Via Francigena

Travel
by Silvia Donati | Thu, 05/05/2022 - 05:11
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 with…
Travel
by Myra Robinson | Wed, 08/18/2021 - 11:05
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 | Fri, 06/23/2017 - 00:00
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 | Thu, 04/06/2017 - 06:00
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 | Fri, 01/22/2016 - 00:00
[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 | Tue, 07/14/2015 - 00:30
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) | Sat, 10/25/2014 - 01:00
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 | Tue, 08/19/2014 - 02:30
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…