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WALKING
ALONG THE TRAILS OF ST:FRANCIS
A
pilgrimage walking holiday
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this
tour won the award 'Premio Culturale Unesco' 2011
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A
pilgrimage walk in the heart of the beautiful green Umbria, where lies the medieval town of
Assisi, where St Francis was born. The walks of this tour (a 9 day and a 12 day
version) will take you through
exciting colourful landscapes with unique views. You will pass many monuments
and sites which preserve the memory of Saint Francis and his companions. This tour
largely follows the two well-known Franciscan walking trails: the 'Sentiero
Franciscano', which connects Nocera with Assisi, and the 'Sentiero della Pace'
between Assisi and Gubbio.
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Programme
9 days
Day 1 Arrival Assisi B&B
Day 2 Circular route Assisi B&B
Day 3 To Vescia passing Spello
HB
Day 4 To Nocera Umbra
HB
Day 5 To Costa di Trex
HB
Day 6 To Valfabbrica
HB
Day 7 To
Biscina HB
Day 8 to Gubbio B&B
Day 9 departure
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Programme
9 days
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Day 1
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Arrival at Assisi.
Your overnight stay will be in a hotel with a swimming pool close (900 m.) to the historical
centre of Assisi.
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Day 2
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Town walk in Assisi
This walk will take you among the best-known Franciscan
monuments in and around Assisi, such as the hermitage 'Eremo delle
Carceri', the Basilica of St. Francis, the basilica of St. Clair and the
monastery of S.Damiano
walking time: 6 hours (18 km)
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Day 3
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Assisi - Spello- Vescia
Today's walk will take you first to the medieval Spello
and then to Vescia. The route follows the slopes of Mount Subasio. Your
overnight stay will be in an 'Frantoio' (olive oil mill) of the 16th
century.
walking time: 5 1/2 hours (18 km)
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Day 4
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Vescia-Nocera Umbra
This lovely walk through the valley of the river Topino will take
you among villages like Capodacqua and past the ruins of castles and
towers to Nocera Umbra. In the summer of 1226 St. Francis became very ill
on one of his travels and had to be brought back to Assisi urgently. On
his way back he and his fellow travellers stayed for the night in the
Franciscan monastery of Nocera. Your overnight stay will be in a hotel
in the town centre.
walking time:
5 hours 50 min (18 km)
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Day 5
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Il sentiero francescano: Nocera Umbra - Costa di Trex
Today's route follows the Franciscan walking path
'Sentiero Francescano', which reminds us of the last journey of
St.Francis (September 1226). Nowadays this last journey is still
remembered with the 'cavalcata di Satriano' , when horsemen from all
over Umbria, dressed in medieval clothes, ride the same trail as the
horsemen of 1226. This route crosses the National Park of Monte Subasio.
Your overnight stay will be on a holiday farm near Assisi (5 km).
walking time: 6 hours (19 km)
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Day 6
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Il sentiero francescano e sentiero della pace: Costa di Trex - Assisi - Valfabbrica
The Franciscan walking trail continues to Assisi. You will
leave the town through the porta S.Giacomo gates. You will walk then
along the Franciscan route 'Sentiero della pace', which connects Assisi
with Gubbio and reminds us of the journeys of St.Francis between these
two towns.
walking time: 5 hours (15 km)
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Day 7
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Il sentiero della Pace: Valfabbrica - Castle of
Biscina
The second stage of the 'Sentiero della Pace' leads to the castle of Biscina. This section passes through the hills along the
valley Chiascio. It will take you past the Benedictine church of
Barcaccia, the ruins of the castle and the monastery of Coccoran. Its a day full
of marvellous views on mountain tops, castles and green deep valleys. You will stay the night on a holiday farm near the
castle of Biscina
walking time:
4,30 hours (16km)
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Day 8
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Il sentiero della pace: Biscina - Gubbio
The last stage of the 'Sentiero della pace',
past the church of Caprignone and the hermitage of
S.Pietro in Vigneto, and of this
walking tour takes you to Gubbio, a town built on the slopes of Monte
Ingino. Also Gubbio is closely linked with the life of St.Francis, who
came here as a beggar. In this town he found shelter thanks to his
friend the textile merchant Spadalunga, who not only gave him a place to
sleep but clothes to dress himself. This simple straight dress became
the prototype of the Franciscan tunic. The church and monastery of
St.Francis is built on the site of Spadalunga's house. You will stay in
a hotel near the church of St.Francis.
walking time
6 hours (20 km)
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Day 9
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Departure
Gubbio has a bus link with Perugia: a journey of a little more than
an hour. From Perugia you can take the train to Assisi or one of the
airports for your flight home.
