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Via Francigena participates in the Erasmus Plus project call

Erasmus+ is the EU Programme in the fields of education, training, youth and sport for the period 2014-2021.

FIAB Campaign: we ride in Italy

The Italian Environment and Bicycle Federation (FIAB), which for over 30 years has been committed to promoting cycling tourism, healthy lifestyle and encouraging the use of bicycles,

Meeting of the Via Francigena European Committee for Interregional Technical Coordination

Since 2012 the European Association of the Via Francigena EAVF has promoted cooperation among all the stakeholders along the Via Francigena.

Via Francigena runs for the title “My Favourite GR” in France

Via Francigena: 2019 statistical analysis of the path

A snapshot of the Via Francigena development in 2019 through a sample analysis of 2,000 EAVF pilgrim passports and rest stops.

Via Francigena competes for a prestigious award of the Council of Europe

The European Association of the Via Francigena ways EAVF participates in the annual Council of Europe Cultural Routes award 2020. This year’s award is titled “Cultural Routes for creative economy and local sustainable development”.

Publication “Via Francigena For All?”

An important publication "Via Francigena For All?" focused on the route’s accessibility has been recently published on Almatourism, by Pietro Scidurlo and Giulia d'Angeli in collaboration with the association Free Wheels Onlus.

RE-Departure: the traveller of "tomorrow" and adrenaline rush

We are stuck. Stop with tourism, stop with racing, walking, trekking and sport. Stop with our social relationships, those made of hugs, kisses, dinners, but also of gyms, meetings and conferences.

Traveling with Efrén from Canterbury to Rome!

Nowadays we feel the need to find alternative ways to "live" the path and make few stages of the route.

Via Francigena live on Facebook: discover the European itinerary

The live emissions on Facebook by the European Association of the Via Francigena ways continue

Via Francigena live! 10 live emissions about routes and slow tourism

In these motionless days we would like to feel closer with wayfarers and walkers, that is why we decided to raise voices about the experience of the journey

2019 ACTIVITY REPORT now available on-line: The Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe programme

The EPA Secretariat announce the release of the 2019 Activity Report of the Cultural Routes of the Council of Europe Programme, prepared in cooperation with the European Institute of Cultural Routes.

Beautiful images of the Via Francigena in the Veio park – a virtual exhibition

A virtual exhibition dedicated to one of the treasures ​​of the Veio Park: the Via Francigena route,

Tourism during COVID. Why not recovering tourism with help of the Via Francigena?

 The coronavirus as an opportunity to understand a new way of sustaining tourism activities and approaching the world.

Discovering the Via Francigena in France

The french part of the Via Francigena is not as famous as the italian part. 

Home travel along the Via Francigena together with the BBC

In 2019 the BBC aired a television series about the Via Francigena, which followed travel of eight British celebrities who walked along the route from Martigny to Rome.

"La Via Della Storia", a film about a beautiful journey along the southern Via Francigena

An exciting story narrating about a beautiful journey along the southern Via Francigena is presented by a  Docu-Film " La Via Della Storia “

EAVF applies to Horizon 2020 programme

European Association of the Via Francigena ways, the Council of Europe cultural route, is ever committed to international cooperation

Via Francigena contributes to the European Union strategies

The European Association of the Via Francigena ways EAVF contributes to the European Union macro-regional strategies for sustainable tourism development.

10 tips for organizing your trip along the Via Francigena

Currently we are taking an advantage of having free time to thoroughly organize our next journey along the Via Francigena – a preparation stage often left out by some walkers.