Rome to Santiago

[Willdtrout]

I’m looking to do a long Camino (full Schengen stay) and feel a walk from Rome would be interesting. I’ve searched here and general internet but I’m not finding much information.

Any insights on this walk? It surprises me that this doesn’t seem to be an established route. Can you recommend a route or a way to link established caminos together?

And…. Can this be done in 89.5 days.

If not what would be another long Camino? I am limited to walking in winter. I was looking at Via Francigena (London to Rome) but this does not appear to be a winter friendly route

 

[OZAJ]

a walk from Rome would be interesting. I’ve searched here and general internet but I’m not finding much information.

Any insights on this walk? It surprises me that this doesn’t seem to be an established route. Can you recommend a route or a way to link established caminos together?

And…. Can this be done in 89.5 days.

Rome to Santiago took me 106 days in 2012. There was not much info then for much of the route, but maybe there is now. It is more expensive than routes purely in Spain.

As far as I know it is not a popular route. I think Santiago to Rome is more popular than Rome to Santiago.

You could probably do Canterbury to Rome in 90 days. I did it in less than this in 2011.

You might consider variations on the VdlP, starting in Malaga on the Mozarabe joining VdlP and later switching to the Sanabres to SdC and finishing in Fisterra.

Then there is the Voie de Vezelay, joining the Frances, switching to the Salvador, Primitivo, Norte and rejoining the Frances into SdC.

Lots of choices!!

 

[JabbaPapa]

In 2005, it took me 77 days on that route from near the Italian border to Santiago, so 89 from Rome seems doubtful.

The route anyway is Francigena until Lucca > Massa > La Spezia, coastal route 'til the French border, Provençal Way to Arles, then Arles Way and quickest would be switch to the Francès via SJPP.

 

[roving_rufus]

The route from Rome to Santiago does exist but like the camino in Spain there are so many options of how - there are routes over the Alpes or the Via Della Costa that spits from the VF at Sarzana and follows the coastline up through Genoa and into France.
I am walking in sections from SdeC to Rome - my plan is to use ferry between Genoa and Barcelona. So in reverse it would be VF,Via della Costa (good website with routeand accommodationdetails), then ferry to Barcelona, Camino Catalan, Ebro and join CF at Logroño. I think that is the only way to realistically keep it under 90days

 

[JabbaPapa]

there are so many options of how

In winter according to OP's requirements, there really is only the coastal option ; though :

I am walking in sections from SdeC to Rome - my plan is to use ferry between Genoa and Barcelona. So in reverse it would be VF,Via della Costa (good website with routeand accommodationdetails), then ferry to Barcelona, Camino Catalan, Ebro and join CF at Logroño. I think that is the only way to realistically keep it under 90days

Yeah, that could work.

Actually, come to think of it a full Winter Francigena might not be feasible either, as the Alps could potentially be impassable.