The Via Francigena was a route endorsed by the Catholic Church ... I looked for the tiny image of a pilgrim – whether on a lamp post, small sign or spray painted on the pavement – to guide ...

If you're considering doing a pilgrimage to "clear your head", the Via Francigena (pronounced Frans-see-gee-na) is the route for the higher-grade kids. Where the Spanish Camino de Santiago traverses ...

The proposed route includes the entire network of routes that make up the Via Francigena in Italy, from the Alpine passes (Great St Bernard Pass, Moncenisio, Monginevro) to Rome, with a total linear ...

Along the main artery, the 112-mile Magna Via Francigena, walkers can collect stamps to fill their pilgrim’s passport at participating venues along a route that runs through the island’s north ...

Tens of thousands of people hike the Camino de Santiago pilgrimage route in Spain each year. But less known and far less traveled is the Via Francigena in Italy. Beginning this fall, Berkeley ...

is on the Via Francigena. She’s American, has never heard of it, and explains that she’s staying nearby and felt like stretching her legs. We offer some details about the pilgrim route to Rome ...

You can find roads into Rome that aren't major routes, Bernardino told me, but it wouldn't be the Via Francigena. I recalled other approaches into towns, and how even more tedious the industrial ...

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 ...

On the Camino, there are albergues and pilgrim hostels to stay in but there aren’t any of these on the Via Francigena. It offers a different experience to the famous route but allows you to take ...