Via Francigena

Travel
by Silvia Donati |
Is the walking vacation a temporary travel trend or here to stay?  While the idea of exploring places on foot, moving from one destination to the next…
Travel
by Myra Robinson |
Nothing much happens in my sleepy village in the Veneto, but yesterday there was a ripple of excitement. I heard from my friend in the next street that a young…
Lifestyle
by Silvia Donati |
In her early forties, in the wake of a divorce and a traumatic illness, California-born Chandi Wyant decided to walk - alone – on a stretch of the Via…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
The Tuscan stretch of the Via Francigena, the ancient road and pilgrim route beginning in Canterbury, England, and ending in Rome, is filled with picture-…
Culture
by Silvia Donati |
[Photo: reconstruction of the original medieval facade of Florence's Duomo by Arnolfo di Cambio’s at the revamped and enlarged Opera del Duomo museum in…
Travel
by Nicola Ferlei-Brown |
Bolsena is a 'miraculous' lake in the Tuscia area, between Rome and Tuscany, which is dotted with enchanting towns that dominate the 'path of the Etruscans'.…
Travel
by Anonymous (not verified) |
Every Sunday until November 10, visitors to Siena can explore the charming Tuscan town following in the footsteps of the ancient pilgrims along the Via…
Travel
by Silvia Donati |
The Via Francigena, Europe’s oldest road of pilgrimage, beginning in Canterbury and ending in Rome, has reopened the route’s access to the north of the Italian…