The Tuscan section of the Via Francigena, from Sarzana in Liguria to Acquapendente in Lazio, in the thirteen stages of the European Association of the Via Francigena Ways: Lucca, San Miniato, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni, Siena, the Val d'Orcia and the long climb to Radicofani.
Best season: All year. The route is open all year. Tuscany's pilgrim site gives May, June and September as the best months: August is very hot and busy, March and April are often rainy, and winter is not recommended because services and some hostels close. The parish hostel at Abbadia a Isola opens only from Easter to 2 November, and Lucca's Misericordia hostel closes in the last week of October. Before you go
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Thirteen stages of 13 to 34 km, each ending in a town or village, timed here with Tuscany's official stage times. Stage 12, from San Quirico d'Orcia to Radicofani, is the longest: 7 h 15 by Tuscany, about 9 hours on our model, which runs longer. No stay on the Tuscan list lies between, so no plan can shorten it: start early. From Easter to 2 November the hostel at Abbadia a Isola, 4 km before Monteriggioni, shortens stage 8, the second longest. Choose a plan, or pick your own start, finish and nights below.
Changing where you stay suggests a new number of days: the fewest that keep each day under 8 h of walking and in daylight, where a place to stay allows.
Days end where the route has a stay, a camp or a village.
Stage 1: From the cathedral in Sarzana, in Liguria, into Tuscany by Avenza to the cathedral in Massa: 28.58 km by the AEVF, 7 h on foot and 586 m up by Tuscany; 28.7 km on our line. Neither end has a pilgrim hostel on the Tuscan list: the nearest is the Ospitale Antonio Mazzi at Avenza, about 17 km in.
Massa Town or village
A town with a station on the line between La Spezia, Pisa and Rome. The Tuscan list has no pilgrim hostel in Massa: book a room in town, or stop at Avenza, about 12 km before.
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Stage 2: From Massa to Piazza Diaz in Camaiore: 25.88 km, 6 h and 410 m up by the official figures; 26.0 km on our line. We list no pilgrim hostel in Camaiore: book a room in town.
Camaiore Town or village
A small town. We list no pilgrim hostel here: book a room in town.
Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 3: From Camaiore to San Michele in Lucca: 26.05 km by the AEVF (24.88 km by Tuscany), 6 h and 238 m up; 26.2 km on our line. Lucca's Misericordia hostel closes in the last week of October.
Lucca Town or village
A walled city with a station (lines to Viareggio, Florence and Aulla). The Foresteria del Pellegrino of the Misericordia di Lucca is a pilgrim hostel by donation, open all year except the last week of October, when it closes for Lucca Comics & Games; it has 18 beds in summer and 3 in winter, and asks you to book if you can. We could not place it on the map exactly, so it is not listed as a stay.
Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 4: Across the plain from Lucca to the church of San Jacopo in Altopascio: 18.51 km, 4 h and 30 m up; 18.5 km on our line. Altopascio has no pilgrim hostel on the Tuscan list.
Altopascio Town or village
A small town with a station on the line between Florence and Viareggio. The Tuscan list names no pilgrim hostel in Altopascio: book a room in town.
Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 5: From Altopascio to the Convento San Francesco in San Miniato: 29.01 km, 6 h and 283 m up; 28.5 km on our line. The convent hostel at the end takes bookings only.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A hill town. Its station, San Miniato-Fucecchio, is in the lower town on the line between Florence, Pisa and Livorno.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 6: From San Miniato to the church of Cristo Re in Gambassi Terme: 23.91 km, 6 h and 406 m up; 24.3 km on our line. The Ostello Sigerico is about 1 km before the end.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A village with buses (Autolinee Toscane). The one pilgrim stay on the Tuscan list is the Ostello Sigerico, about 1 km before the end. The next stage is only about 13 km, so many walkers go on to San Gimignano.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 7: The shortest stage, from Gambassi Terme to Piazza della Cisterna in San Gimignano: 13.42 km, 3 h and 344 m up; 13.6 km on our line.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A walled hill town. Bus 133 runs to Poggibonsi station.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 8: From San Gimignano to Piazza Roma in Monteriggioni: 30.55 km, 7 h 30 and 513 m up; 30.8 km on our line, about 8 hours on our model. Abbadia a Isola, about 4 km before Monteriggioni, has a parish hostel from Easter to 2 November: sleep there to shorten this day.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A small walled village with little lodging: the parish guest house inside the walls takes bookings only. The nearest station is Castellina Scalo.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 9: From Monteriggioni to Piazza del Campo in Siena: 20.6 km, 4 h 30 and 330 m up; 20.5 km on our line.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A city with a station (lines to Empoli, Grosseto and Chiusi).
