VIA FRANCIGENA PATH
Stages 1-2-3-4 Total length from San Bernardo Pass to VerrÊs: 78 km. Total walking time: 21 hours. Walking days: 4. The path starts from a high mountain and descends until it reaches the hills. Points of interest: - Pass of San Bernardo (where you can see avalanche dogs); - Aosta: Roman theatre, Praetoria door; - Verrès: castle. - Chatillon; - Echevennoz.
Aosta: Porta praetoria
Stages 1-2-3-4
Arch of Augusto
Great Saint Bernard pass
Aosta: Roman theatre
Verrès castle
Stages 5-6-7-8 Total length from Verrès to Santhià: 73 Km. Total days of walking: 4. Total walking time: 19 hours. Main points of interest: - Arnad: bridge; - Echallod: bridge; - Bard: fortress; - Donnas: roman road of Gallie; - Pont Saint Martin: roman bridge; - Carema: paths, woods and vineyards; - Ivrea and lake of Viverone; - Santhià: St. Agata church.
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Stages 5-6-7-8
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Stages 9-10-11-12 Total length from SanthiĂ to Garlasco: 83,5 km. Total walking time: 22 hours. Walking days: 5. The route crosses Lombardy and Piedmont and is almost totally flat though it is interrupted by some hilly elevations. On the way you can linger in some nice villages. This route is crossed by 7 rivers, both piedmontese and lombard. Points of interest: - Vercelli: S. Andrea cathedral and Cavour square. - River Sesia. - Robbio: S. Valeriano abbey, S. Pietro church. - Mortara: S. Albino abbey, S. Lorenzo collegiate.
St. Andrew cloister, Vercelli
Stages 9-10-11-12
Nice paths in the countryside
Stages 13-14-15-16 Total length from Garlasco to Piacenza: 88,8 km. Total walking time: 24 hours. Walking days: 4. Landscape: the path is completely flat; it passes near river Ticino and crosses river Po at the ford of Sigerico. Main points of interest: - Pavia: Certosa di Pavia. - Orio Litta: villa Litta Carini. - Piacenza: cathedral and ford Sigerico. - Belgioioso: Castle of Belgioioso. castle of Belgioioso
Stages 13-14-15-16
villa Litta Carini Charterhouse of Pavia
cathedral of Piacenza ford of Sigerico
Stages 17-18-19-20 Total length from Piacenza to Cassio: 111 km. Total time of waking: 27 hours. Walking days: 4. Landscape: the territory is mostly flat until it reaches Piacenza and then continues towards its destination which is in the mountains. Points of interest: - San Giorgio Piacentino. - Fiorenzuola D’Arda. - Chiaravalle della Colomba Abbey. - Fidenza. - Costamezzana. - Fornovo di Taro.
Abbazia di Chiaravalle della Colomba
Stages 17-18-19-20 San Giorgio Piacentino
Fidenza
Fornovo di Taro
Terenzo
Stages 21-22-23-24 The total length from Cassio to Avenza is 103,4 km, for a total of 26 hours of walking in 4 days. The route is mainly hilly. The stages 21-22-23-24 pass through the Cisa pass, Pontremoli and Aulla. In stage 21 you can meet Berceto. In the 22nd stage you can see the castle of the Piagnaro in Pontremoli. In stage 24 you can see Sarzana and Luni.
Luni
Stages 21-22-23-24
Cassio-passo della Cisa
Sarzana church Pontremoli
Stages 25-26-27-28-29 Total length: 126,8 kilometers. Total walking time: 30 hours. Walking days: 5. Landscape: there are open views of the sea, the valley and the course of river Arno as well as mountainous stretches. The highest mountain is Monte Magno. Points of interest : 1 - Massa: Malaspina fortress; 2 - Pietrasanta- st Martin cathedral; 3 - Lucca: amphitheatre square; 4 - Altopascio; 5 - Galleno: ancient paved road;
6 - S. Miniato Alto: church of St Francesco; 7 - Coiano: romanesque parish church; 8 - Chianni: church of Maria Assunta; 9 - Gambassi terme: panoramic view on the hills.
Stages 25-26-27-28-29 Lucca Pietrasanta
Aghinolfi castle
S. Francesco d’ Assisi church.
Stages 30-31-32-33-34 Total length from Gambassi Terme to San Quirico D’Orcia: 119,6 km. Total walking time: 28 hours. Walking days: 5. This route shows us the beautiful landscapes of the Tuscan hills. The main points of interest are: - stage 30 - San Gimignano: medieval towers. - stages 31- Monteriggioni: Snail’s Castle. - stages 32 - Siena : Roman Door, Campo square; - stage 34: S Quirico d’Orcia.
Siena Roman door
Stages 30-31-32-33-34
Snail’s castle
San Gimignano towers Campo square in Siena
Stages 35 -36-37-38-39 Total length from San Quirico d’Orcia to Viterbo: 132,5 km. Total walking time: 28 hours. Walking days: 5. The path starts in high hills and it reaches Radicofani which is the highest point of the entire route. From Radicofani the territory degrades to lower hills. Around Acquapendente the landscape is flatter. Main points of interest: - San Quirico d’Orcia: free thermal bath and chapel of the Madonna of Vitaleta. - Radicofani: fortress of Radicofani and church of St. Peter. - Bolsena: St. Cristina cathedral, lake of Bolsena. - Viterbo: Mount Cimino.
Bagno Vignoni square
Stages 35 -36-37-38-39
Chapel of the Madonna of Vitaleta
Bagno Vignoni
Lake of Bolsena
St Cristina cathedral
St Peter church
Stages 40-41-42-43-44 Total length from Viterbo to Basilica of San Pietro: 110 km Total walking time: 28 hours. Walking days: 5. Landscape: In this part of the Via Francigena you can see hills, paved roads and a waterfall. From Monte Mario you can see a panoramic view of Rome. Main points of interest: - Forcassi: ruins of the church of St Mary; - Vetralla: ruins of the towers of Orlando; - Sutri: ruins of the roman theatre; Towers of Orlando - Montegelato: waterfall; - Rome: St. Peter square
Stages 40-41-42-43-44
Monte Gelato’s falls
Saint Peter’s square in Rome