Walking routes
Walking routes
North itinerary
1° leg: La Verna – Pieve Santo Stefano
Departure: La Verna
Arrival: Pieve Santo Stefano
Distance: 15 km
Ascent from Departure: + 257 m
Descent from Departure: – 959 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 5 hours
Potable Water: yes (La Verna, Pieve S. Stefano)
Rest Stops: no
Signage: yes (red & white CAI; vertical red & white with black Tau on yellow background)
2° leg: La Verna – Pieve Santo Stefano
Departure: Pieve Santo Stefano
Arrival: Sansepolcro
Distance: 36 km
Ascent from Departure: + 1,132 m
Descent from Departure: – 1,510 m
Difficulty: very difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 10 hours
Potable Water: yes (Passo di Viamaggio, la Montagna , Eremo di Montecasale)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (red & white CAI; vertical red & white with black Tau on yellow background)
3° leg: Sansepolcro – Citerna
Departure: Sansepolcro
Arrival: Citerna
Distance: 13 km
Ascent from Departure: + 260 m
Descent from Departure: – 120 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Sansepolcro, Gricignano, Fighille, Citerna)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical red & white with black Tau on yellow background; vertical yellow & blue)
4° leg: Citerna – Città di Castello
Departure: Citerna
Arrival: Città di Castello
Distance: 20.5 km
Ascent from Departure: + 668 m
Descent from Departure: – 791 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 6 hours
Potable Water: yes (Citerna, Lerchi, Città di Castello)
Rest Stops: no
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
5° leg: Città di Castello – Pietralunga
Departure: Città di Castello
Arrival: Pietralunga
Distance: 31 km
Ascent from Departure: + 1071 m
Descent from Departure: – 808 m
Difficulty: difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 8.5 hours
Potable Water: yes (Città di Castello, Il Sasso, Candeggio, Pieve de’ Saddi)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
6° leg: Pietralunga – Gubbio
Departure: Pietralunga
Arrival: Gubbio
Distance: 26.2 km
Ascent from Departure: + 651 m
Descent from Departure: – 712 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Pietralunga, Loreto, Raggio, Gubbio)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
7° leg: Gubbio – Valfabbrica
Departure: Gubbio
Arrival: Valfabbrica
Distance: 35.4 km
Ascent from Departure: + 1177 m
Descent from Departure: – 1380 m
Difficulty: difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 9.5 hours
Potable Water: yes (Gubbio, Eremo di S. Pietro in Vigneto, Biscina, Valfabbrica)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
8° leg: Valfabbrica – Assisi
Departure: Valfabbrica
Arrival: Assisi
Distance: 14.5 km
Ascent from Departure: + 579 m
Descent from Departure: – 515 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes
Rest Stops: si
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
Alternate Route for Perugia: Valfabbrica – Perugia (1° leg)
Departure: Valfabbrica
Arrival: Perugia
Distance: 27 km
Ascent from Departure: + 400 m
Descent from Departure: – 230 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Valfabbrica, Pianello, Ripa, Ponte Valleceppi, Perugia)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
Alternate Route for Perugia: Perugia – Assisi (2° leg)
Departure: Perugia
Arrival: Assisi
Distance: 25.2 km
Ascent from Departure: + 307 m
Descent from Departure: – 455 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Perugia, Ponte S.Giovanni, Bastiola, Bastia, S. Maria degli Angeli, Assisi)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue; vertical red & white with black Tau on yellow background)
South itinerary
1° leg: Greccio – Rieti
Departure: Santuario di Greccio
Arrival: Rieti
Distance: 23.8 km
Ascent from Departure: + 567 m
Descent from Departure: – 788 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 6 hours
Potable Water: yes (Greccio, Contigliano, Piani di Poggio Fidoni, Colle S. Elia, Rieti)
Rest Stops: no
Signage: yes (wooden, vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
2° leg: Rieti – Poggio Bustone
Departure: Rieti
Arrival: Poggio Bustone
Distance: 18.4 km
Ascent from Departure: + 210 m
Descent from Departure: – 625 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 5 hours
Potable Water: yes (Rieti, La Foresta, Cantalice Superiore, San Liberato, Poggio Bustone)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (Cammino di Francesco; yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
3° leg: Poggio Bustone – Piediluco
Departure: Poggio Bustone
Arrival: Piediluco
Distance: 22 km
Ascent from Departure: + 566 m
Descent from Departure: – 1013 m
Difficulty: difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Poggio Bustone, Cepparo, Colle Rucciolo, Labro, Piediluco)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (wooden and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco, horizontal red & white CAI)
4° leg: Piediluco – Arrone
Departure: Piediluco
Arrival: Arrone
Distance: 13.6 km
Ascent from Departure: + 147 m
Descent from Departure: – 291 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Piediluco, Marmore, Castel di Lago, Arrone)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
5° leg: Arrone – Ceselli
Departure: Arrone
Arrival: Ceselli
Distance: 15 km
Ascent from Departure: + 267 m
Descent from Departure: – 238 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Arrone – Ferentillo – Colleponte – Ceselli)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
6° leg: Ceselli – Spoleto
Departure: Ceselli
Arrival: Spoleto
Distance: 17 km
Ascent from Departure: + 1082 m
Descent from Departure: – 948 m
Difficulty: difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 6 hours
Potable Water: yes (Ceselli, Pontuglia, Monteluco, Spoleto)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
7° leg: Spoleto – Poreta
Departure: Spoleto
Arrival: Poreta
Distance: 15.5 km
Ascent from Departure: + 562 m
Descent from Departure: – 507 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Spoleto, Eggi, Bazzano Superiore, Poreta)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
8° leg: Poreta – Trevi
Departure: Poreta
Arrival: Trevi
Distance: 12 km
Ascent from Departure: + 432 m
Descent from Departure: – 400 m
Difficulty: medium
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Poreta, Lenano, Camponi, Trevi)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
9° leg: Trevi – Foligno
Departure: Trevi
Arrival: Foligno
Distance: 13 km
Ascent from Departure: + 312 m
Descent from Departure: – 482 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 4 hours
Potable Water: yes (Trevi, Collecchio, Matigge, Sant’Eraclio, Foligno)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
10° leg: Foligno – Assisi
Departure: Foligno
Arrival: Assisi
Distance: 20 km
Ascent from Departure: + 504 m
Descent from Departure: – 372 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 5 hours
Potable Water: yes (Foligno, Spello, Maestà di Mascicone, Assisi)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue Via di Francesco)
10° leg alternative: Foligno – Assisi (hiking)
Departure: Foligno
Arrival: Assisi
Distance: 22 km
Ascent from Departure: + 1080 m
Descent from Departure: – 874 m
Difficulty: difficult
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; trail
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Spello, Eremo delle Carceri)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
Alternate Route for Terni: Greccio – Terni (1° leg)
Departure: Santuario di Greccio
Arrival: Terni
Distance: 23 km
Ascent from Departure: + 570 m
Descent from Departure: – 1070 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road; earthen trail
Length: 7 hours
Potable Water: yes (Santuario, Prati di Stroncone, Stroncone, Terni)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)
Alternate Route for Terni: Terni – Arrone (2° leg)
Departure: Terni
Arrival: Arrone
Distance: 14.3 km
Ascent from Departure: + 313 m
Descent from Departure: – 209 m
Difficulty: easy
Terrain: gravel & asphalt road
Length: 3.5 hours
Potable Water: yes (Terni, Papigno, Castel di Lago, Arrone)
Rest Stops: yes
Signage: yes (vertical and horizontal yellow & blue)