Radda in Chianti to Gaiole in Chianti

Pastoral views with minimal tarred road travel. Lots of ascents and descents making the hike interesting. Great directions. The vistas were beautiful and being close to vineyards, olive groves, lavender, rosemary, and figs was delightful.

This is marked as moderate but most of it is hard and particularly difficult without any any scheduled stops at all. We found out that there was a lovely cafe at 11.5 km but this was way to late after the long, steep, slippery descents on gravel and rocks and steep rocky climbs in full heat. The walk needs better access to cafes to break and more information about how difficult these climbs are. Often the km indications on the written instructions are very wrong and many of the instructions don’t tell you how hard the climbs are.