Luca Nigro

Travel Emilia-Romagna → Tuscany

Bologna to Florence on foot

The Via degli Dei over the Apennines in August 2025, from San Luca to the Duomo.

A walker on a dirt track through a dry, golden meadow under a pale sky.
Somewhere past the watershed.

A week in early August walking the Via degli Dei, the old path over the Apennines between Bologna and Florence: woods and ridges, the Futa Pass, the long descent through Tuscany to Fiesole. All on the Nikon D780.

Bologna and the first climb

Out of Bologna past San Luca and straight up into the hills.

San Luca, above Bologna, at the start.
San Luca, above Bologna, at the start.
Sandstone cliffs on the first afternoon.
Looking back over the valley.
Looking back over the valley.

Along the ridge

An Ape parked in a clearing; a hand-painted sign in the woods.

The Futa Pass

The German military cemetery at the Futa Pass.
The German military cemetery at the Futa Pass.
The next morning, from the ridge.
The next morning, from the ridge.

Into Tuscany

Over the watershed, and the landscape dries out: stubble, white roads, cypresses.

A stone portal on the crest.
A stone portal on the crest.
White roads down the other side.
Farmhouses and a chapel in the shade.

Fiesole

Florence from the hills of Fiesole.
Florence from the hills of Fiesole.

Florence

The Duomo, and the Loggia dei Lanzi.
From Piazzale Michelangelo at the end of the last day.
From Piazzale Michelangelo at the end of the last day.