Mount Ingino loop from Gubbio
A loop that climbs from Gubbio's walls to the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo at the top of Mount Ingino and circles through the mountain's woods, with the medieval town always in view below.
- Difficulty
- E Hiking
- Length
- 7.5 km
- Elevation gain
- +490 m / −480 m
- Time
- 3 hours
- Route
- Loop
- Altitude
- 567–865 m
- Season
- Spring Summer Autumn Winter
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The story
Every 15 May the ceraioli race up to the basilica carrying the three Ceri, huge wooden structures about seven metres tall, in one of Italy's oldest popular festivals. Below the mountain lies the Bottaccione Gorge, where in the 1970s geologists studied the thin layer of clay marking the extinction of the dinosaurs that led to the asteroid hypothesis.
Why go
Because you walk up the route the Ceri race along, and the view over Gubbio and the Apennines is among the finest in Umbria.
Practical information
- Start
- Gubbio, old town
- Finish
- Loop
- Best time
- All year round
- Parking
- Paid car parks below Gubbio's walls.
- By public transport
- Bus from Perugia to Gubbio.
- Water
- Fountains in Gubbio and at the Basilica of Sant'Ubaldo.
- Shade
- Woodland for much of the way.
- Huts and refreshments
- Bars at the basilica and the cable car.
- With children
- Yes, with children used to walking; you can shorten it with the cable car.
Weather at the start
The forecast for the next 7 days at this spot: sky, temperatures, rain and wind.
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What to see on the route and nearby
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- 4Above the Castelluccio plainE 10.3 km · +400 m · 3 hours · out and back
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