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 10: From Siena to the Centro Cresti in Ponte d'Arbia: 25.73 km, 6 h 20 and 234 m up; 26.0 km on our line.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
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A small village. The pilgrim hostel at the Centro Culturale Cresti is the usual stop.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 11: From Ponte d'Arbia to the Collegiata in San Quirico d'Orcia: 26.16 km, 6 h and 513 m up; 26.6 km on our line. The parish guest house in San Quirico takes pilgrims with a credential only.
San Quirico d'Orcia Town or village
A small town in the Val d'Orcia. The parish's Casa Ferie La Collegiata takes pilgrims with a credential only (12.50 euro; book in winter); we could not place it on the map exactly, so it is not listed as a stay. Next day is the longest stage, with no bed on the way: start early.
Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 12: The longest and hardest stage, from San Quirico d'Orcia up to the church of San Pietro in Radicofani: 32.46 km, 7 h 15 and 908 m up by Tuscany; 33.9 km on our line, and our model gives about 9 hours, so ours runs longer than the official time. The Tuscan list has no bed on the way, so there is no shorter day: start early and carry water. Radicofani's hostel takes no bookings.
Overnight
Hostel or bunkhouse
Pick a date to check the season.
A hill village at the end of the longest climb. Its pilgrim hostel takes no bookings: first come, first served.
Or a room in the village. Find your own accommodation; TrailSplits has not checked what is open.
Stage 13: Down from Radicofani into Lazio by Ponte a Rigo to the Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro in Acquapendente: 23.57 km, 7 h and 220 m up; 23.3 km on our line. The Casa del Pellegrino at Ponte a Rigo, about 10 km in, is the last pilgrim house on the Tuscan list.
Longest day: day 8, 7 h 30.
Days end at a stage end with a refuge or a village, or in a village the route passes through. Walking times are the times published by Regione Toscana where a stage has one, with the time measured on the mapped line beside it; a day that walks part of a stage gets a share of the stage's time by distance and climb.Outside Switzerland our walking times often run short of the times route operators publish; treat them as optimistic. Running times use 7.5 km/h plus one hour per 700 m of climb: a steady reference, not a prediction. Daylight is sunrise to sunset where the day starts; the time left is for breaks, meals and delays.Refuge dates come from the operator's own pages; when they are not published, we say so. For villages we count the places to stay OpenStreetMap lists; we have not checked which are open. A plan is not a booking: reserve every night before you commit to these day lengths.
Where each stage ends, the 2026 and 2027 seasons the operator publishes, and how to book. Read from the operators' pages on 13 October 2026; each stage page shows the sources and the grade profile.
