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Tuscan Via Francigena: 6 days on foot from Lucca to Siena, via San Gimignano
Lucca•6 days · 5 nights•Travel + trekking · 500 m
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Where?
Italia, Italia
On your own?
No problem
Points
+34
Overview
Is it for me?
Included & extras
Good to know
Itinerary
Getting there
Packing
Coordinator
Reviews
Questions
WHY THIS TRIP
The stretch of the Francigena everyone pictures
From Lucca to Siena run a hundred and twenty kilometres of the road that in the Middle Ages carried pilgrims from Canterbury to Rome. It is the finest section of all: across the hills of Chianti and the Valdelsa, sleeping in walled villages, passing beneath the towers of San Gimignano and arriving in Piazza del Campo through the right gate, the one the pilgrims used.
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Is this trip for me?
Five vibes, an effort level and a type of trip: so you can tell in ten seconds if it's for you.
Party & nightlife
Relax
Nature & adventure
Cities & culture
Monuments & history
Physical effort
Intermediate
Type of trip
Cammino · Colline · Borghi
Group
Max 12
Accommodation
Ostelli del pellegrino, locande e agriturismi nei borghi
In between stands Monteriggioni, the ring of walls with fourteen towers that Dante placed in the Inferno, and there are wheat fields, lines of cypresses and Romanesque churches in the middle of nowhere. You walk on white gravel roads, the same ones as the Eroica, and eat the way Tuscany eats.
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What's included
Overnight
Certified Guide
Transport for excursions (van or minibus)
Guiddy Coordinator (runs the group, Telegram included)
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What's not included
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Meals
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Train
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Travel to the meeting point (car-pooling with the other participants)
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Anything not listed under «The price includes»
Good to know
Documents, accommodation, transport and the ground rules before you book.
Documents
REQUIRED
Siamo in Italia: basta la carta d'identità. Porta la tessera sanitaria.
Carta d'identità
Tessera sanitaria
Accommodation
Ostelli del pellegrino, locande e agriturismi dentro i borghi di tappa: Altopascio, San Miniato, Gambassi, San Gimignano, Monteriggioni.
Transport
Si arriva a Lucca in treno da Milano (3 ore e mezza) e si riparte da Siena. Treni non inclusi. I bagagli viaggiano in furgone tra una tappa e l'altra.
Weather and changes of plan
Primavera e inizio autunno: 15-25 gradi, ideali. Servono scarpe da trekking, cappellino e crema solare: sulle strade bianche il sole batte e l'ombra è rara. Guscio nello zaino per i temporali.
Insurance
INCLUDED
Assicurazione infortuni, medico e bagaglio Guiddy inclusa nella quota.
Itinerary
Six days, approximate schedule: the Coordinator may swap stops depending on the weather.
Trekking
6 days
Total elevation gain
2,400 m
Km on foot
132 km
Duration
6 days
Day 1 · Mon 12 Apr
TREKKING
Da Lucca ad Altopascio, tra le mura e la pianura
3 stops · from 07:45
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Meeting in LuccaMEETING POINT07:45
We meet in Lucca with the guide and your Guiddy Coordinator: the first day of walking starts here, on the walls. Participants car-pool to get here: say so when you book, then sort it out in the Telegram group.
Around the walls of LuccaWALKING TRAIL08:00
You start at the cathedral and leave the city on the sixteenth-century walls, four kilometres of tree-lined ramparts nobody ever had to defend.
The pilgrims' hospital of AltopascioCHURCH13:00
Altopascio was the stage of the Knights of Tau, the order that cared for pilgrims: the evening bell rang to guide those lost in the marshes.
Included today: trasporto bagagli, pernottamento · Not included: pasti
Day 2 · Tue 13 Apr
TREKKING
Il passo delle Cerbaie e San Miniato
2 stops · from 07:30
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Day 3 · Wed 14 Apr
TREKKING
Le colline della Valdelsa
2 stops · from 07:30
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Day 4 · Thu 15 Apr
CULTURA
Le torri di San Gimignano
2 stops · from 08:00
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Day 5 · Fri 16 Apr
TREKKING
Monteriggioni, il cerchio di torri
2 stops · from 07:00
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Day 6 · Sat 17 Apr
RIENTRO
Arrivo a Siena in Piazza del Campo
2 stops · from 07:30
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How do you get to Lucca? By carpooling.
You say so when booking, then you get organised in the Telegram group. Contacts and costs are agreed between you: a seat isn't guaranteed.
WHO'S ALREADY GOING
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Cars are added in the last few days, once the group is confirmed.
What to pack
You get there by car: one bag for the nights and a daypack for the day.
Trekking boots
REQUIRED
Backpack
REQUIRED
Trekking poles
REQUIRED
Cap
REQUIRED
Sunscreen
REQUIRED
Waterproof shell
REQUIRED
Layered clothing
REQUIRED
Change of clothes
REQUIRED
Water supply
REQUIRED
Sunglasses
REQUIRED
First aid kit
REQUIRED
Guiddy Experience
12 – 17 April 2027
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Questions?
How do I get to the meeting point?
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Meeting in Lucca, at 07:45: get there on your own or car-pool with the other participants. Say so when you book, then sort it out in the Telegram group.
Can I join on my own?
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How fit do I need to be?
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What if the group doesn't reach the minimum?
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Until when can I cancel?
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€100 today, the rest 30 days before
✓A €100 deposit to hold your place: it's the only thing you pay today
✓Free cancellation up to 30 days before (for this departure: 12 March 2027, 23:59)
✓€485 balance charged automatically 30 days before departure
✓Minimum not reached? Deposit fully refunded
Deposit and balance by card, PayPal, Satispay or Revolut. The balance can also be paid in 3 interest-free instalments with Klarna.
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