WELCOME TOUR® VIA FRANCIGENA FOR ALL - CANAVESE

The Francigena itinerary in Piemonte, a fundamental land of passage from the Alps to the Po Valley, was not only a devotional route but also a route travelled by merchants, armies, emperors, politicians and men of culture who created a channel of exchange and communication that led to the substantial unity of European culture between the 10th and 13th centuries.

This 8.5 kilometre walk, lasting about 4 hours, has been made accessible to all through multi-sensory panels and rest areas with special attention paid to accommodating people with physical-motor, cognitive-intellectual and sensory disabilities, the elderly and families with children.

You will walk along a beautiful stretch of the Via Francigena Morenico-Canavesana, passing through the Ivrea Morainic Amphitheatre created by the retreat of the Balteo Glacier, one of the best-preserved geological conformations of glacial origin in the world, dotted with lakes and characterised by the long profile of the Serra, a 25 km long morainic ridge, the longest in Europe.

Departing from Ivrea at 09.00 a.m., you will be able to admire: the Cathedral of Santa Maria with its crypt, the suggestive Lake of Campagna of glacial origin and the Church of Saints Peter and Paul in Bollengo, where the tour will end. A free shuttle bus, with a platform for the disabled, will take you back to the starting point. The tour will end at around 1 p.m.

Visits are free of charge with compulsory booking by filling in the form at the bottom of the page "Book here".

Tour are in Italian.

Comfortable clothing, hat, energy foods and water bottle are recommended. A free shuttle bus with a platform for the disabled will be available on site to take you back to the starting point.

Tour accompanied by professional tour guide and LIS (Italian Sign Language) interpreter. 

The initiative is financed by ’Via Francigena For All’: the project presented by the Regione Piemonte on the occasion of a call for bids by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers for projects concerning accessible and inclusive tourism for people with disabilities, with the aim of creating usability and reception of the routes at 360° for everyone: from people with physical-motor, cognitive-intellectual and sensory disabilities to the elderly; from families with pushchairs to those with chronic health difficulties.