Cammini 101 - Italian Pilgrim Walks

Italy’s many spectacular camminos (“cammini,” as they say in Italian) offer a fantastic blend scenery, quiet contemplation, historic sites, spiritual depth, and of course, great Italian food! This video offers an overview of 10 major Italian cammini, grouping them into sponsored, thematic and connecting routes.

Sponsored routes
Via Francigena - https://www.viefrancigene.org. The Italian portion fo the Via Francigena covers 1000km in 54 stages.

Via di Francesco - https://www.viadifrancesco.it. Also called “The Way of St Francis,” this route stretches 525km from Florence to Assisi and Rome. Its thematic variants include the Cammino di Assisi and Di Qui Passo Francesco.

Via degli Dei http://www.viadeglidei.it/?lang=en From Bologna to Florence in 130km and 5 stages, crossing the Apennine range, this route is especially popular with college students.

Magna Via Francigena http://www.magnaviafrancigena.it/?lan.... From Palermo to Agrigento over 183km in 9 stages.

Via Francigena del Sud - https://www.viefrancigenedelsud.it/en/. The Via Francigena extends another 1000km in 45 stages from Rome through Brindisi and Bari to the tip of the Italian peninsula at Santa Maria di Leuca.

Thematic routes
Cammino di San Antonio de Padova http://www.ilcamminodisantantonio.it/... Still in its developmental stage, the route begins at Padova (options from Camposampiero or Venice) to Santuario della Verna in 415km over 22 stages. From La Verna pilgrims can continue on one of the St Francis variants to Assisi.

Cammino di San Benedetto https://www.camminodibenedetto.it. Beginning in Norcia, the birthplace of St Benedict, this route stretches 300km through the Holy Cave at Subiaco to Montecassino -- 300km.

Connecting routes:
Via Romea Germanica https://viaromeagermanica.eu/en/ is still in development and starts in Germany. It covers approximately 1000km after it enters Italy at the Brenner pass until it arrives in Rome. The VRG connects just before Montefiascone to the Via Francigena for its final stages.

Via Postumia http://viapostumia.eu. This is a new route (2013) based on the Roman Consular road from 2000 years ago. It spans 900km from Aquileia in Friuli, through Cremona, Mantua, Vicenza and on to Genoa where it connects with the Via della Costa on its way to the Arles Route heading to Santiago de Compostela.

Via della Costa http://viadellacosta.it/?lang=en covers 310km between Sarzana and Ponte San Ludivico, where it enters France to lead pilgrims along the Arles Route to Santiago de Compostela.