The Cinque Terre was fantastic for hiking!  If you want to avoid crowds, you can take the "red" trails...they are set back from the popular coastal "blue" trails, and much less congested.  As for camping, I didn't see any of that sort of hiking.

If you want a real hiking vacation, go to the National Parks and Forests in the US, the mountain villages of Switzerland, or the English countryside. In these places, the hiking is well organized and plentiful. But, if you are in Italy, and want to do some hiking, it is there, and it can be fun.

We have done some hiking in Italy, but it is hard to find information for hiking, hard to find the trails, hard to figure out the good areas for hiking. There are a few hiking books available and there are good hiking maps. These will help you figure out where the hiking is. I have listed these at the end of this page.

As in the US, the National Parks in Italy have good hiking trails. You will also find trails throughout the countryside in most regions. These trails provide public access to private land - something that we do not have in the US, but that you find all over Europe. I have heard from other travelers that the hiking is good in northern Italy, in the mountains and in the Marche region.
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