starting in Valnontey, this classic one-day loop trail takes you right to its heart. Snug against the French border in Italy's northwest, this mind-blowing wilderness has piercing blue lakes, deep forests, rushing rivers and some of the country's highest, gnarliest mountains, topping out at its eponymous 4061m (13,323ft) peak. If you’re craving an Alpine challenge, the Parco Nazionale del Gran Paradiso i n the Graian Alps is a feast. ![]() Reach heights of up to 4061m (13,323ft) on Italy's Sella-Herbetet Traverse © ueuaphoto / Shutterstock Sella-Herbetet Traverse, Gran Paradiso, PiedmontĢ0.5 km (13 miles) round trip, 10 hours, challenging
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