| Stage | Night at | 2026 | 2027 | Booking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Sarzana to Massa | Massa · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
| 2. Massa to Camaiore | Camaiore · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
| 3. Camaiore to Lucca | Lucca · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
| 4. Lucca to Altopascio | Altopascio · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
| 5. Altopascio to San Miniato | Convento San Francesco | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book by email |
| 6. San Miniato to Gambassi Terme | Ostello Sigerico | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Booking method not published |
| 7. Gambassi Terme to San Gimignano | Monastero San Girolamo | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Book by email |
| 8. San Gimignano to Monteriggioni | Casa per Ferie Santa Maria Assunta | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Booking method not published |
| 9. Monteriggioni to Siena | Accoglienza Santa Luisa | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Booking method not published |
| 10. Siena to Ponte d'Arbia | Centro Culturale Cresti | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | Booking method not published |
| 11. Ponte d'Arbia to San Quirico d'Orcia | San Quirico d'Orcia · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
| 12. San Quirico d'Orcia to Radicofani | Ospitale dei Santi Pietro e Giacomo | 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2026 | 1 January 2027 to 31 December 2027 | No booking |
| 13. Radicofani to Acquapendente | Acquapendente · accommodation in town, not checked | Each host has its own season | Book with a host | |
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| Snow at high point | Possible | Possible | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | Frost |
| Daylight | 9 h 17 | 10 h 29 | 11 h 51 | 13 h 22 | 14 h 40 | 15 h 24 | 15 h 08 | 14 h 02 | 12 h 35 | 11 h 06 | 9 h 44 | 8 h 59 |
Source: TerraClimate 1991–2020 monthly averages. Averages for the area at each point’s elevation (4 km grid, corrected for height). Not a forecast or a report of current trail conditions. Snow at the high point is estimated with a simple snowpack model from these temperatures and precipitation, not observed; steep islands and high summits can hold more snow than it shows. Daylight is for the 15th of each month. Hut, transport and park seasons are separate: check them for your dates.
Before you go
Arrange your stays, food and travel first, then check conditions again near departure.
Regione Toscana lists pilgrim hostels run by parishes, convents and associations, many by donation. You need not book at a donation hostel, its FAQ says, but tell the host the day before, because the volunteers often live elsewhere. Some must be booked: the Convento San Francesco in San Miniato, the Casa per Ferie in Monteriggioni and the Accoglienza Santa Luisa in Siena. Radicofani's hostel takes no bookings. We list no pilgrim hostel in Sarzana, Massa, Camaiore, Altopascio or Acquapendente: book a room there.
AEVF listed no alerts for these stages on 30 September: its list of active alerts, last updated that day and read 13 October 2026, names none from Sarzana to Acquapendente. North of Sarzana, on stage VFI-082 near Virgoletta, a fallen tree lets walkers through but not bikes. South of Acquapendente, forestry works interrupt stage VFI-100 between Viterbo and Vetralla, and the AEVF advises walkers to take the Signorino variant. Where a temporary diversion is signed, follow it.
AEVF: all active alertsStage 12 climbs 908 m over 32.46 km, Tuscany's hardest: 7 h 15 by its leg page, about 9 hours on our model, which runs longer. The Tuscan list has no bed between San Quirico d'Orcia and Radicofani, and Radicofani's hostel takes no bookings (first come, first served). Start early and carry water. Francigena Toscana, leg 36, read 13 October 2026.
Francigena Toscana: leg 36, San Quirico d'Orcia to RadicofaniSome hostels take only pilgrims with a credential: the Ospitale Antonio Mazzi at Avenza, the hostel at Abbadia a Isola and the Casa Ferie La Collegiata in San Quirico d'Orcia. Radicofani's hostel asks for one from June to August and prefers it the rest of the year, and the Casa per Ferie in Monteriggioni costs less with one. Francigena Toscana, hostel pages, read 13 October 2026.
Francigena Toscana: pilgrim hostelsNo booking is needed at the donation hostels, but contact the host the day before: the people who run them often live elsewhere. San Miniato's Convento San Francesco, Monteriggioni's Casa per Ferie and Siena's Accoglienza Santa Luisa must be booked. Francigena Toscana FAQ, read 13 October 2026.
Francigena Toscana: FAQLucca's Foresteria del Pellegrino of the Misericordia is closed in the last week of October, for Lucca Comics & Games, and has only 3 beds in winter (18 in summer). The hostel at Abbadia a Isola opens only from Easter to 2 November. Francigena Toscana, hostel pages, read 13 October 2026.
