Pavullo
A circling trail amid towers is good for a truffle and grape harvest walk.
Date with a giant
Berry-rich Monte Cusna is a mountain or a man, depending on your imagination.
Upward Ho!
Val di Mello is a Yosemite-like array of peaks and rocks on the Swiss border.
Trail 1 to Monterosso
Hiking from Levanto to Monterosso gives you a bird’s eye view of the Cinque Terre.
To Como’s east
Il Sentiero del Viadante, the Wayfarer's Trail, is a lakeside walk that takes you through seasons.
To Varzi
Oltrepò Pavese in Lombardy has medieval feel, with gullies and gunners to boot.
Beyond St. Moritz
If you want to hike cross-country ski far from the madding crowd, try Swiss Val Roseg.
Change of air
The Resegone straddles Lecco and Bergamo, its razor-like Dolomite ridges sharp as teeth.
Marmot country
Walking into Teutonic Walser-land in Val d’Aosta is a Swiss appetizer.
The inverted Y
Brunate to Torno: A hike around Como amid unknown tombs.
Figs and hazelnuts
Nordic Walking in Milan's Parco Nord gives your body (and eyes) a new perspective.
Tale of two gulfs
A Riviera walk from Camogli to Santa Maria near Rapallo includes hills and the Gulf of Paradise.