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Programme 12 days:
Day 1 Arrival Assisi B&B
Day 2 Circular route Assisi B&B
Day
3 with the train to Spoleto and a ring walk on Monteluco
(B&B)
Day
4 To Campello (HB)
Day
5 To Manciano (HB)
Day
6 To Vescia (HB)
Day
7 To Nocera Umbra (HB)
Day
8 To Costa di Trex (HB)
Day
9 To Valfabbrica (HB)
Day
10 To Biscina (HB)
Day
11 to Gubbio (B&B)
Day
12 departure
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Programme
12 days
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Day
1
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see the programme
for the 9 day tour
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Day
2
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see the programme
for the 9 day tour
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Day
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A
circular walk from Spoleto (3½ hours - ca.10 km) Today
you will leave Assisi and go by train to Spoleto. Your hotel is situated
in the old town centre, close to the Roman theatre. From the hotel you
will do a ring walk on Monteluco. 'Lucu' means sacred woods and
indeed early Christian hermits, of the Benedictine Order, were already
living here in the 5th century. Later the Franciscans also built a monastery on Monteluco. You
can still visit the oratory dating back to the time of St.Francis.
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Day
4
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Il
sentiero degli olivi: Spoleto-Campello
sul Clitunno (6 hours - ca.18 km) Today's
walk follows the route of the 'Sentiero degli Olivi' (Olive Path), which runs between Spoleto and Assisi. You leave Spoleto by
following the old abandoned railway and
will pass through tunnels and over railway bridges from which you will have marvellous
views over the valley. The Olive Path passes small villages and hamlets,
mostly built on hilltops, like Eggi and Bazzano. In Poreta you will leave the
route to go to your hotel, with swimming pool, in Campello sul
Clitunno.
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Day
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Il
sentiero degli olivi: Campello
sul Clitunno-Manciano (5 hours - ca. 14 km) The
route 'Sentiero degli Olivi' passes the village of Bovara, home to the Romanesque church and monastery of S.Pietro.
It was here that St.Francis
had his vision of the Seats in Heaven. Walking through olive groves you will enter
the medieval town of Trevi, the Capital of Olive Oil. In Trevi you will
find the church of St Francis, built by the inhabitants after
St.Francis preached in their town. After visiting Trevi it is another 1½ hours
of walking to your holiday farm, which has an olive mill (frantoio) and a swimming
pool.
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Day
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From
Manciano to Vescia (6 hours - 19 km) This
beautiful route passing through olive groves and woods will take you to the 11th
century Benedictine abbey of Sassovivo. During the time St.Francis this
mighty abbey owned many properties, including some in the town of Assisi. The beautiful
cloister, dating from the 13th century, can be visited. In the village of Pale
you can leave for a moment the route to visit the hermitage of S.Maria di
Giacobbe. Walking alongside the Menotre river, with its little waterfalls, you descend towards Vescia,
where you will find your B&B, a 17th century olive mill.
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Day
7
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see day 4
in the programme of the 9 day tour
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Day
8
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see day 5
in the
programme of the 9 day tour
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Day
9
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see day 6
in the
programme of the 9 day tour
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Day
10
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see day 7
in the
programme of the 9 day tour
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Day
11
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see day 8
in the
programme of the 9 day tour
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Day
12
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departure
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The
walking tour includes:
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8 or 11 overnight
stays with breakfast in holiday farms, a B&B, ** and *** hotels
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5 or 7 times dinner
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luggage
transportation
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route notes
(in Italian, English or Dutch) and maps
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tour
information (hotel list, brochures)
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local
back-up service
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route
briefing on arrival day in your hotel
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insurance
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Period
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Daily from the 1st April
until the beginning of November (in winter on request)
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Group Tours
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on
request for groups of min. 4 persons
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Level
3
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For walkers with experience. Routes middle/high landscapes with
some steep climbs. Day distances between 15-25 km with an average of 3 km an
hour. Walking over footpaths, mountain tracks, forest trails and little road
walking.
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Price
2012
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9
days tour: per person in a double bedroom € 700,00
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9
days tour: single room € 844,00
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9
days tour: travelling alone € 887,00
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12
days tour: per person in a double bedroom € 994,00
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12
days tour: single room € 1.190,00
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12
days tour: travelling alone € 1.245,00
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Please,
contact us freely, if you would like to receive more information !
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