Francigena Toscana: pilgrim hostelsClosures and notices last checked 13 October 2026: AEVF: active alerts, Sarzana to Acquapendente · AEVF: active alerts (last update) · AEVF: news on closures. Check them again before you set out.
Getting there
Choose a stage or journey above to narrow the travel searches.
Google Maps journey searches, not confirmed services. A mountain endpoint may need a booked transfer or an additional walk.
Sarzana station, on Trenitalia's regional line between La Spezia, Pisa and Rome, is about 0.4 km from the start in the old town.
TrenitaliaMassa, Lucca, Altopascio and Siena have stations; San Miniato's, San Miniato-Fucecchio, is in the lower town on the Florence to Pisa line, and Castellina Scalo is the station for Monteriggioni. Autolinee Toscane buses serve Gambassi Terme and San Gimignano (line 133 to Poggibonsi station). For Ponte d'Arbia and San Quirico d'Orcia, take the train to Buonconvento and bus 112.
Autolinee Toscane: lines and timetablesAcquapendente is in Lazio, outside the Tuscan site. Tuscany's leg page gives Chiusi station, on Trenitalia's lines, with a regional bus; we have not checked the bus from Acquapendente, so check it before you go.
Francigena Toscana: leg 37, Radicofani to AcquapendenteTake your trip with you
Prepare each stage while you still have a connection: between the villages of the Val d'Orcia and on the climb to Radicofani the signal can be weak.
Keep your route and maps on your phone for places without a signal. For multi-day trips, prepare them in the installed TrailSplits app.
Saving a bookmark is not a map download. Storage can be cleared by your device; keep a backup map for remote trips.
The AEVF gives 324.4 km from Sarzana to Acquapendente in thirteen stages, and Tuscany's stage times add up to about 77 hours; the line here is 326.9 km. This is the Tuscan section only: the Via Francigena runs from Canterbury to Rome. Our map has it in 13 sections. The guide's day planner offers a 13-day plan on the overnight stops, and you can choose your own nights.
All year. The route is open all year.
Sarzana station, on Trenitalia's regional line between La Spezia, Pisa and Rome, is about 0.4 km from the start in the old town. The "Connect your journey" section has the travel details, with 2 more travel notes.
You need not book at a donation hostel, its FAQ says, but tell the host the day before, because the volunteers often live elsewhere.
Yes: the route on our map and every section, free, for a GPS watch or a phone. The guide also saves your plan for offline use in the app.
Closures we know of are shown on the days and sections they affect, in the day planner and on the stage pages. We watch 3 official notice pages (AEVF: active alerts, Sarzana to Acquapendente; AEVF: active alerts (last update); AEVF: news on closures); the date we last read them is shown with the notices on this page. Check them again before you set off.
Route & sources
This page covers the Via Francigena through Tuscany only, not the complete route from Canterbury to Rome. It follows the European Association of the Via Francigena Ways' (AEVF) thirteen stages VFI-084 to VFI-096, from the cathedral in Sarzana (Liguria) to the Chiesa del Santo Sepolcro in Acquapendente (Lazio): 324.4 km by the AEVF's map. Regione Toscana numbers the same stages as its legs 25 to 37 and publishes them with an official stage time for each, shown with ours on every stage. Our line is 326.9 km, cut at the thirteen stage ends; each stage is within 1.5 km of the AEVF's length. It follows OpenStreetMap's Tuscany relation (12554842, from the planet of 11 October 2026), with the last 3 km of the Liguria relation into Sarzana and the first 8 km of the Lazio relation into Acquapendente, and none of the published variants. Our climb is measured on terrain heights, so it differs from Tuscany's figures.
Official guidance and mapped-source comparison checked 13 October 2026. Map data is a route reference, not confirmation of today's path, weather or accommodation availability.
Francigena Toscana: the legsMap data © OpenStreetMap contributors · Source relation
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