On this page you will find the full itinerary of our Via Francigena walk. Please do take a moment to read our mission statement and learn why we’re undertaking this journey and how you can support our fundraising initiatives. If you are unable to join Julia but would like to support the initiative you can make a donation here too.
Links to expanded details of every walking and cycling stage can be found at the end of each section below.
Stage 1 – Walking
Route: Col. di San Bernardo (Aosta) to Châtillon
Play: Idiots Delight by Robert Sherwood 1936 (set in the Italian Alps)
Duration: 4 days (58km)
Dates: 31st March – 3rd April
Stage 2 – Cycling
Route: Châtillon to Fidenza (Emilia Romagna)
Plays: A Man of Destiny by George Bernard Shaw (Lodi)
Duration: 6 days (226 km)
Dates: 6th April – 11th April
Stage 3 – Walking
Route: Fidenza (Reggio Emilia) to Pontremoli (Tuscany)
Play: The Accidental Death of an Anarchist by Dario Fo
Duration: 6 days (91km)
Dates: 12th April – 17th April
Stage 4 – Walking & Cycling
Route: Pontremoli (Tuscany) via Sarzana to Lucca (Tuscany)
Poetry: Romantic poets in Tuscany
Duration: 7 days (128 km)
Dates: 22nd April – 28th April
Stage 5 – Walking
Route: Lucca (N. Tuscany) to Siena (Mid -Tuscany)
Plays: Armilla by Curzio Inghirami 1634 (set in Volterra) and Decameron by Boccaccio 1300 (set in Tuscany)
Duration: 8 days (119 km)
Dates: 1st May – 8th May
Stage 6 – Walking
Route: Siena (Tuscany) to Radicofani (Lazio)
Play: Enrico IV by Pirandello
Duration: 5 days
Dates: 12th May – 16th May
Stage 7 – Walking & Cycling
Route: Radicofani to Vetralla (Viterbo province, Lazio)
Play: Filumena Marturano by Eduardo de Filippo
Duration: 6 days (98 km)
Dates: 17th May – 21st May
Stage 8 – Walking
Route: Vetralla (Lazio) to Rome (Lazio)
Play: Shakespeare in Italy. An intensive week of workshops and readings from plays including The Merchant of Venice, Romeo & Juliet, Othello and more…
Duration: 6 days (90km)
Dates: 22nd May – 27th May
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Stage 9 – Walking
Route: Cori to Formia
Play: The Last Confession by Roger Crane 2007 (set in Rome)
Duration: 7 days (110 km)
Dates: 2nd June – 8th June
Stage 10 – Walking
Route: Formia to Pietramelara
Play: The Milk Train doesn’t Stop here Anymore by Tennessee Williams 1963 (set in mountains near Capri)
Duration: 5 days (92 km)
Dates: 9th June – 13th June
Stage 11 – Walking
Route: Pietramelara to Benevento (Campania)
Play: The Time of the Cuckoo by Arthur Laurents, 1952 (set in Venice)
Duration: 6 Days (127km)
Dates: 17th June – 22nd June
Stage 12 – Walking
Route: Benevento (Campania) to Troia (Foggia province, Puglia)
Play: A Man about the House by John Perry 1945 (set in a Neopolitan Villa)
Duration: 3 days (79km)
Dates: 24th June – 26th June
Stage 13 – Walking
Route: Troia (Puglia) to Monte Sant’Angelo (Foggia province, Puglia)
Play: Six Characters in search of an Author by Luigi Pirandello, 1921
Duration: 5 days (112km)
Dates: 27th June – 1st July
Stage 14 – Cycling
Route: Monte Sant’Angelo (Puglia) to Brindisi (Puglia)
Play: Lucrezia Borgia by Victor Hugo, 1833
Duration: 7 days (273 km)
Dates: 2nd July – 8th July
Stage 15 – Walking
Route: Brindisi (Puglia) to Palmariggi (B&B Palummaru)
Play: Foscari by Mary Russel Mitford
Duration: 5 days (95 km)
Dates: 9th July – 13th July
Stage 16 – Walking
Route: Palmariggi (Puglia) to Maria de Leuca (S. Puglia)
Plays: The Servant of Two Masters by Goldoni and Adelgitha by Matthew Lewis (set in Otranto)
Duration: 4 days (69 km)
Dates: 14th – 17th July
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