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Hiking, Italy

Tra Santi e Vigne: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Tra Santi e Vigne (Amid Saints and Vineyards)

Trail Type: Short distance trail, in the Piedmont region of Italy; varied trail surfaces from paved, to hard-pack, to grass, to soft sand or mud, somewhat maintained, but the route itself is not sufficiently marked to follow without a map or GPX coordinates.

Length: total – approximately 9 kilometers/ 5.5 miles

Convenient to: Asti, or Casale Monferrato, Italy

Marking: Both a trailhead sign and rectangular signs with red and white stripes overwritten “740”

Sign: Tra Santi e Vigne Trailhead
Sign: Tra Santi e Vigne Trailhead

 

Trail 740 Marking
Trail 740 Marking

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Nutshell, Switzerland

Rebwandern am Untersee: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Rebwandern am Untersee (Grape Hiking on the Lower Lake)

Trail Type: Medium distance; almost exclusively paved, well maintained, but the route itself is not exclusively marked.

Length: total: 15.4 km/9.5 miles

Convenient to: Constance (Konstanz), Germany; Kreuzlingen, Switzerland

Marking: Yellow “Wanderweg” signs only; some indicating direction and distance to towns and villages.

Sign on the Trail
Sign on the Trail

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Germany, Hiking, Nutshell

Casteller Wine Walks: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Casteller Weinspaziergaenge

Trail Type: One circuit of the outside segments of four shorter wine hiking circuits; gentle inclines on either paved, or hard-packed surface; well maintained and mostly (but not always) marked with the circuit name.

Length(s):

Large Trail: Casteller Weinspaziergaenge: circa 12 kilometers/ 7.5 miles

Segments: (each circuit total)

Greuter Bastel Circuit: 7.6 kilometers/ 4.75 miles

Schlossberg Circuit: 2.3 kilometers/ 1.4 miles

Hohnart Circuit: 2.5 kilometers/ 1.5 miles

Kugelspiel Circuit: 4 kilometers/ 2.5 miles

Convenient to: Kitzingen, Germany

Marking: Varies by circuit name, although “Casteller Weg” follows the outside edges of the inclusive circuit around Castell, and is mostly identical with Casteller Weinspaziergaenge. (See photo above for signage.)

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France, Hiking, Nutshell

Meursault: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Promenade en Pays Beaunois Circuit 14, Monthelie; aka Sentier des Buis. (“PR n 14” is seen also on signs)

Trail Type: mid-distance circuit; surfaces vary from asphalt, to hard-packed earth, to rough trails; the route is fairly well-marked, but a map is definitely handy.

Length: total: 12 kilometers/7.5 miles

Convenient to: Beaune, France

Marking: Small yellow rectangular signs “Pays Beaunois 14”, then painted rectangles or arrows (on a variety of surfaces (rocks, trees, posts) indicating the direction to follow. Signs, as in the featured image above, also indicate a specific location and direction to continue.

Pays Beaunois Circuit 14 Sign
Pays Beaunois Circuit 14 Sign

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France, Hiking, Nutshell

Entre Vignes et Bois: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Fleurie – Entre Vignes et Bois

Trail Type(s): A series of four circuits, short, medium and long distances, circling out from Fleurie (in the Beaujolais district); trail surfaces partly paved, partly hard-packed, otherwise grass or earthen surfaces (sandy or compacted); Route(s) mostly marked.

Length(s):

Total: 4, 12, 16 and 25 kilometers/2.5, 7.5, 10, and 15.5 miles respectively

Convenient to: Lyon, France

Marking: Colored rectangles (blue, for the four kilometer circuit; red for the 12 kilometer circuit, green for the 16 kilometer circuit, and yellow for the 25 kilometer circuit.), some with arrow to indicate direction; and sometimes a square placard with the words “Entre Vignes et Bois” and a bunch of grapes and a grape leaf.

Entre Vignes et Bois Circuits Sign
Entre Vignes et Bois Circuits Sign

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Germany, Hiking, Nutshell

Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg

Trail Type: Long distance; often but not always paved, fairly well maintained, but the route itself is not always marked in critical places.

Length:

(Total: 470 kilometers / 292 miles)

Segments Covered in this Post: circa 27 kilometers / 17.5 miles

Convenient to: Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Marking: Red grape bunch on a white background (on a sign, painted on walls or trees, on stickers adhering to posts)

W4 Trail Marking
W4 Trail Marking

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Germany, Hiking, Nutshell

Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg: Trail in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Wuerttembergischer Weinwanderweg

Trail Type: Long distance; almost exclusively paved, fairly well maintained, but the route itself is not always marked in critical places.

Length:

(Total: 470 kilometers / 292 miles)

Segments Covered in this Post: 47 km / 29 miles

Convenient to: Stuttgart, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany

Marking: Red grape bunch on a white background (on a sign, painted on walls or trees, on stickers adhering to posts)

W4 Trail Marking
W4 Trail Marking

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Germany, Hiking, Nutshell

Vom Rhein Zum Wein: Trail in a Nutshell

Trail Name: Vom Rhein Zum Wein

Trail Type: Middle distance bicycle trail; almost exclusively paved, well maintained, and well-marked.

Length: total: 31 kilometers/19.25 miles

Convenient to: Speyer, Germany;

Marking: Profiles of Speyer cathedral and two cyclists in white, on a green rectangular background

Rhein Zum Wein Signage
Rhein Zum Wein Signage

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Hiking, Italy

Villa Vignamaggio: Trails in a Nutshell

 

Trail Name: Vignamaggio

Trail Type: Short distance, 3 interconnecting circuits; variety of surfaces from paved to hard-packed, or loose, gravel, to grass; maintained, and well-marked.

Lengths:

V0: about 1.7 kilometers / 1 mile

V1: about 3.4 kilometers / 2 miles

V2: about 3.5 kilometers / 2.25 miles

Total: roughly 8 kilometers / 5 miles

Convenient to: Greve in Chianti, Florence, Italy

Marking: Square blue/green signs with white letters: V0, V1, V2

Trail Marking for V1 and V2
Trail Marking for V1 and V2

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