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www.tremyfoel.co.uk/sorrento.htm
Ah maps! Well the trouble is that for those of us used to the OS or
French/Swiss maps, Italian maps are, in a word, rubbish! The best
topographic maps on offer are the 1:30,000 CAI and the 1:25,000 "carta
touristico informatica" for Monti Lattari, both with 25m contours. The
topographic base seems accurate but with such an interval obviously
lacks detail and both lack clarity. Worse, the depiction of the trails
cannot be relied on. However for this particular walk salvation is at
hand (as I belatedly discovered) in the form of a 1:12,500 map segment
produced by local cartographer and guide Giovanni Visetti on which the
trails at least are admirably clear and accurate.
Cicerone
The promontory centring on Massa Lubrense is covered by an
excellent 1:18,000 map available free of charge at the Tourist Office,
courtesy of local expert Giovanni Visetti, also responsible for the
1:12,500 'Monte Faito & S. Angelo a Tre Pizzi', easily the clearest map
for that area.
http://www.italianindulgence.com.au
Our
guide Giovanni Visetti, is an Amalfi Coast guide extraordinaire who is
also a map-maker and author and has been intimately involved in guiding
groups around the wonderful trails of Amalfi, as well as producing maps
for the area. To say he knows the trails like the back of his hand is an
understatement. Giovanni is some serious walker, even organising a
gruelling walk taking participants 95 miles (150 kms) in a period of 7
days in the Amalfi and Isle of Capri area in May 2011.
Italy Beyond The
Obvious
If you prefer to hike any of these
with a guide, I highly recommend Giovanni Visetti. Use the detailed
route instructions and elevation maps on his website, or hire him as a
private guide.
Italianindulgence's Blog
Giovanni is a wealth of knowledge of the area and its history and
pointed out many fascinating tales of life living on the mountains. …it
really was a magical experience.
www.britishexpats.com
the best source of information is the website www.giovis.com ,
maintained by local guide and cartographer Giovanni Visetti. It has many
trails listed, detailed maps, and trail conditions and trail status. It
relies on hikers information, so it is always up do date.
http://www.grasha.net/Italy.html
Looks like Giovanni has an eye for scenery and took a camera along on
the hikes in Capri, Amalfi, and Sorrento. Plenty of very good shots.
London Student
the best source of information is the website www.giovis.com ,
maintained by local guide and cartographer Giovanni Visetti. It has many
trails listed, detailed maps, and trail conditions and trail status.
...the excellent trails created by
Giovanni Visetti on the western portion of the Sorrentine Peninsula
www.amalfihome.com/walks/index.html
If you want to see good pictures from different hikes with
maps.... see the excellent web site from Giovanni Visetti. He is a
walking tour adviser and also organizes hiking tours.
SorrentoInfo
Giovanni Visetti knows very well all the
paths, the coasts and the suburbs not only of the Sorrento Coast, but
also of the Amalfi Coast, of Capri and of the Monti Lattari.
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Lonely Planet Naples,
Pompeii, Amalfi, Coast (2013)
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CICERONE
Walking on the
Amalfi Coast
by Gillian
Price
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Organise
walking
... As guides go, you'd be hard to better Giovanni Visetti,
the leading local authority on the walking possibilities; he speaks
excellent English (www.giovis.com)
Walking on the Amalfi Coast
CICERONE GUIDE
(2010) - page 21
Hiring a guide will add to your
experience; the best in the area is Giovanni Visetti
(339 6942911;
www.giovis.com),an
expert on this coast and its hinterlands, who organizes guided
hikes of varying difficulty and cost.
Frommer's
Amalfi Coast - (2007) - page 146
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www.friendsofsorrento.co.uk For the
more experienced walkers there are of course more challenging trails up
in the Lattari mountains overlooking the Amalfi coast. For more
information on these we would highly recommend a visit to the website of
Giovanni Visetti who is a professional walking guide and cartographer
with an unrivalled knowledge of this area. As well as providing detailed
information of the walks available there is a wonderful collection of
photographs and videos taken from them. He also has a site dedicated
to wild orchids found on the Amalfi coast, Sorrento Peninsula and Capri.
wanderingitaly
Giovanni Visetti: hiking guide and
mapmaker ... a good resource
for walks and walking maps, especially along the Amalfi coast and the
Island of Capri.
Italylogue If you’re looking
for a local guide, I highly recommend Giovanni Visetti. If you enjoy
hiking with a group or want to meet other hikers, join the Freeramblers
(www.freeramblers.com) on
their next hike, or just read their rules for a smile
http://goitaly.about.com
Giovanni Visetti is an excellent map maker who does a bang-up
job with descriptions of walks that include a detailed map, elevation
graph, route description, and photos in both Italian and English.
mapmaking
My wife and me,
we spent 2 weeks walking around Sorrento and Massa, on wonderful paths,
in a lovely landscape, always the eyes on the sea and the island of
Capri. These paths we only found using your map "Sea of Ulysses, Land of
the Sirens". You have
made an opus eximium!
I have never had a map with so many and precise objects as yours. Each
detail can be identified, each curve is shown by your map in right
position, all we looked for, we found - often led to nice belvederes, we
had not looked for. This is what I should like to confess to you.
Many thanks! Yours sincerely
H. B. - Isernhagen
- Germany
I am always grateful to you when I have a
copy of the best walking map in Italy in my hand.
G. S.
We have just returned from a week in
Sorrento and would like to thank you for the excellent new
map you have brought out and easy to follow colour-coding which has made
your beautiful hills such a delight. This is the ninthyear
that we have torna Surriento just
for the walks. The previous maps have been good but this new edition
is clear and easy to follow and the markings along the way are
excellent.
D. & B. N.
.... we happened to visit the information
office on the day they received their first supplies of your excellent
new map. We used this quite a bit during the week. We also saw the new
ceramic plaques everywhere making us realise what a lot of hard work has
gone into the network - congratulations. Thanks for all your great
efforts. Ciao.
J. T. - Member of Outdoor Writers'
guild
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