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ASSOCIATION VIA FRANCIGENA
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- Canterbury to Aoste, the Swiss part is the most beautiful for pilgrims!
- From Geneva airport you reach easily by train Vallorbe and from there you walk 250 km of beautiful VF to Aosta!
- To begin in Aosta: airport to Milan and the bus
- For HELP in Italy call CHIAMARE 112 CARABINIERI
- The pass of the Great St-Bernard is closed to the traffic until the 15th of June. The AVF has arranged to rent (free for the Friends-AMIS AVF mercii!) in case of snow of SNOW SHOES at CRYSTAL Sport in Orsières-CH Tel. 027 783 24 40 fax 783 24 34 to give back at the Casa Ospitaliera St-Oyen-Italy (grazie!!). Follow advices for the climbing, we don't assume any responsabiity! www.gsbernard.ch
- Show your AMIS-Card V.F. for many reductions in accomodations mentioned in DORMIFRANCIGENA B.2006.
- Eiler Pritz-NO for North F:long stretches on asphalt can almost be a joy by dragging the
- rucksack on a well balanced two-wheel roller! Using the walking stick
- as a handle gives sufficient room backwards. Taking the weight off the
- feet reduces the blister and tendonisis problems, and it is possible
- to increases the length of the stages considerably on hard roads.
- Peter Robins, AVF webmaster, has some advice for walkers: what to take; blister avoidance
- Joe Patterson does not recommand Sutri-Bracciano-Rome
- Exists in France: almost all the Marne (RP 51), in Switzerland the excellent yellow signposting of pedestrian ways; Lausanne-city has the one of St-James
- Yellow braun pilgrim in Italy ?! doesn't exist or exists, but not usefull or wrong on SS, SC ou footpaths. ONLY use the TOPOFRANCIGENA A +B route.
Just as in the Middle Ages, pilgrims on the Via Francigena demonstrate that they are making the pilgrimage to ROME by wearing the VF pennant on their rucksack and the little keys of St Peter sewed on their hat or jacket. Later when they had gone to Jerusalem they would add the palm as symbol.
