Do you know Fra Hikes?! Francesco Valeriano, born in '94, Environmental Hiking Guide and Content Creator.
Born in Formia, a small town in Lazio nestled between the Tyrrhenian Sea and the Apennines, since he was a boy he has felt a great passion for the outdoors. From excursions around his home to the peaks of the Alps, every occasion is good to leave and be able to stay for a few days in open spaces and with a backpack on his shoulders .
As he grows up, however, life happens to take a more traditional path: he studies and becomes a computer programmer, he starts working but… he uses every free moment to escape into nature: it is only with trekking shoes on that Francesco feels like himself. That need for freedom and open spaces becomes stronger and stronger, until it is no longer possible to ignore it.
An important decision needs to be made: he leaves his office job, takes the course to become an Environmental Hiking Guide and launches himself into a new chapter.
Since 2022 Fra Hikes organizes guided excursions, tells and shares his adventures through the camera , taking those who follow him to the most spectacular places. Francesco has traveled many paths, trails and Alte Vie: Santiago, Western and Eastern Alps, Dolomites, Apennines, the mountains of home, which have a space all their own in the heart of Fra Hikes.
Nature fascinates him more and more every day and driven by this passion Francesco organizes, alone and in company, new treks, explorations or simple days in the open air in search of the beauty that surrounds us.
