The Walking Pilgrim

Via Francigena (Italy)
Great St Bernard, Vercelli, Pavia, Piacenza, Fidenza, Pontremoli, Aulla, Sarzana, Lucca, Altopascio, Fucecchio, Siena, Bolsena, Viterbo, Roma; Montgenèvre, Susa, Rivoli; Rivoli, Torino, Vercelli; Menton, Savona, Genova, Sarzana

As described on the main Via Francigena page, three main branches of this are being developed:

• Gt St Bernard: for detailed mapping and a description of the route from the GSB to Rome, see itinerAria. This is the route that will be marked under the auspices of the Italian Culture Ministry. (The previous mapping on the Associazione Europea delle Vie Francigene site is no longer up-to-date.)
  For additional guides and maps, see Association International Via Francigena, and there are now numerous commercial guides, including the Lightfoot guide in English. However, these do not necessarily follow the official route.
  The mapping shown below includes an alternative route into Rome that avoids the busy main road. This is an unofficial route based on that devised by Alberto Alberti of the Gruppo Dodice; an English translation appeared in issue 7 (August 2009) of the Newsletter of the Confraternity of Pilgrims to Rome
• Montgenèvre/Susa: the Confraternita di San Jacopo di Compostella has been very active in the development of the Via Francigena. They are particularly interested in the Montgenèvre and Menton routes, as they provide the link with Compostela. Consequently, their guide, published by Terre di Mezzo, mainly deals with this route, though it does outline the other two. They also now produce maps of this route, and their website includes a list of the stages with km. There is also an outline guide to the route on the Mundicamino site
• Menton/coast road: this route, the Via della Costa, is also now complete. A guide by Monica D'Atti and Franco Cinti, La Via della Costa: 300 chilometri da Mentone a Sarzana, is now published by Ed Terre di Mezzo. Imperia province produce a leaflet for their section from the border to Cervo

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

• Great St Bernard-Roma
• Menton-Sarzana
• Montgenèvre-Rivoli

		km	cumul km	view on map
	AO01-GranSanBernardo-Echevennoz	14.94	14.94
	AO02-Echevennoz-Aosta	13.65	28.59
	AO03-Aosta-Chatillon	30.14	58.73
	AO04-Chatillon-Verres	20.79	79.52
	AO05-Verres-PontSaintMartin	17.69	97.21
	PI01-PontSaintMartin-Ivrea	22.10	119.31
	PI02-Ivrea-Viverone	21.80	141.11
	PI03-Viverone-Santhia	16.15	157.26
	PI04-Santhia-Vercelli	27.92	185.18
	LO01-Vercelli-Robbio	19.74	204.92
	LO02-Robbio-Mortara	14.31	219.23
	LO03-Mortara-Garlasco	23.61	242.84
	LO04-Garlasco-Pavia	26.03	268.87
	LO05-Pavia-SantaCristina	27.43	296.30
	LO06-SantaCristina-OrioLitta	16.91	313.21
	ER01-OrioLitta-Piacenza	21.59	334.80
	ER02-Piacenza-Fiorenzuola	32.85	367.65
	ER03-Fiorenzuola-Fidenza	22.27	389.92
	ER04-Fidenza-Fornovo	34.10	424.02
	ER05-Fornovo-Cassio	20.73	444.75
	ER06-Cassio-PassoCisa	18.73	463.48
	TO01-PassoCisa-Pontremoli	19.31	482.79
	TO02-Pontremoli-Aulla	32.92	515.71
	TO03-Aulla-Avenza	32.43	548.14
	TO04-Avenza-Pietrasanta	27.72	575.86
	TO05-Pietrasanta-Lucca	31.98	607.84
	TO06-Lucca-Altopascio	18.08	625.92
	TO07-Altopascio-SanMiniato	25.34	651.26
	TO08-SanMiniato-Gambassi	23.70	674.96
	TO09-Gambassi-SanGimignano	13.31	688.27
	TO10-SanGimigano-Monteriggioni	30.04	718.31
	TO11-Monteriggioni-Siena	20.45	738.76
	TO12-Siena-PonteArbia	28.46	767.22
	TO13-PonteArbia-SanQuirico	27.43	794.65
	TO14-SanQuirico-Radicofani	32.86	827.51
	TO15-Radicofani-Acquapendente	31.86	859.37
	LA01-Acquapendente-Bolsena	22.07	881.44
	LA02-Bolsena-Montefiascone	18.29	899.73
	LA03-Montefiascone-Viterbo	17.80	917.53
	LA04-Viterbo-Vetralla	18.00	935.53
	LA05-Vetralla-Sutri	22.52	958.05
	LA06-Sutri-Campagnano	24.22	982.27
	LA07-Campagnano-LaStorta	24.41	1,006.68
	LA08-LaStorta-Roma	15.82	1,022.50
a	Monginevro - Oulx	19.61	19.61
a	Da Oulx a Susa	28.72	48.33
a	Da Susa a Sant'Antonino	21.47	69.80
a	Da Sant'Antonino a Rivoli	21.40	91.20
b	1 ponte s. ludovico-s. remo	25.10	25.10
b	2 sanremo-torrazza	29.29	54.39
b	3 torrazza-sacra famiglia	12.09	66.48
b	3 sacrafamiglia-sangiovanni andora	18.69	85.17
b	4 andora-loano	28.43	113.60
b	5 loano-noli	26.35	139.95
b	6 noli-varazze	27.98	167.93
b	7 varazze-ge.commenda	34.63	202.56
b	8 ge.commenda-camogli	24.83	227.39
b	9 camogli-sestri l.	31.14	258.53
b	10 sestri l.-levanto	29.10	287.63
b	11 levanto-volastra	20.63	308.26
b	12 volastra-sarzana	31.41	339.67
v	AO05-VAR1	0.27	0.27
v	AO05-VAR2	2.42	2.69
v	PI03-VAR1	2.84	5.53
v	La Storta-Roma recommended alternative	16.07	21.60
v	percorso per rifugio	0.09	21.69
v	variante tra area botanica e framura	0.35	22.04
v	percorso per il rifugio	0.58	22.62
v	Da Susa a Sant'Antonino left bank	21.57	44.19
v	Da Sant'Antonino ad Alpignano	27.09	71.28
v	Variante Sacra di San Michele	5.52	76.80
v	Variante di Bussoleno	2.56	79.36

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Links on this page are colour-coded: other page on this website, other website
Lines on map above are schematic and for overview only; they do not represent detailed line of route.
Sections in list at top with town names in italics are still under development.
Mapped section distances are the sum of geodesic length between each point plotted on the map, calculated using the Vincenty formula