Via Francigena
Valle d'Aosta, Italy
Italy · Colle del Gran San Bernardo, Switzerland → Roma, Italy
Distance
1013 km
Stages
45
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
Via Francigena map and stages in the Aosta Valley
The first five Italian stages run from the Great St Bernard Pass to Pont-Saint-Martin. The distances in the regional tourism guide add up to 90.4 km, via Échevennoz, Aosta, Châtillon and Verrès. The next stage continues towards Ivrea in Piedmont.
| Stage | Guide (km) | Appy (km) |
|---|---|---|
| 1. Colle del Gran San Bernardo → Échevennoz | 14.9 | 14.9 |
| 2. Échevennoz → Aosta | 13.6 | 13.9 |
| 3. Aosta → Châtillon | 27.8 | 27.7 |
| 4. Châtillon → Verrès | 19.2 | 19.2 |
| 5. Verrès → Pont-Saint-Martin | 14.9 | 14.8 |
| Total | 90.4 | 90.5 |
Via Francigena · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (45)
About
Antichi Cammini d’Italia · September to December 2026. Travel from Roma Tiburtina to Cassino with a free return train journey, with advance booking.
The programme reaches the Via Francigena del Sud and the Cammino di San Benedetto, around Montecassino. Expand these details for dates, times and the return journey.
The stages on this page describe the full Via Francigena walking route.
Stages
45 stages
Stage 1- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 158 m
- Descent
- 1411 m
Stage 2Échevennoz → Aosta / Aoste
moderate- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 334 m
- Descent
- 992 m
Stage 3Aosta / Aoste → Châtillon
moderate- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 536 m
- Descent
- 587 m
Stage 4Châtillon → Verrès
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 634 m
- Descent
- 814 m
Stage 5Verrès → Pont-Saint-Martin
moderate- Distance
- 15 km
- Ascent
- 306 m
- Descent
- 309 m
- Stage 6
Pont-Saint-Martin → Ivrea
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 337 m
- Descent
- 403 m
Stage 7Ivrea → Viverone
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 226 m
- Descent
- 188 m
Stage 8- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 76 m
- Descent
- 147 m
Stage 9Santhià → Vercelli
moderate- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 6 m
Stage 10- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 11 m
- Descent
- 13 m
Stage 11Robbio → Mortara
easy- Distance
- 14 km
- Ascent
- 0 m
- Descent
- 0 m
Stage 12- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 2 m
- Descent
- 0 m
Stage 13Garlasco → Pavia
easy- Distance
- 25 km
- Ascent
- 38 m
- Descent
- 41 m
Stage 14Pavia → Santa Cristina
moderate- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 50 m
- Descent
- 51 m
Stage 15- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 3 m
- Descent
- 13 m
Stage 16- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 5 m
- Descent
- 18 m
Stage 17Piacenza → Fiorenzuola d'Arda
moderate- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 11 m
- Descent
- 7 m
Stage 18- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 3 m
- Descent
- 25 m
Stage 19Fidenza → Fornovo di Taro
moderate- Distance
- 34 km
- Ascent
- 460 m
- Descent
- 400 m
Stage 20Fornovo di Taro → Terenzo
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 1076 m
- Descent
- 431 m
Stage 21Terenzo → Gravagna San Rocco
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 760 m
- Descent
- 491 m
Stage 22Gravagna San Rocco → Pontremoli
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 376 m
- Descent
- 1169 m
Stage 23Pontremoli → Aulla
moderate- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 261 m
- Descent
- 442 m
Stage 24Aulla → Sarzana
moderate- Distance
- 17 km
- Ascent
- 621 m
- Descent
- 661 m
Stage 25Sarzana → San Carlo
moderate- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 365 m
- Descent
- 323 m
Stage 26San Carlo → Camaiore
moderate- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 404 m
- Descent
- 433 m
Stage 27Camaiore → Gattaiola
moderate- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 478 m
- Descent
- 496 m
Stage 28- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 10 m
- Descent
- 17 m
Stage 29Marginone → San Miniato
moderate- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 230 m
- Descent
- 117 m
Stage 30San Miniato → Gambassi Terme
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 436 m
- Descent
- 250 m
Stage 31Gambassi Terme → San Gimignano
moderate- Distance
- 13 km
- Ascent
- 403 m
- Descent
- 384 m
Stage 32San Gimignano → Monteriggioni
moderate- Distance
- 30 km
- Ascent
- 389 m
- Descent
- 486 m
Stage 33Monteriggioni → Siena
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 317 m
- Descent
- 240 m
Stage 34Siena → Ponte d'Arbia
moderate- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 103 m
- Descent
- 280 m
Stage 35- Distance
- 26 km
- Ascent
- 538 m
- Descent
- 279 m
Stage 36San Quirico d'Orcia → Radicofani
challenging- Distance
- 32 km
- Ascent
- 857 m
- Descent
- 466 m
Stage 37Radicofani → Acquapendente
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 197 m
- Descent
- 598 m
Stage 38Acquapendente → Bolsena
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 232 m
- Descent
- 298 m
Stage 39Bolsena → Zepponami
moderate- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 520 m
- Descent
- 216 m
Stage 40- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 91 m
- Descent
- 383 m
Stage 41Viterbo → Mazzocchio Basso
moderate- Distance
- 22 km
- Ascent
- 431 m
- Descent
- 468 m
Stage 42Madonna del Ponte → Sutri
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 306 m
- Descent
- 346 m
Stage 43Sutri → Campagnano di Roma
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 193 m
- Descent
- 179 m
Stage 44Campagnano di Roma → La Storta
moderate- Distance
- 23 km
- Ascent
- 396 m
- Descent
- 516 m
Stage 45La Storta → Roma
easy- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 148 m
- Descent
- 284 m
Points of interest
- Santa Croce, Mortara
16th-century classicism abbey. Designed by Pellegrini Tiballdi.
- San Giovanni Evangelista
16th-century renaissance architecture abbey. Designed by Bernardino Zaccagni.
- Nostra Signora della Guardia
20th-century sanctuary in Romanesque Revival style, in Pontremoli, Italy, designated as Italian national heritage.
- Pointe des Trois Lacs
Natural landmark, in Entremont District, Switzerland, at 2,759 m elevation.
- Pointe de Drône
The Pointe de Drône is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Italy and Switzerland. It lies west of the Great St.
- Mont Fourchon
Mont Fourchon is a mountain of the Pennine Alps, located on the border between Switzerland and Italy.
- Palatine Towers
The Palatine Gate (Italian: Porta Palatina; Piedmontese: Pòrta Palatin-a) is a Roman Age city gate located in Turin, Italy.
- Mole Antonelliana
19th-century eclectic architecture tower. Designed by Alessandro Antonelli.
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