Cammino di San Francesco di Paola
Calabria, Italy
Italy · San Marco Argentano, Italy → Santuario San Francesco di Paola, Italy
Distance
317 km
Stages
15
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
About
The Cammino di San Francesco di Paola follows the saint's life across the province of Cosenza in four itineraries and fifteen days, about 320 km in all. The Via del Giovane starts in San Marco Argentano, where he stayed as a boy of twelve, and crosses the beech forest of Cinquemiglia to his sanctuary in Paola. The Via dell'Eremita climbs back over the coastal range to San Fili, Cerisano and the sanctuary of Paterno Calabro; the Via dei Monasteri runs through Cosenza, the Sila villages and Acri to the sanctuary of Corigliano; and the Via per la Francia ends at Monte Sant'Angelo above Castrovillari.
Stages
15 stages
Stage 1- Distance
- 12 km
- Ascent
- 462 m
- Descent
- 444 m
Stage 2Cerzeto → Bosco Cinquemiglia
moderate- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 811 m
- Descent
- 222 m
Stage 3- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 362 m
- Descent
- 1239 m
Stage 4Santuario di Paola → San Fili
challenging- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 1069 m
- Descent
- 689 m
Stage 5San Fili → Cerisano
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 644 m
- Descent
- 597 m
Stage 6- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 566 m
- Descent
- 486 m
Stage 7- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 219 m
- Descent
- 631 m
Stage 8Cosenza → Spezzano della Sila
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 746 m
- Descent
- 155 m
Stage 9- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 373 m
- Descent
- 528 m
Stage 10San Pietro in Guarano → Rose
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 681 m
- Descent
- 926 m
Stage 11Rose → Acri
challenging- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 1126 m
- Descent
- 856 m
Stage 12Acri → Santuario di Corigliano Calabro
challenging- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 615 m
- Descent
- 1090 m
Stage 13- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 741 m
- Descent
- 672 m
Stage 14- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 317 m
- Descent
- 348 m
Stage 15- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 742 m
- Descent
- 236 m
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