This vast, rugged national park in Southern Italy is home to deep gorges and plunging waterfalls along with wildcats, wolves, ...

Italy is one of Europe’s most popular destinations, and for good reason: It’s one of the cultural, culinary and classical centers of the world. Yet the country is much more than Pisa, pasta and ruins ...

This rugged Italian mountain range in an unexpected location offers hiking opportunities in fascinating landscapes, including one of Europe's deepest canyons.

Along Italy's Amalfi Coast, the mountains don't just meet the Tyrrhenian Sea, they jut right out of it. Everything here is vertical: the cliffs, towns and trails. Wherever you are, you have a view ...

Church bells echoed through the sunny piazza as I plopped down on a stone bench, digging my plastic spoon into a cup of basil gelato. I’d hiked about 5 miles that morning. I had another 5 to go. A ...

On a brisk spring morning in Rimini, I stood in a hushed cathedral with 11 other hikers, waiting for a bishop’s blessing. Ahead lay days of strenuous trekking through Italy’s mountainous ...

In northern Italy, the upper reaches of Lake Garda wash into the Dolomites. An elemental landscape of water and stone, this area offers natural highs and tranquil lows, with rock climbing, via ...