Gronze has added Via Francigena

[roving_rufus]

Gronze is a favourite resource of mine ( and lots if others) when walking caminos but it has added the Via Francigena now. It's still a work in progress but has accomodation lists and photos starting from Lausanne, but at moment they have only reached Fidenza.

Vía Francígena | Gronze.com

La Vía Francígena es un camino histórico de peregrinación —declarado Itinerario Cultural Europeo en 1994— que une la catedral de la ciudad inglesa de Canterbury con la plaza de San Pedro de Roma. Su origen es la peregrinación de Sigerico, arzobispo de Canterbury, en el año 990. Actualmente está...

www.gronze.com

 

[timr]

Thanks @roving_rufus - that is an interesting development even it is still a work in progress.
Gronze is a dependable source of information generally for many Caminos in Spain, France and Portugal.

 

[Stroller]

That will help my planning good on them.

 

[Rex]

My Espagnol comprehension isn't great, but the app shows only the stages from Lausanne to Rome. No stages (yet) from Canterbury to the Swiss border. Just an FYI.

 

[roving_rufus]

My Espagnol comprehension isn't great, but the app shows only the stages from Lausanne to Rome. No stages (yet) from Canterbury to the Swiss border. Just an FYI.

As in OP, its very definitely a work in progress, it's still not even reached Rome from Lausanne in the info provided (Fidenza is currently the finishing point). And it makes sense for them to start with info on the most walked section of route, and then hopefully add in earlier sections. But rather than wait months for something more complete even for the Italian section, it seems a good strategy to release stage by stage.

 

[MichaelC]

This is exciting. And it looks like they are filling it in quickly. Currently it goes from Lausanne (stage 48) to:

Col du Grand-Saint-Bernard (55) - complete

Pavia (67) - maps, profiles, places to stay, difficulty and "paisaje" ratings

Rome (100) - maps, distances, and elevation profiles

 

[gerardcarey]

Let's hope they get the English and French sections included, and not catch the Italian disease, the most obvious symptom of which is to implicitly insist that the Via Francigena starts at the Italian/Swiss border, up in the Alps.
But hooray! The signs are good!
Our Gronzey have at least included the Swiss section.
Good job Gronzey.
Now keep it up.
Regards,
Gerard

 

[MichaelC]

Let's hope they get the English and French sections included, and not catch the Italian disease, the most obvious symptom of which is to implicitly insist that the Via Francigena starts at the Italian/Swiss border, up in the Alps.

I almost wish the Via Francigena had different names for the different sections, in the same way that the "Camino de Santiago" from Geneva is composed of the Vía Gebennensis, Chemin de Puy, and the Camino Francés.

But then again, I'm one of the guys who has caught the Italian disease,.

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