Chapels of Vallombrosa Starting from the abbey's outer gates, walk to the right of the large pool and take the tarmac road to Consuma. Proceed for about 200 m to the beginning of a short track on the left which leads to the Cappella del Masso del Diavolo (Devil's Rock Chapel).

Chapels of Vallombrosa
(time required: approx. 3 hours)
Pro Loco Saltino Vallombrosa
Via Sam Giovanni Gualberto 40
500060 Saltino (FI)
Tel. 055 862024
www.provallombrosa.it

Starting from the abbey's outer gates, walk to the right of the large pool and take the tarmac road to Consuma. Proceed for about 200 m to the beginning of a short track on the left which leads to the Cappella del Masso del Diavolo (Devil's Rock Chapel) (1).

Retrace your steps along the same track and once you reach the tarmac car park next to the abbey, turn left and follow the directions to the Paradisino hermitage. After a short, gentle uphill stretch you reach the old paved track that will take you to the Cappella di S. Torello (St Torello's Chapel) (2) past the bridge over the Vicano stream. 

You continue uphill on the Scala Santa (Holy Stairs) also known as the Rampa del Paradisino (Paradisino Staircase) along which you will see, in the following order, Cappella del Masso di S. G. Gualberto (the Chapel of St John Gualbert's Rock) (3) ...

... the Cappella delle Colonne (the Chapel of Columns) (4), ....

... and the Cappella del Beato Migliore (Blessed Migliore's Chapel) (5) .

Continue uphill until you get to the Paradisino where you should stop for a while to admire the magnificent view over Vallombrosa, the forest and the Arno valley. You then descend on the Secchieta Vallombrosa tarmac road for about 300 m. When you get to a bend you will see a short paved track to the left; take the track uphill and you’ll immediately catch a glimpse of the Cappella del Faggio Santo (Chapel of the Holy Beech Tree) (6).

Retrace your steps down to the tarmac road and continue for 50 m towards Vallombrosa. When you get to a wide right-hand bend you will see a large unsurfaced area on the left. An old, paved track leads off from this area: take it and follow the Chapel Walk signs to the Cappella di S. Caterina (Chapel of St Catherine) (7). 

Take the Saltino Vallombrosa road again, heading towards the Abbey, and after a few hundred metres you reach the Cappella di S. Girolamo (St Jerome's Chapel) (8). 

Take the straight avenue that leads from the abbey gates and goes downhill towards the valley. At the first bend go to the right and take the paved track with the sign "Tosi - S. G. Gualberto". Keep to the right and continue downhill; cross over the tarmac road, continue downhill for a few metres to the Cappella della Fonte di S. Giovanni Gualberto (Chapel of St John Gualbert's Spring) (9). 

With your back to the Chapel, go to the left down the forest trail for about 200 m: keep on following the signs and take the easy track that goes uphill to the tarmac road. Cross the road and continue on the paved track until you reach a stone pillar topped by a cross, the Croce della Peste (Cross of the Plague) erected in 1790. As you proceed gently uphill you reach the Tabernacolo di S. Sebastiano (St Sebastian's Tabernacle) (10). 

The track soon meets the avenue leading to the abbey, where your walk comes to an end.