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The trails of Umbria

Trekking and hiking across the Sibillini, Monte Cucco, Valnerina and Trasimeno — with data, difficulty ratings and places to stay along the way.

L'Umbria is the only region of peninsular Italy with no coastline: a green heart made of Apennine ridges, karst uplands, river valleys and olive-clad hills. Across this territory we have recorded 712 hiking trails mapped on OpenStreetMap, crossing 254 towns across the provinces of Perugia e Terni. Of these, 198 have enough data for a dedicated listing with length, elevation gain, difficulty and the towns crossed; the rest are listed for completeness on the area pages, pending more complete data.

Dai Monti Sibillini — shared with the Marche and overlooking the Pian Grande of Castelluccio di Norcia — to the Parco del Monte Cucco, dalla Valnerina scavata dal fiume Nera fino alle rive del Lago Trasimeno, Umbria offers routes for every level: easy hill loops in the olive belt, historic mule tracks, high-altitude trails on the Apennine massifs. Many tracks coincide with stages of famous pilgrim ways or with the Sentiero Italia CAI, which crosses the region: here, though, we treat them as hiking trails, with their technical data.

Le aree escursionistiche dell'Umbria

We've grouped the trails by geographic area and mountain range. Each area has its own page listing the routes, the towns and places to stay:

712Trails surveyed
198Full listings
254Towns
2Provinces
Monte Cucco e l'Appennino umbro-marchigiano
117 trails
The Monte Cucco park area: beech woods, karst caves and the trails above Costacciaro, Sigillo and Scheggia.
Orvietano e Amerino
116 trails
South-western Umbria, between the tuff cliffs of the Orvietano and the woods of the Amerino, towards the Tiber and the Lazio border.
Valnerina
55 trails
The valley of the river Nera: gorges, waterfalls and old mule tracks between Spoleto, Ferentillo and the Terni area.
Alta Valle del Tevere
103 trails
The upper Tiber basin on the border with Tuscany and the Marche: Città di Castello, Montone, Pietralunga and the Tifernate Apennines.
Cammino della Pietra Bianca
14 trails
Multi-stage route: Cammino della Pietra Bianca. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Lago Trasimeno
44 trails
The hills and shoreline of Lake Trasimeno: panoramic loop walks between Castiglione del Lago, Passignano, Tuoro and Città della Pieve.
Gubbio e l'Eugubino
18 trails
The Gubbio area at the foot of Monte Ingino, between the Apennines and the upper Chiascio valley.
Monte Subasio
34 trails
The mountain of Assisi and Spello: the Monte Subasio park, the Franciscan hermitages and the panoramic trails over the Umbrian valley.
Altopiano di Colfiorito
50 trails
The karst uplands and the Colfiorito marsh, a protected wetland between Foligno and the Marche border.
Monti Sibillini
17 trails
The Sibillini massif on the Umbria–Marche border: high-altitude grasslands, the Pian Grande of Castelluccio, the upper Valnerina.
Cammino di Germanico
8 trails
Multi-stage route: Cammino di Germanico. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Italia Coast to Coast
7 trails
Multi-stage route: Italia Coast to Coast. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Sentiero degli Ulivi
7 trails
Multi-stage route: Sentiero degli Ulivi. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
La Via del Trasimeno
7 trails
Multi-stage route: La Via del Trasimeno. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Antica Via Amerina
3 trails
Multi-stage route: Antica Via Amerina. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Monti Martani e Media Valle
4 trails
The Monti Martani ridge between Todi, Massa Martana and Acquasparta, the watershed of the middle Umbrian valley.
Strada delle Ferriere
2 trails
Multi-stage route: Strada delle Ferriere. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Sentiero Pio IX Spoleto - Monteleone di Spoleto
2 trails
Multi-stage route: Sentiero Pio IX Spoleto - Monteleone di Spoleto. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Cammino di Larth
2 trails
Multi-stage route: Cammino di Larth. The individual stages mapped on OpenStreetMap, with data and the towns they cross.
Other trails of Umbria
102 trails
Umbrian trails and routes not yet grouped into a dedicated themed area: collection being updated.
Featured

Trails with the most data

The Umbrian routes with the most complete listing — length, elevation gain and difficulty recorded.

Per comune

Find the trails from your town

The Umbrian towns crossed by the most trails. Each page lists the routes running through the area.

Sui Sibillini il bianco-rosso ti porta fino al Pian Grande di Castelluccio: the most famous bloom in the Apennines is one trail away. Castelluccio.org · Rifugi dei Sibillini.

Frequently asked questions

Trekking in Umbria · the questions

How many trails are there in Umbria?
Sentieri d'Italia lists 712 Umbrian hiking trails mapped on OpenStreetMap, 198 of them with a full technical listing. The number grows as we enrich the data.
What is the most famous trekking area in Umbria?
The Monti Sibillini, on the border with the Marche, are the best-known massif: high-altitude grasslands and the Pian Grande of Castelluccio di Norcia. The Monte Cucco park, the Valnerina and Monte Subasio above Assisi are popular too.
Are the religious pilgrim ways (Via di Francesco, etc.) trails?
Many stages of pilgrim ways such as the Via di Francesco coincide with hiking trails, and you'll find them here with their technical data. For the route in its spiritual dimension, with stages and pilgrim credentials, the reference is camminisanti.com.
Where to stay along the Umbrian trails?
Mountain huts, farm stays, B&Bs and hostels along the routes: for the Sibillini see Rifugi dei Sibillini and Castelluccio.org; for the rest of the Italian mountains, rifugi.org.
What ties it together

Trails run through everything

Dai Sibillini ai rifugi, dai cammini francescani alla montagna: i verticali gemelli del network.

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