Discovering Italy’s history and territory on foot or by bike allows visitors to explore and experience them at one’s own pace. The Via Francisca del Lucomagno is one of the great Italian paths that, like the Via Francigena, are born as pilgrimage routes. This one, which is 135 km long, crosses Lombardy from the Swiss border to Pavia.

However, it is only the Italian stretch of the Via Francisca del Lucomagno because the original route starts in Germany, 375 km before entering the Belpaese. Crossing the border with Switzerland in Lavena Ponte Tresa, the path, in eight stretches, reaches the tomb of Saint Augustine in the basilica of San Pietro in Ciel d’oro in Pavia.