2024 update now available for Camino De Santiago: Camino Francs guidebook This guidebook to the Camino de Santiago is one of Cicerones perennial bestsellers. In our opinion, its combination of maps and accommodation listings are unparalleled among Camino guidebooks. For…
Punta Sosta La Villa: info about this favourite pilgrim rest area and lodging Somehow when Ive arrived in the past at La Villa, about 6.5km after Monteriggioni on the way to Siena, the pilgrim rest area was unoccupied and bare,…
Correction: Stage 40 Lodging at Coublanc Sadly, a little wishful thinking aboutStage 40 Chalindrey to Coublancled me think I had a great find for accommodation at that otherwise bereft-of-lodging stage end in Coublanc. Sadly, theres another Coublanc, France, 250km away,…
New entry to San Miniato I was alerted to the new entry to San Miniato by pilgrim Lisa Hettler-Smith and today I had a chance to walk it myself. After leaving the retail district of San Miniato Basso you continue…
Citerna-Citt di Castello Stage course deviation After crossing the SP102, follow the route as shown on this map. It is imperative not to enter the Montelupo farm. Marking the diversion at Montelupo Farm. Please be certain to observe the signs…
Pedestrian bridge closure after Bagno Vignoni (Via Francigena Part 3, Stage 9, p. 95) Since last year the pedestrian bridge crossing the Orcia River below Bagno Vignoni has been closed. This weekend while visiting the location I found pilgrims confused…
New edition of popular Way of St Francis guide coming March 2024 TheWay of St Francis: Florence to Assisi and Romeguidebook has been a great success ever since its first publication in 2015. The book was written in 2014 and…
Via Francigena Variant Lucca to Altopascio through SantAndrea di Compito I always cringe a little when people say they dont want to walk the Francigena between Lucca and Altopascio, so they start their Tuscan walk at someplace like San Miniato,…
New instructions for receiving your testimonium at St Peters Basilica After finishing a very lovely Way of St Francis from Florence to Assisi and Rome I experienced for myself the changes I’d been hearing about in the process for receiving…
Via Francigena Part 3 Stage 5: Revised route through Colle di Val dElsa The stewards of the Via Francigen made an excellent choice a few months ago to turn the Colle di Val dElsa option into the main route and…
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