“Vee-ah Fran CHEEG-en-a”

2 – England
47 – France
11 Switzerland
45 Italy
105 Total Stages (split into 3 years of 35 Stages

On foot

2025 First Year: Canterbury to Orges, France
(problem is: Orges in deep in one of France’s National Parks)
2026 Second Year: Orges, France (14 Stages), Through Switzerland (11 Stages) to Robbio, Italy (10 Stages)
(a nice on-ramp to Switzerland)
2027 Third Year: Robbio, Italy to Rome (two accessible cites)

2028 Via Podiensis

As we research an Italian Pilgrimage, we discover that there are multiple routes ending in Rome, some have mutually exclusive routes

One route connects Cantebury England to Rome
(Via Francigena: The Way Through France)

Another connects Florence to Rome
(Via de Francesco: The Way of Saint Francis)

Regions of Italy https://magazine.dooid.it/en/destinations/via-francigena-italy-journey-of-life/
Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, and finally, Lazio

The Way of St Francis

Four Sections
26 Stages
537.5 (km)

21 Days

Walking in the footsteps of St Francis

45 Main Stages (from Great St. Bernard Pass to Rome

VIA FRANCIGENA

Cities along the Way of St. Francis

Airlines (Way of St. Francis)

Seven Pilgrim Churches of Rome (19.9 km)

https://www.viadifrancesco.it/en/

https://community.ricksteves.com/travel-forum/italy/via-francigena-in-tuscany

https://www.google.com/#q=rick+steves+via+francigena