Follow the historic Via Francigena pilgrimage route from Martigny in Switzerland across the Great St. Bernard Pass to Aosta in Italy. This medium-difficulty hiking tour covers approximately 75 km over 5 walking days, ascending through medieval villages like Sembrancher and Bourg-St-Pierre to the symbolic 2,469m pass, then descending through the Aosta Valley past ancient Roman sites and irrigation canals called 'Rus'. Daily luggage transfers and digital navigation included.
Archbishop Siegerich's pilgrmiage
The Via Francigena follows the footsteps of Archbishop Sigerich, who undertook the march from Canterbury to Rome several times by foot. The most arduous stages took him across the Alps.
Mule trails wind high into the mountains after Martigny and lead you to the Great St. Bernard and the Italian border. The descent into the wild and romantic valley leads you in the footsteps of the Romans along old irrigation channels to the famous town of Aosta.
Basic fitness is required at the beginning, towards the endsure-footedness. The tour leads from Martigny into the Valais Alps and culminates in the ascent of the Great St. Bernard. On pilgrims' paths and along old irrigation irrigation channels down into the Aosta Valley.
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