Thirty years ago, few people had ever heard of the Via Francigena: a 2,000km medieval pilgrimage route that snakes a path from Canterbury all the way to Rome.

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 destination – ...

But less known and far less traveled is the Via Francigena in Italy. Beginning this fall, Berkeley-based Wilderness Travel will offer guided trips on 80 miles of this ancient route, ...

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.

A monumental project to revive the route, involving 80 local authorities and six Catholic dioceses, came to fruition in 2017. Along the main artery, the 112-mile Magna Via Francigena—a trail ...

The Magna Via Francigena Trail: Sicily on Foot, From Coast to Coast, by Davide Comunale (Terre). €16 (£13) Sicilian Uncles, by Leonardo Sciascia (Granta). £8.99. How to do it ...

The Via Francigena was first documented by Archbishop Sigeric in the year 990. Sigeric made his pilgrimage to Rome and documented his return journey in a journal – 80 stages averaging about 12 ...

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.

I didn’t know what I expected when I set out on the Tuscan Camino – verdant hills, belly-filling pasta, glorious sunshine, perhaps, you know, all the things you think of when you imagine exploring one ...

The Amalfi Coast, Cinque Terre’s coastal trails, The Dolomites, Tuscany's Via Francigena, and Sardinia's Cala Gonone to Cala ...

Follow the Camino is launching a strategy to bring more travellers to the Via Francigena, a notable pilgrimage route which attracts 15,000+ hikers every year (European Association of the Via ...