Via Francigena del Sud (tratta Laziale)
Lazio, Italy
Italy · Roma, Italy → Teano, Italy
Distance
261 km
Stages
13
Difficulty
moderate
Best months
Apr-Jun, Sep-Oct
About
The Via Francigena del Sud leaves Rome on the Via Appia Antica and heads south toward the Holy Land ports, and this Lazio stretch follows it to Teano, just over the border in Campania. It climbs through the Castelli Romani and the Monti Lepini, past the Cistercian abbeys of Valvisciolo and Fossanova, then drops to the sea at Terracina and runs along the coast of Gaeta and Formia.
Long sections walk on original Roman paving, and the stages end in hill towns, abbeys, seaside boroughs and Roman ruins. About 260 km on foot.
Stages
13 stages
- Stage 1
Roma → Albano Laziale
challengingDistance29 kmAscent419 mDescent75 m 
Stage 2Albano Laziale → Velletri
moderateDistance19 kmAscent481 mDescent516 m
Stage 3Velletri → Cori
moderateDistance20 kmAscent265 mDescent228 m
Stage 4Cori → Sermoneta
moderateDistance20 kmAscent502 mDescent658 m
Stage 5Distance11 kmAscent269 mDescent199 m
Stage 6Sezze → Abbazia di Fossanova
moderateDistance21 kmAscent170 mDescent440 m
Stage 7Abbazia di Fossanova → Terracina
moderateDistance21 kmAscent63 mDescent46 m
Stage 8Distance18 kmAscent383 mDescent404 m
Stage 9Monastero di San Magno → Itri
moderateDistance20 kmAscent306 mDescent160 m
Stage 10Itri → Gaeta
moderateDistance16 kmAscent291 mDescent467 m
Stage 11Gaeta → Minturno
moderateDistance28 kmAscent89 mDescent94 m
Stage 12Minturno → Sessa Aurunca
moderateDistance24 kmAscent269 mDescent88 m
Stage 13Sessa Aurunca → Teano
moderateDistance16 kmAscent276 mDescent257 m
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