The Grande Traversata delle Alpi (GTA) — or Great Alpine Traverse — is one of Italy’s most ambitious and rewarding long-distance walking routes. Stretching for roughly 1,000 km across the western Italian Alps, the GTA leads hikers from the Swiss border in Piedmont southward toward the Ligurian frontier. The route traverses remote valleys, high ridges, wild alpine terrain, and centuries-old mountain communities, offering a deep, immersive experience of Italy’s high mountains away from major tourist corridors.
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