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Specialist Holidays and Outdoor Activities

Italy offers an amazing variety of cultural, sporting and The Federazione Arrampicata
leisure activities. However, many schools and groups require Sportiva Italiana has a list of
annual membership and short-term activities are often mountain-climbing schools that
expensive and difficult to find. Information on current leisure arrange climbs for all abilities.
and sporting events in a specific region is available from the
tourist office listed for each town in this guide. For details on
annual festivals, see Italy Through the Year on pages 70–73.
The following suggestions include some of the most popular
as well as some more unusual pursuits.

maps are the most detailed, but
unfortunately are only available
from specialist map shops.
Cycling is popular despite
Italy’s mountainous landscape.
Travel bookshops stock pub-
lications with suggested routes, Ski lift near the Falzarego Pass, in the heart
such as the Po Delta, which has of the Dolomites
miles of scenic flatlands.
Many riding schools organize
trips and outings, which are Archaeological Digs
also advertised in the local The British monthly magazine
press. For general information, Archaeology Abroad, available in
Cycling on the tree-lined flatlands of the contact the Federazione the UK, gives a comprehensive
Po Delta Italiana Sport Equestri. list of archaeology groups and
digs worldwide. In Italy, the
Gruppo Archeologico Romano
Walking, Cycling and Mountain Sports runs two-week digs in various
Horse Riding
The most well-equipped and regions. There are summer and
Some Italian branches of the famous ski resorts are in the winter digs, for both adults and
World Wide Fund for Nature Dolomites, in the Italian Alps children. The group has
(WWF) organize walks and treks. and around Turin, the city contacts with local archaeo-
Club Alpino Italiano (CAI) runs chosen to host the 2006 Winter logical organizations as well.
trekking and climbing Olympics. There are also smaller
excursions and the Italian Birds and less expensive resorts in the Italian Language and
Protection League (LIPU) Apennines and in Sicily. Package
arranges nature walks and bird- ski holidays, arranged from Culture
watching trips. The military IGM outside Italy, offer the best deals. For a wide selection of material
on courses and schools in Italy,
contact the Italian consulate in
your home country. The Società
Dante Alighieri provides courses
in the Italian language, history
of art, literature and culture.
There are both full- and part-
time courses available, for every
level. Language schools abound
in Italy’s main cities and are
advertised in the Yellow Pages
(Pagine Gialle) or foreign-
language bookshops and
newspapers. For young
students, Intercultura will
organize weekly, monthly and
year-long exchanges, including
language courses, accom-
modation with Italian families
and enrolment in Italian schools.
Group hiking tour in the Dolomites of Trentino-Alto Adige (see p86) Cooking holidays run by

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