Long-distance walks
11 walks in stages across Romagna, San Marino and the Bologna Apennines: pilgrim ways, the roads of Dante and Saint Francis, ridge treks. For each one the length, the stages, the places and the official website.
The lines come from OpenStreetMap and are cut at the edges of our area; the Cammino del Titano is not drawn yet. Before you set off, download the tracks from the official website of the walk.
Cammino di San Vicinio
Sarsina · Loop
- 300 km
- 16 stages
A ring of 300 km in 16 stages dedicated to Saint Vicinius, the first bishop of Sarsina, who lived between the 4th and 5th centuries. It starts and ends in Sarsina and mostly follows the Savio valley: Bagno di Romagna, the Camaldoli hermitage and the La Verna sanctuary in the Casentino forests, then Balze, Sant'Agata Feltria, Montetiffi, Roncofreddo and Cesena with the Madonna del Monte. In the basilica of Sarsina you can still see the rite of the Saint's collar.
Cammino di Assisi
Dovadola → Assisi
- over 300 km
- 12 stages
More than 300 km in 12 stages and three regions, from the Montepaolo hermitage at Dovadola, Saint Anthony's first home in Italy, to the Basilica of Assisi. In Romagna it passes Rocca San Casciano, Tredozio, Portico and San Benedetto, Premilcuore and Corniolo, then enters the Casentino forests, a Unesco site, towards Camaldoli and La Verna, and goes on to Sansepolcro and Gubbio. The credential is collected in Dovadola after you sign up, which also gives you the stage guide and the GPX tracks; in Assisi you receive the Assisiana, the certificate of the walk.
Alta Via dei Parchi
Berceto → Eremo della Madonna del Faggio
- about 500 km
- 27 stages
- Climb over 30,000 m
The Region's ridge trek: about 500 km in 27 high stages along the Apennines, from Emilia to the Marche, with over 30,000 metres of climbing and eight parks. In Romagna it crosses the Vena del Gesso from Tossignano to the Ca' Carnè refuge, then Marradi, San Benedetto in Alpe, Campigna, Camaldoli and La Verna in the Casentino forests, Monte Fumaiolo and the Madonna del Faggio hermitage. The best time is June to November; the stretch of the Vena del Gesso and the Casentino forests can also be walked the rest of the year. The map shows the stages in Romagna.
Cammino di San Francesco da Rimini a La Verna
Rimini → La Verna
- 110 km
- 5 stages
- Climb 4,704 m
Five stages and 110 km from the sea at Rimini to the La Verna sanctuary, on the roads Saint Francis walked in the Marecchia valley in 1213: at San Leo, on 8 May of that year, Count Orlando Catani gave him Mount La Verna, where he received the stigmata in 1224. You pass the convent of Verucchio with Saint Francis's centuries-old cypress, the convent of Sant'Igne in the woods below the rock of San Leo and Sant'Agata Feltria, up to Balze and the highest point, Monte Calvano, 1,254 metres. In all you climb 4,704 metres. Best from April to October.
Cammino di Sant'Antonio
Camposampiero → La Verna
- over 400 km
The walk the Franciscan friars rediscovered from 1995 to remember Saint Anthony's last journey, from Camposampiero to Padua in 1231; since 2010 it reaches the La Verna sanctuary, for over 400 km. In Emilia-Romagna it goes down from Ferrara to Bologna, then over the hills of Settefonti and Tossignano into the Vena del Gesso and the Carnè park, touches Modigliana, Dovadola with the Montepaolo hermitage, the most important shrine of Saint Anthony in the region, Rocca San Casciano and Portico, and climbs into the Casentino forests towards Camaldoli and La Verna.
Cammino del Titano
San Marino · Loop
- 43 km
A ring of 43 km around the whole Republic of San Marino, touching its nine castles, through woods and little-known countryside, with Mount Titano, a Unesco site, nearly always in view. It links the Republic's 8 thematic trails, which together make a network of 110 km. You find all of them, with map and GPX track, on our trails page.
