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 ...

Boot-strapped pilgrims will find great meaning in the Via Francigena, an ancient route that takes in terrific scenery San Gimignano is a towering achievement of medieval architecture On September 22, ...

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-based ...

Joseph Harrington had been hiking through Europe for weeks – following a centuries-old pilgrimage to Rome – when he arrived in the village of Bourg-Saint-Pierre. Tucked into the towering Alps, the ...

According to local legend there’s treasure in the hills of Sicily. A chest of gold is hidden in cave-studded cliffs, and will only be discovered if three men dream simultaneously of its location. But ...