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
Via Francigena del Sud (tratta Laziale) · Stages and distances
Walking distances for Appy’s stages (13)
| Stage | km |
|---|---|
| 1. Roma → Albano Laziale | 29.1 |
| 2. Albano Laziale → Velletri | 18.9 |
| 3. Velletri → Cori | 19.6 |
| 4. Cori → Sermoneta | 19.8 |
| 5. Sermoneta → Sezze | 10.9 |
| 6. Sezze → Abbazia di Fossanova | 21.1 |
| 7. Abbazia di Fossanova → Terracina | 20.6 |
| 8. Terracina → Monastero di San Magno | 17.5 |
| 9. Monastero di San Magno → Itri | 19.7 |
| 10. Itri → Gaeta | 15.7 |
| 11. Gaeta → Minturno | 28.1 |
| 12. Minturno → Sessa Aurunca | 24.4 |
| 13. Sessa Aurunca → Teano | 15.9 |
| Total | 261.3 |
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
challenging- Distance
- 29 km
- Ascent
- 419 m
- Descent
- 75 m
Stage 2Albano Laziale → Velletri
moderate- Distance
- 19 km
- Ascent
- 481 m
- Descent
- 516 m
Stage 3Velletri → Cori
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 265 m
- Descent
- 228 m
Stage 4Cori → Sermoneta
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 502 m
- Descent
- 658 m
Stage 5- Distance
- 11 km
- Ascent
- 269 m
- Descent
- 199 m
Stage 6Sezze → Abbazia di Fossanova
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 170 m
- Descent
- 440 m
Stage 7Abbazia di Fossanova → Terracina
moderate- Distance
- 21 km
- Ascent
- 63 m
- Descent
- 46 m
Stage 8- Distance
- 18 km
- Ascent
- 383 m
- Descent
- 404 m
Stage 9Monastero di San Magno → Itri
moderate- Distance
- 20 km
- Ascent
- 306 m
- Descent
- 160 m
Stage 10Itri → Gaeta
moderate- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 291 m
- Descent
- 467 m
Stage 11Gaeta → Minturno
moderate- Distance
- 28 km
- Ascent
- 89 m
- Descent
- 94 m
Stage 12Minturno → Sessa Aurunca
moderate- Distance
- 24 km
- Ascent
- 269 m
- Descent
- 88 m
Stage 13Sessa Aurunca → Teano
moderate- Distance
- 16 km
- Ascent
- 276 m
- Descent
- 257 m
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Itri–Gaeta and Gaeta–Minturno: map and km
The route association gives 15.8 km from Itri to Gaeta and 28.1 km from Gaeta via Formia to Minturnae. See where each day ends on the map.
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