Cammino di Dante
Ravenna → Firenze → Ravenna
- about 400 km
- 20 stages
A great ring of about 400 km in 20 stages between Romagna and the Casentino, on the roads of Dante's exile. It starts at Dante's Tomb in Ravenna and reaches the Museo Casa di Dante in Florence, then returns to Ravenna. On the way out it climbs the Lamone valley through Brisighella, Marradi and San Benedetto in Alpe; on the way back it crosses the Casentino and the Montone valley. Medieval paths and old ridge roads, the Acquacheta waterfall, the castles of the Conti Guidi, the Casentino forests and the hermitages. Places to sleep are few and simple: book two or three weeks ahead, two months ahead for July and August. The map shows the way out, from Ravenna to Florence.
Via Romea Germanica
Brennero → Roma
- 1,050 km
- 46 stages
The walk of the monk Albert of Stade, who went to Rome on foot in 1236 and wrote his journey down in a diary. Today it is 1,050 km in 46 stages, from the Brenner Pass to Rome. In Emilia-Romagna it comes from Ferrara, crosses Argenta and the Comacchio lagoons, touches the sea at Casalborsetti and Ravenna with its Byzantine mosaics, then Cervia, Forlimpopoli, Forlì, Castrocaro and Santa Sofia; from Bagno di Romagna it climbs to the Passo Serra, in the Casentino forests, and goes down into Tuscany.
Viae Misericordiae
Abbazia di Pomposa → Bagnacavallo
- about 250 km
- 12 stages
The walk of the Diocese of Faenza, born for the Jubilee of Mercy: 12 stages from the sea to the Apennines. It starts at Pomposa Abbey, goes down to Porto Garibaldi and the sanctuary of the Madonna del Bosco at Alfonsine, crosses Bagnacavallo, Solarolo and Fognano, climbs to the Gamogna hermitage, then Modigliana, the Montepaolo hermitage and Faenza, and returns to Bagnacavallo. With the credential issued by the Diocese you can sleep in the pilgrim hostels.
After the floods of 2023 and 2024 some stages may have problems: check the news on the official website before you set off.
Via degli Dei
Bologna → Firenze
- 130 km
- 5-7 days on foot
The most famous walk of the Apennines: 130 km from Piazza Maggiore in Bologna to Piazza della Signoria in Florence, in 5 to 7 days on foot. It follows a road already traced between the 7th and 4th centuries BC and later paved by the Romans, rediscovered by a group of hikers in the 1980s; its name comes from the mountains it crosses, Monte Adone, Monte Venere and Monte Giunone. Every stage has its own stamp on the credential, and at the end you receive a certificate.
Via della Lana e della Seta
Bologna → Prato
- 130 km
130 km from Bologna to Prato, between two towns that grew on water: Bologna with its canals, for centuries the capital of silk, and Prato, the capital of wool and textiles. It passes Sasso Marconi, Grizzana Morandi and Castiglione dei Pepoli, then goes down into Tuscany through Vernio and the Bisenzio valley, on paths with a wild character. It can be walked all year, in winter with an eye on the weather; the credential is stamped at the places to stay along the way.
Before you set off
The credential
Almost every walk has its own credential: a booklet stamped at every stage. It opens the doors of the pilgrim hostels and at the end gives you the right to the certificate. Ask for it on the walk's website before you leave.
Book ahead
In the Apennines places to sleep are few, above all in summer: book your nights before you set off.
Tracks and waymarks
The walks are waymarked, but a GPX track on your phone helps at junctions and after landslides: download it from the official website.
When to go
Spring and autumn are the best seasons. In summer set off early and carry plenty of water; in winter the high stages may have snow.
Facts read on 20 October 2026 on the official websites of the walks and on the Region's portal Cammini Emilia-Romagna. Nature and trails · Cycle routes · Weather
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