Italy is on its way to own its Camino de Santiago with a new route that will connect all the country's national parks.The project was announced on the European Day of Parks by the Ministry for the Environment and the Italian Alpine Club.

 

The trail will develop along the pre-existing Sentiero Italia "Italy Trail", created and managed by the Italian Alpine Club, currently more than 7000 kilometres-long, touching eighteen of the twenty-five national parks. The trail will add onto it by including all of the national parks as well as protected areas, biosphere reserves and Unesco natural sites.

 

There will also be a sort of passport for those who travel on the trail, a way for each stop to get stamped and recognised so that a final symbolic acknowledgement can be awarded to those who have completed the entire trail.