Camping in a Volcano and a visit to the Vatican
We’ve camped in some odd and spectacular places, but the campsite in Naples was certainly one of the more unusual. It’s in the crater of a Volcano. … … complete […]
Category Archives: Italy
Sperlonga – a day out by the seaside
South of Rome, the next climbing of note is by the seaside town of Sperlonga. The coast is sprinkled with grey and orange crags above the busy coastal road, but […]
Roaming through Rome
The dreary weather has returned after a few stonking days, so another dose of culture is on the cards. To be honest, we’d have dropped in to take a shufty […]
Grotti – no, not a verdict, but a crag near Rome
Grotti is a small village about 100 km north of Rome. A mixture of conglomerate and pockety limestone, the climbing bears similarly to Buoux and Margalef (according to reports on […]
Ferentillo
Heading down into Umbria, we’ve been for a trip down memory lane. We first (and last) visited Ferentillo more than 20 years ago on our “little big trip”. At that […]
Tuscany tourism – a morning in Sienna
We’re not great culture vultures – our only previous visit to Tuscany saw us taking in the sites of both Pisa and Florence on the same day (and they’re a […]
Muzzerone
A couple of hundred km down the coast from Finale lies La Spezia, a slightly unlovely port city in a beautiful setting. The harbour is at the southern end of […]
Toirano
We had a couple of days climbing on the impressive crags high above the famous showcave at Toraino. It really is an awesome place, with a real mountain feel to […]
Colosseo
Perched further up the Val Pennavaire is the pretty village of Colleta and a collection of crags high up the side of the valley. Colloseo, Euskal and Basura. There’s a […]
All roads lead to Rome. ..
We’re on the road again, heading for Sicily (via Rome, of course). It’s a couple of thousand miles to San Vito lo Capo near Palermo in Sicily, where we’re meeting […]
I Gumbi and Arivederchi to Oltre Finale
Another overcast day and another trip to an excellent south facing crag. I Gumbi (not to be confused with the Yorkshire crag of Eh by Gumbi 🙂 ) is lower […]
Paretone
Some welcome cloud cover brings the prospect of exploring some of the sunny crags above the village of Toirano in the Valle del Vero. Paretone is the middle crag in […]
Artista
In the next valley to the east – Val Varatella above the village of Toirano, we head for sector La Cava. This is another unlikely venue, approached through old quarry […]
Sector Enoteca
Another excellent crag with welcome shade. Only 20 odd routes but all excellent. Also its own walled pool – ideal to amuse the small creche worth of toddlers who’d been […]
Grotta dell’Edera
In need of a rest day we decided to explore the crags in Finale “proper”, though taking the gear just in case we got inspired. Another scorching day meant seeking […]
Reunion
The mists have cleared and we’re into full blown heatwave. Big blue skies and temperatures in the high 20s mean we’re seeking shade. A quick perusal of the guide suggested […]
Oltre Finale – Basau
Sector Bausu above the village of Varevo has a mix of steep grey slabs and crimpy orange walls, with some fine arêtes and grooves for good measure. Of the dozen […]
Oltre Finale – Sector Terminal
Speeding through mist across the “thigh” of Italy, we rejoin the coast at Genoa and then head onwards for Finale. Rather than the famous and historic crags of Finale Ligure […]
Stallavena
Another well established Italian crag, this one is just north of Verona. It occupies a lofty position above the town, with great views somewhat marred by a large gravel shunting […]
Lumignano
Just south of Padua is the “Italian Boux” or so the guidebook would have you believe. Lumignano is a pretty and rather prosperous little town surrounded by pockety limestone crags. […]
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