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Italy also has its long-distance trails. The major Alpine route is the Grande Traversata delle Alpi, an alternative to the French Grande Traversée. Rather confusingly, these are both abbreviated to GTA. The Italian traverse runs from Carnino in the south, across the Argentera massif, skirting the Monte Viso region to the Gran Paradiso, and on to end at the foot of Monte Rosa at Macugnaga, near the Swiss border.

A second Italian trail of relevance to the Queyras Tour is the circular Tour of Monte Viso (Monviso in Italian). This starts at the Pian del Re, the source of the River Po, and circles the peak of Monte Viso and adjacent mountains. The route, which takes three or four days to complete, goes from the Pian del Re to the Rifugio Quintino Sella (for an optional and very long ascent to Monte Viso), and on over the Passo di San Chiaffredo to enter the Vallone di Vallanta (Valante in French).

The trail climbs in this valley, passing the refuges of Gagliardone and Vallanta, to join the route described in this guidebook. The Tour crosses the Passo di Vallanta (Col Valante) to enter France and descends to the Refuge Viso. Soon after this the Monte Viso trail parts company with the Queyras Tour to cross back into Italy at the Colle delle Traversette and descends back to the Pian del Re.