LANDSCAPES OF UMBRIA AND THE MARCHES : CONTENTS  (to return to the main page, click here)

Preface 5
Getting there and getting about 7
Recommended reading 7
A country code for motorists and walkers 7

Touring 8
Car tour 1: MARE DEL UMBRIA - PERUGIA AND LAKE TRASIMENO 10

Car tour 2: FROM ORVIETO TO TODI, VIA AMELIA 14

Car tour 3: ASSISI, MONTE SUBASIO AND THE VALLE UMBRA 17

Car tour 4: FROM SPOLETO THROUGH THE MONTI MARTANI INTO THE SOUTHERN VALNERINA 21

Car tour 5: UMBRIA'S LONELY EAST: FROM SPOLETO TO THE MONTI SIBILLINI 25

Car tour 6: THROUGH THE CENTRAL APENNINES VIA LITTLE-KNOWN MOUNTAINS AND HISTORICAL TOWNS 29

Car tour 7: FROM URBINO THROUGH THE MONTEFELTRO 36

Car tour 8: ASCOLI PICENO AND THE MONTI SIBILLINI 40

Walking 45
Maps and waymarks 45
When to walk 46
Equipment 46
Walk descriptions, grading 47
Safety and precautions 47

THE WALKS
1 Passignano, Lake Trasimeno and Maggiore 49
2 Monte Tezio di Perugia 52
3 Circuit above Lake Corbara 54
4 From Santa Restituta to Monte Croce di Serra 56
5 From Assisi across Monte Subasio to Spello 58
6 The Menotre Falls and the monastery of Sassovivo 61
7 Across the olive groves of Trevi 64
8 Monteluco, above Spoleto 67
9 From Cesi across Monte Torre Maggiore to the
ruins of Carsulae 69
10 From Ferentillo to San Pietro in Valle 72
11 Through the Valnerina from Scheggino to Piedipaterno 75
12 Lonely mountains above the Valnerina 79
13 In the mountains round Gavelli 81
14 From Sant'Eutizio through Valle Castoriana 83
15 Above the rooftops of Gubbio 85
16 From Miratoio to Sasso di Simone 87
17 Above Furlo Gorge 90
18 On Monte Nerone near Piobbico 93
19 On Monte Nerone near Pianello 95
20 Around Fonte Avellana Monastery on Monte Catria 97
21 On Monte Cucco 99
22 Above the gorge of the Rio Freddo 101
23 Through Valle Scappuccia near Genga 104
24 The Gola della Rossa near Frasassi 106
25 Through the Apennines near Fabriano 109
26 Hermits' caves above the Fiastrone Gorge 111
27 Above the Castelluccio Plateau 113
28 Along the slopes of Monte Utero 115
29 From Castelluccio to Lago di Pilato 117
30 Below the rocky pyramid of Monte Bove 119
31 Mountain trails above the Ambro Valley 121
32 Through the Infernaccio Gorge 124
33 In the Monti della Laga near Acquasanta 125
34 Colle San Marco, near Ascoli Piceno 126
35 On Montagna dei Fiori near Ascoli Piceno 128
36 Through the Gola di Salinello 130
37 Above the sea on Monte Conero 131

Index 135
Fold-out maps inside back cover