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.
Description
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