Walking in the Sibillini mountains

2 suggestions -   1.  Try Googling "Walking in the Sibillini mountains" - there seems some info thrown up there, including...... 2.  Look at    http://www.italymag.co.uk/forums/travel-holiday-advice/5368-walking-sibillini-mountains.html           [from the old Italymag website]

This book, available from Amazon might help:"Italy's Sibillini National Park: Walking and Trekking Guide" by Gillian Price  http://www.amazon.co.uk/Italys-Sibillini-National-Park-Trekking/dp/185284535X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1297877496&sr=8-1 I don't have a copy but it has been recommended.

These are quite accurate 1:50,000 (inch to the mile) maps, with many walking and cycling tracks marked on them. The ones which cover (not all of the Sibillini, but most of it) are numbers 664 and 663. http://www.themapshop.co.uk/europe/italy/italy.htm That's a link to a good catalogue of all Italian maps, and http://www.themapshop.co.uk/images/kompass/knitaly.jpg is their link to the Kompass coverage of Italy (it's zoomable). Just in case you like to journey plan with a 'proper paper map'!

Agree with all of the above (especially the maps).  From personal experience I'd suggest you look at the following: Drive to Foce (nice little restaurant) and take off from there on foot up to Lago di Pilato Drive up to Castellucio and take your pick.  In fact, just before you go round the corner of M Vettore and Castellucio comes into view there are two routes - on the left takes you past a Refuge and along a track to a Belvedere.  It's even been concreted for the disabled, though now in advanced disrepair. Go right and you'll get up onto the ridge of M Vettore You can't miss where I mean, there's a map on the roadside and always cars parked (usually some of them belonging to paragliders) I'm not a real mountain walker, so these may seem too easy for you.  But if you just want somewhere to start I hope that helps

Found a couple of decent guide/map books for Sibillini walking and mountain biking in the tourist info place at San Ginesio last year, which I assume would be generally available elsewhere.

The best places for info are the Parks houses. Don't bother with the Tourist Info office in Sarnano as it lives in a parallel universe where the National Park doesn't exist. Sarnano is not in the park and holds no info on it at all. Very strange. There are parks houses in San Ginesio & Amandola and then several in the park itself. Otherwise have a look at the park website: http://www.sibillini.net/en/Chiedi_Sibilla/sentieri/index.html Unfortunately there is not much in English but they produce some good walking books and general guides to the park which are widely available locally. Any parts of the Grande Anello are generally the best maintained trails. The maps are "interesting" in our experience but are usually OK for walking routes. You can buy a map from the Parks House that shows all the walking routes. We found the spiral bound version actually has some roads missing (not sure how they managed that!) whe compared with the original paper version. You can also find organised walks here: http://www.sibillini.net/en/chiedi_sibilla/indexVisiteGuidate.html  but it is only in Italian although most guides speak a little English at least. I can recommend the CAI organisation and if you look on their noticeboards or websites you will find a programme of organised walks. Giorgio, the president of CAI in Amandola speaks excellent English.