The Via Francigena is a historic pilgrimage route connecting Canterbury to Rome, once walked by medieval pilgrims on their way to the Holy See. Whether you’re walking the entire trail or selected ...

Our travel agent suggested two spots on the Camino Via Francigena walking through Tuscany to Rome. We would get our completion “testimonium” from the Vatican. It sounded sublime, and we signed up.

Via Francigena Stage 1: Bourg St Pierre-St Martin Crossing the high mountain pass of Great St Bernard famed for its rescue dogs Discovering your quaint agriturismo, set amongst pretty vineyards ...

Via Francigena “Cultural Route of the Council of Europe” certified in 1994 In 990 AD, Sigeric, archbishop of Canterbury, travelled to Rome to meet Pope John XV and receive the investiture pallium.

Description The Via Francigena in Italy is the first and most important road that, in the Middle Ages, connected the countries beyond the western Alps (the land of the Franks) to Rome: the main ...

The Via Francigena was Europe’s overland spine, and it’s now growing in popularity as a slow-travel option through the continent’s most touristic countries.

One of Europe’s most famous historic-religious trails (named, like the Camino de Santiago, a “Cultural Route of the European Council”), the Via Francigena today is an example of dormant Italian ...

I nodded in acknowledgement. To me, San Miniato was, at that moment, no more than the starting point for a trek. It was my first day of walking the Via Francigena trail with Sloways, a tour operator.

Along the main artery, the 112-mile Magna Via Francigena —a trail that runs through the island’s north between the coastal cities of Palermo and Agrigento—walkers can collect stamps to fill ...