Tuscany
The final stop on our Italian Job was Tuscany. Whilst we’d been bathing in largely unbroken sunshine in Sicily and southern Italy (ironically, as had much of Britain!) the north […]
Tag Archives: Italy
Campania Climbing and a Stunning Sea Cliff
After our serendipitous Calabrian encounter we headed north into Campania, the region that contains Naples, Sorrento and the Amalfi Coast as some of its more renowned landmarks. For those who […]
Statte – Climbing on Italy’s Instep
Our exploration of the foot of Italy has moved from the ankle to the instep. Statte is a small town, just inland from the sprawling industrial port of Taranto. Non-descript […]
Ciao e Benvenuti in Italia – First stop Puglia
Rockaroundtheworld is branching out from the usual Spanish and Greek winter haunts to spend the early part of 2025 in Italy, so Benvenuti! Why not buckle up and join us! […]
La Ravoire and Leverogne
The Aosta Valley runs for almost 100km from just north of our campsite (Camping Mombarone) … up to Courmayeur and the Mont Blanc tunnel. There’s a tonne of rock (140 […]
Gruviera and Montestrutto – into Val d’Aosta
We’re taking advantage of a weather window to explore the climbing around Grand Paradiso and the Aosta Valley, starting in the lower valley whilst things perk up and dry out […]
Weathering Storm Alex
Alex, the first named storm of the year, was forecasted to dump about 6 inches of the wet stuff on Val Penneveire on Friday, threatening to put a major dampener […]
La Galera – “Go Directly to Jail…”
“The Jail” isn’t a particularly appealing name, but this is a very pleasant crag, if a bit of a hike up hill. All the routes are named after prisons (I […]
Benvenuto in Val Pennavaire
A number of factors conspired to see us leaving Germany and heading into Italy (dashing through Switzerland en route without a “Transit Stop” to avoid falling foul of any quarantine […]
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