Tuscan Walking Festival

"Walking Festival"
The "Walking Festival" will take place from 2nd April to November 2010 and is characterised by a convivial atmosphere.

Festival del Camminare in Toscana
6 Natural parks for hundreds of events!!
Step after step in order to gain time. A sequence of slow movements that acquire a different meaning in accordance to the setting that welcomes and guides them, drawing an ideal path on a non existing map, countersigned by laps which take shape and sense in a territory that is not merely beneath ones feet and in ones eyes but transcends the confines of geography stretching its roots into the heart and mind.

Amidst the nature protected by Parks, in sign of conviviality, the Walking Festival multiplies 6 Natural Parks in hundreds of events, obtaining as a result a feast ideally capable of eliminating the sea that divides the Coast from the Islands, a sequence of steps that follow one another leading to the discovery of extraordinary places, a meeting between the desire of knowledge and the necessity of sharing ones emotions and experiences.

Festival del Camminare in Toscana6 Parchi Naturali nella splendida Toscana
In qualunque modo si decida di intendere la sequenza di passi e di farli incrociare con quelli di altri, ogni Parco coinvolto offrirà ai propri ospiti un’immersione totale nelle declinazioni di un movimento che nasconde spazi di interpretazione ispirati da luoghi ed emozioni.
Dal camminare escursionistico a quello naturalistico, per scoprire i segreti dei Parchi e delle Riserve Naturali, interrogare il paesaggio mediterraneo sulle sue rarità. Dal camminare Geo - attraverso itinerari che parlano di minerali, metallurgia, geomorfologia e geologia – a quello filosofico – che sviscera il senso di ogni passo.
Dal camminare salutistico - tra Fiori di Bach, erbe officinali, incontri sul beneficio del movimento, nordic walking - a quello tra i sapori e le tradizioni locali, con passeggiate che si concludono con degustazioni in aziende agricole, agriturismi e rifugi, attraversando pinete, vigneti e castagneti dal sottobosco rigoglioso, il regno delle api e del miele, delle bacche e dei liquori.
E ancora, il camminare storico, dalla preistoria agli Etruschi, ai valorosi Liguri-Apuani, ai potenti Romani, e dal Medioevo ai Medici ed ai Lorena ma anche agli Estensi, a Napoleone ai Savoia, fino al camminare del silenzio, in cui a parlare sono i tramonti, le voci della notte, il cielo primaverile, l’alba sulla riva del mare o in cima ad una montagna, andando incontro al sole che sorge.

THE DATE
Tuscan Archipelago National Park

from 2nd April to 9th May.

Park of the Apuan Alps
from 15th May to 3rd July.

Provincial Park of the Livorno Mountains
from 3rd April to 7th November.

Migliarino, San Rossore & Massaciuccoli Park
from 4th September to 31st October.

Inter-provincial Montoni Park
25th September and 16th & 17th October.

Parks of Val di Cornia
from 12th September to 17th October.

Regional Maremma Park
from 1st to 24th October.

THE PROGRAM
Follow the program excursions of the Walking Festival Parks. For the interactive search of the program events, click here.

Parco Nazionale dell'Arcipelago Toscano

Parco delle Alpi Apuane
Parco di Migliarino, San Rossore, Massaciuccoli
Parco Regionale della Maremma

Parco interprovinciale di Montioni

Parco Provinciale dei Monti Livornesi
Parchi della Val di Cornia

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Location: Marciana (Livorno) MAP
The Hotel del Golfo stands on the splendid Bay of Procchio, famous for the dazzling white sand of its beach, the deep blue of its sea and the striking natural beauty of its pinewoods. Located on the sea a stone's throw from the village of Procchio, its offers an exclusive holiday in an elegant, sophisticated setting. Restaurants enjoying lunch or dinner with breathtaking views over the bay of Procchio in a experience .....
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Location: Portoferraio (Livorno) MAP
Hotel Villa Ottone The essence of privacy and refinement Hotel Villa Ottone is the essence of beauty, expressed in the harmony of its architecture, the sophistication of its design, and the sublimity of its natural setting. A five-star hotel of genuine class, which with its antique Nineteenth Century Villa dominates a landscape of unique loveliness, with the profile of the Portoferraio coastline becoming a part of the .....
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Relais delle Picchiaie
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The Wellness hotel Relais delle Picchiaie on the Island of Elba looks over Portoferraio Gulf and the hill where the charming hotel is set is a wonderful observation point to range with the eyes to the horizon, or to observe the majestic Volterraio castle’s fortress. Relais delle Picchiaie is really special, thanks to the absolute peace and the plesantly fresh breeze, which give constant wellness, exhalted by its .....
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