For England and France:
The best resource for accommodation from Canterbury to Lausanne is the FFVF accommodation guide. Available in English for £15 from the Pilgrims to Rome online shop. This is not available as a download as it contains contact details for pilgrim homestays and the hosts do not wish to have their details published online.
Regarding the Italian section, the free resources below are sufficient as the FFVF guidebook has no additional listings. We recommend you only purchase this guide if you are walking the sections between Canterbury and Lausanne.
Best Free Resources
Gronze: www.gronze.com/via-francigena (in Spanish)
Gronze only lists accommodation from Lausanne to Rome. You can find lists of both pilgrim and private accommodation with direct links to Booking.com.
App available (Gronze Maps) for Android devices and iOS devices. For accommodation, the app will link to the website to show accommodation for a particular stage.
Viefrancigene.org : https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/accommodations-facilities/
The website has lists of accommodation from Canterbury to Rome and also for the Via Francigena del Sud.
- If you access the ‘catalogue of accommodation and services’, you can select pilgrim or tourist accommodation for prices, websites and information such as if there is a washing machine or option for dinner. https://www.viefrancigene.org/en/detailed-catalogue-of-accommodations-facilities/
There is an app ‘Via Francigena – official app’.
- Make sure you allow location access while using the app. This will show accommodation in order of stage (select km rather than A-Z). IOS/Android
- The listings for accommodation on the app correspond to the list on the website and has the same information as the online catalogue (see links above).