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Hotel at San Godenzo (Stage 6)

A Posto Tappa is the Italian equivalent of the French gîte d’étape walkers’ hostel; only two are encountered on the GEA – in Stages 7 and 13. They offer dorm accommodation and cooking facilities. Two unmanned and basic bivacco huts are also en route – they are always open but you need to be self-sufficient in food, sleeping bag and possibly water. A foresteria, on the other hand, refers to guest quarters at a monastery, though these days this usually translates as hotel-standard facilities.

Carry a stash of euros in cash as credit cards are rarely accepted for payment in the rifugi – unlike the majority of hotels and restaurants. Banks and ATMs in villages en route are listed in the walk description.

Rifugio Mariotti sits on the edge of Lago Santo Parmense (Stage 21)

When using the phone in Italy always include the ‘0’ of the area code, even for local calls. The sole exceptions are toll-free numbers beginning with ‘800’ and mobile phones that start with ‘3’, and the emergency numbers. All attempts at speaking Italian are appreciated – helpful expressions can be found in Appendix B.