Sanford Sandy Brown is a community activist, long-distance walker and ordained minister from Seattle, Washington. Inspired by The Pilgrimage by Paulo Coelho, he trekked the Camino de Santiago in 2008 and since then has walked or biked over 18,000km on pilgrim trails in Spain, France, Switzerland, Italy and the United States. He leads group pilgrimage treks through his travel company, www.pilgrimpaths.com.Sandy earned his undergraduate degree in medieval history at the University of Washington in Seattle, his MDiv at Garrett Theological Seminary, which honored him in 2006 as a Distinguished Alumnus, and in 1997 earned a doctorate from Princeton Theological Seminary in gender, sexuality and spirituality. In 2023 the European Association of Via Francigena Ways bestowed its Honor Award on Sandy for his contributions to the development of the route. He has two grown sons and lives with his wife, Theresa Elliott, in Lucca, Italy. Nicole Bukaty is a secondary school French and Spanish teacher in Crieff, Scotland. Originally from Kraków, Poland, she grew up in London and France, and has lived in Colombia, Spain and Russia. She has a BA Joint Honours degree in Philosophy and Hispanic Studies and an MA in Philosophy, both from Kings College, London. She obsessively uses up her holidays and weekends to hike mountains or take on long-distance walks, totalling over 7000km so far, predominantly on pilgrim routes. She has even completed 450km all on asphalt from her mothers house in Ilawa, Poland, to the Polish monastery of Jasna Góra in Czestochowa. She is the author of the Vía de la Plata and Camino Sanabrés guidebook, and co-author of the Via Francigena in the South of Italy guidebook for Cicerone. Her next projects include books on Scotland and Norway.
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Route summary tables Map key Overview profile Foreword Introduction: Rome to Santa Maria di Leuca, Monte Sant’Angelo, and Bari Origins of the Via Francigena in the South A route steeped in history Landscapes Languages The pilgrim experience Route and schedule options Getting there and back When to go Planning your day to day Stage planning Lodgings Food Budget planning Preparation and training What to pack Baggage and storage services Local facilities and practical information Waymarking Safety and health How to use this guide GPX downloads Section 1: Lazio Stage 1 Rome to Castel Gandolfo Stage 2 Castel Gandolfo to Velletri Stage 3 Velletri to Cori Stage 4 Cori to Sermoneta Stage 5 Sermoneta to Sezze Stage 6 Sezze to Abbazia di Fossanova Stage 7 Abbazia di Fossanova to Terracina Stage 7–8A Variant Abbazia di Fossanova to Monte San Biagio Stage 8 Terracina to Fondi Stage 9 Fondi to Itri Stage 10 Itri to Formia Stage 11 Formia to Marina di Minturno Stage 12 Marina di Minturno to Sessa Aurunca Section 2: Campania Stage 13 Sessa Aurunca to Teano Stage 14 Teano to Roccaromana Stage 15 Roccaromana to Alife Stage 16 Alife to Faicchio Stage 17 Faicchio to Telese Terme Stage 18 Telese Terme to Vitulano Stage 19 Vitulano to Benevento Stage 20 Benevento to Buonalbergo Stage 21 Buonalbergo to Celle di San Vito Stage 22 Celle di San Vito to Troia Section 3A: Monte Sant’Angelo Variant Stage MSA23 Troia to Lucera Stage MSA24 Lucera to San Severo Stage MSA25 San Severo to Stignano Stage MSA26 Stignano to San Giovanni Rotondo Stage MSA27 San Giovanni Rotondo to Monte Sant’Angelo Section 3B: Via Litoranea Connection Section 3: Puglia from Troia to Brindisi Stage 23 Troia to Castelluccio dei Sauri Stage 24 Castelluccio dei Sauri to Ordona Stage 25 Ordona to Stornara Stage 26 Stornara to Cerignola Stage 27 Cerignola to Canosa di Puglia Stage 28 Canosa di Puglia to Andria Stage 29 Andria to Corato Stage 30 Corato to Ruvo di Puglia Stage 31 Ruvo di Puglia to Bitonto Stage 32 Bitonto to Bari Stage 33 Bari to Mola di Bari Stage 34 Mola di Bari to Monopoli Stage 35 Monopoli to Savelletri Stage 36 Savelletri to Torre Canne Stage 37 Torre Canne to Torre Santa Sabina Stage 38 Torre Santa Sabina to Brindisi Section 4: Puglia from Brindisi to Santa Maria di Leuca Stage 39 Brindisi to Torchiarolo Stage 40 Torchiarolo to Lecce Stage 41 Lecce to Martano Stage 42 Martano to Otranto Stage 43 Otranto to Vignacastrisi Stage 44 Vignacastrisi to Tricase Stage 45 Tricase to Santa Maria di Leuca Appendix A Stage planning tables Appendix B Useful contacts Appendix C Bibliography Appendix D The route of the Bordeaux Pilgrim in Southern Italy