Spanning 70s square kilometres (271 sq. miles) and marking its 100th anniversary this year, this national park - in the Graian Alps between the Aosta Valley and Piedmont regions at Italy's northwestern corner - is part of an ambitious €35m, 13-year plan announced last May to extend Italy's existing Sentiero Italia (Grand Italian Path) by roughly 1,000km to form a new path connecting each of its 25 national parks, including those on the islands of Sardinia and Sicily.  When it's completed in 2033, the new route, known as the Sentiero dei Parchi (Path of the Parks) will cross each of Italy’s 20 regions, pass through six ÚNESCO World Heritage sites and stretch nearly 8,000km. A BBC Travel piece provides more details and context around that time: https://www.bbc.com/travel/article/20210517-the-sentiero-dei-parchi...

(Franck Michel)