Way of Saint Charles

Downloadable guide · 6 October 2026. This file opens offline. External links require a connection.

Route registered in the Ministry of Tourism catalog. Length and variants should be checked with the route authority.

Route information

Start

Not verified in the available sources

Finish

Not verified in the available sources

Total distance

230 km

Total ascent

Not verified in the available sources

Total descent

Not verified in the available sources

Distances and elevation data depend on the route variant. D+ and D− are total ascent and descent in metres, not slope percentages. Estimates and missing data are indicated in the source.

Places to see along the route

• Museum dell'orologeria antica Varallo · Source

  Via Costantino Durio 3 13019 Varallo · Opening times reported by the source: Sa-Su 10:00-12:00, 14:00-18:00; Mo-Fr off · Website reported by the source

• Palazzo dei Musei Varallo · Source

  Via Pio Franzani 2 13019 Varallo · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 10:30-12:30,14:30-18:00; Mo off · Contact reported by the source: +39 0163 51424 · Website reported by the source

• Museum della pesca Varallo · Source

  Via Costantino Durio 22a 13019 Varallo · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 09:00-12:00 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Ferroviario Valsesiano Varallo · Source

  Piazza Guglielmo Marconi 10 13019 Varallo · Contact reported by the source: +39 338 9252791 · Website reported by the source

• Nucleo medioevale Guardabosone · Source
• Museum d'arte sacra Guardabosone · Source
• "Pista" macina e torchio mele Guardabosone · Source
• Museum di Scienze Naturali Guardabosone · Source
• Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista Coggiola · Source
• Oratorio di San Antonio Abate Coggiola · Source
• Oratorio Santi Pietro e Paolo Coggiola · Source
• Oratorio di San Bartolomeo Apostolo Coggiola · Source
• Museum delle Migrazioni Pettinengo · Source
• Oratorio di San Rocco in Luvera Pettinengo · Source
• Chiesa parrocchiale dei Santi Stefano e Giacomo Pettinengo · Source
• Oratorio dei Santi Fabiano e Sebastiano Pettinengo · Source
• Santuario di San Giovanni d'Andorno S. Giovanni · Source
• Church of Santa Maria di Pediclosso S. Giovanni · Source
• Chapel di Santa Maria Maddalena S. Giovanni · Source
• Chapel di Sant'Onofrio S. Giovanni · Source
• Museum dei Tesori di Oropa Oropa · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Nov-Apr Su 10:00-12:30,14:30-17:00; May-Jun,Sep-Oct Sa,Su 10:00-12:30,14:30-17:00; Jul-Aug Tu-Su 10:00-12:30,14:30-17:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 015 25551200 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Ferrovia Biella Oropa Oropa · Source
• Basilica Antica Oropa · Source
• Chapel dei Lumini Oropa · Source
• Museum della Passione Sordevolo · Source

  Via Antonio Petiva 2 13817 Sordevolo · Website reported by the source

• Oratorio della Trinità and of San Carlo Sordevolo · Source
• Oratorio Confraternita di Santa Marta Sordevolo · Source
• Chiesa Parrocchiale di Sant'Ambrogio Sordevolo · Source
• Ecomuseo del Paesaggio Orizzonte Serra Chiaverano · Source
• Chiesa di San Silvestro Chiaverano · Source
• Chiesa di Santa Marta Chiaverano · Source
• Chiesa di Santo Stefano di Sessano Chiaverano · Source
• Cava di Pùrcarel Viverone · Source
• Oratorio di San Sebastiano Viverone · Source
• Oratorio dei Santi Stefano e Defendente Viverone · Source
• Chiesa parrocchiale di Santa Maria Assunta Viverone · Source
• Ecomuseo della Tradizione Costruttiva - La Trappa · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Apr-Oct: Sa-Su 10:00-16:00

• Ecomuseo della Tradizione Costruttiva - La Trappa · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Apr-Oct: Sa-Su 10:00-16:00

• Ecomuseo delle migrazioni · Source
• Ecomuseo di Bagneri · Source
• Museum Delle Tradizioni Agricole · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 015 761118 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Tornielli · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Casa Zegna · Source

