Stage 1 · Via Francigena del Sud (tratta Laziale)
Roma → Albano Laziale
Stage information
Distance: 29 km
Ascent: 419 m
Descent: 75 m
Difficulty: challenging. Difficulty recorded in the catalogue.
From the Basilica di San Pietro past Castel Sant'Angelo, Piazza Venezia and the Colosseo, out of Rome through the ancient Porta San Sebastiano. Then a long stretch on the Via Appia Antica, an open-air museum of tombs and paving stones, to the Trappist convent at Frattocchie, the belvedere of Castel Gandolfo over Lago Albano and on to Albano Laziale. About 29 km.
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