Grand Italian Trail

Grand Italian Trail

The Grand Italian Trail (GIT) is a 6166-kilometer-long hiking trail that crosses the entire nation of Italy.

Overview

The path, which is divided into 368 legs, begins in Trieste and then crosses the entire Alpine Arc, the entire Apennine mountain chain, Sicily and Sardinia before ending at Santa Teresa Gallura in Sardinia. The trail uses long sections of pre-existing trails including the Grand Alpine Trail ("GTA: Grande Traversata delle Alpi"), the Ligurian Mountain Trail ("AVML: Alta Via dei Monti Liguri"), and the Tuscan Grand Apennine Trail ("GEA: Grande Escursione Appenninica").

History

The original idea for this trail originated in 1983 within a group of ambitious hikers. With the help of the Italian Alpine Club, the trail became a reality in 1995 in the first ever "CamminaItalia" ("Walk Italy"), an event in which a group of trekkers departed from a Sardinian coastal village and covered the entire trail in eight months. The accomplishment was repeated in 1999; this time with the collaboration of the Italian [http://www.ana.it National Alpine Association] .

Since this time, the evolution of this project has slowed. While the trail blaze was chosen for the trail - a marking of red-white-red with "SI" written underneath in black - many legs of the trail remain un-marked and are only a part of the GIT on the map.

External links

[http://www.comune.cantiano.pu.it/Naturaing.asp Cantiano: Nature and Trails]

Further reading

"GERMAN:" Flad, Benjamin. "Italien: Sentiero Italia Trans Sardinien: Von Santa Theresa nach Monti." 2007. ISBN 3866861958


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