Dick & Kitty
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Camino Frances by stages from 2015 to 2021
My husband and I will be in Rome for a week at the end of this month (April). The main purpose of the visit is to see our granddaughter who is in an archaeology program for spring semester of her junior year in college, but we also are looking forward to seeing Rome again--this time with more walking and less running from one sight to another. But our time is limited to a week. Between 2015 and 2021, we walked the Camino Frances in stages (beginning with the final stage and then starting at St. Jean when we felt drawn to do the whole thing!) We thought it would be interesting to take one day to walk the last stretch of the Via Francigena--La Storta to St. Peter's. The walk is allegedly of medium difficulty and takes 4 to 5 hours to complete. Having walked the Camino Frances, we are well aware that "medium difficulty" is subject to considerable interpretation and four to five hours depends a great deal on individual pace, not to mention such variables as the weather! We are both in our mid-70s and reasonably fit. We would love to have some input from those of you who have actually walked this stretch--was it difficult or fairly easy, was it mostly walking on a sidewalk beside busy roads, in general what was it like and would you recommend it? Thanks for your help!