  Via Guglielmo Marconi 23 13835 Valdilana · Opening times reported by the source: Su 14:30-18:30 · Contact reported by the source: +39 015 7591463 · Website reported by the source

• Cup Mark Boulder · Source
• Castle d'Arian · Source
• Ecomuseo Storie di carri e carradori · Source
• Museum Fondazione Calderara · Source

  Via G. Bardelli 9 28010 Ameno · Opening times reported by the source: May 15-Oct 15: Tu-Fr 15:00-19:00; Sa,Su 10:00-12:00, 15:00-19:00; Mo off · Contact reported by the source: +39 0322 998192 · Website reported by the source

• Castle di Buccione · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: 2025 Jul 27 - Sep 28: Su 15:00-17:00 "reservation is required"; Mo-Sa, PH off

• Resti del Castle di Vanzone · Source
• Museum civico Ercole Durio · Source
• Vecchio sbarramento Mulino · Source
• L'Avel · Source
• Museum dell'Energia · Source

  Via Mario Tancredi Rossi 13019 Varallo

• Castle di Barbavara · Source
• CASTELLO ALTO · Source
• Torre · Source
• Oratorio di San Giacomo · Source
• Oratorio dei Santi Giuseppe e Carlo · Source
• Chiesa parrocchiale Santi Giuseppe e Bernardo da Mentone · Source
• Chapel XIV - The Samaritan woman at the Well · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Santuario della Novareia · Source
• Oratorio della Madonna delle Grazie · Source
• Chapel della Madonna di Loreto · Source
• Chiesa parrocchiale Santi Giuseppe e Bernardo da Mentone · Source
• Chiesa di San Bartolomeo · Source
• Chiesa dei Santi Rocco e Grato · Source
• Chapel XXXIII - Ecce Homo · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Oratorio di San Grato · Source
• Oratorio di Sant'Antonio di Padova · Source
• Oratorio di Santa Maria degli Eremiti · Source
• Chapel di Sant'Agostino · Source
• Chiesa di Santo Stefano · Source
• Oratorio di San Quirico · Source
• Oratorio di San Giovanni Battista · Source
• Chapel XXII - The Sleeping Disciples · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di San Carlo · Source
• Chiesa di San Rocco · Source
• Oratorio dei Santi Barnaba, Bernardo e Grato · Source
• Chapel XXXIV - Pilate washes his hands · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chapel XXIII - The arrest of Christ · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chapel di San Luca · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di Sant'Agata e San Bernardino · Source
• Oratorio di Santa Maria Annunziata del Barro · Source
• Oratorio di San Rocco · Source
• Santuario di Nostra Signora della Brughiera · Source
• Sanctuary of the Madonna della Neve dei Moglietti · Source
• Santuario della Novareia · Source
• Church of San Michele Arcangelo · Source
• Chapel XXV - Jesus at the Court of Caiaphas · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di Santa Marta · Source
• Chiesa di Santa Marta · Source
• Chapel XX - Canonization of Saint Francis · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chapel XVIII - Tomb of Saint Francis · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Oratorio di Oretto · Source
• Oratorio di San Rocco · Source
• Oratorio di Santa Eufemia · Source

Tracks and updates

Source GPS tracks · GPX

Cartographic GPX archive · OpenStreetMap

The operator describes twelve stages Arona–Viverone. We list the eleven after Orta with explicitly named endpoints in official tracks. GPX distances from the Ministry archive are indicative; unnamed files are not used to reconstruct Arona–Orta.

Verified information for this route

The route visits Sacri Monti di Orta, Varallo and Oropa, joining Via Francigena in Viverone.

Source · www.santuariosangiovanni.it

Official route information

Official Ministry tracks

Walk through the Sacri Monti

Data del controllo: 2026-10-04

Recorded stages

Coverage and sources

Available stages may include branches: they do not necessarily constitute a single sequence. Credential, water, accommodations and local services must be confirmed with the manager.

Source · www.ministeroturismo.gov.it

Source · www.santuariosangiovanni.it

Luggage and practical services

Pilgrim credential

The credential records your stamps and journey. It does not reserve a bed or guarantee free accommodation. Check the current rules with the route operator or the Pilgrim Office before departure.

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