Way of Saint James in Tuscany

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

Florence

Finish

Livorno

Total distance

175 km

Total ascent

2710 m

Total descent

2760 m

Estimate from official GPX elevations; sampling about every 100 m.

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

• Palazzo Vecchio Firenze · Source
• Gucci Museum Firenze · Source

  Contact reported by the source: +39 055 759 270 10 · Website reported by the source

• Museum di Orsanmichele Firenze · Source
• Gabinetto dei Disegni e delle Stampe degli Uffizi Firenze · Source

  Via della Ninna 5 50122 Firenze · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 2388671 · Website reported by the source

• Museum di Palazzo Pretorio Prato · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum Casa Francesco Datini Prato · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Palazzo degli Alberti Prato · Source
• Museum dell'Opera del Duomo Prato · Source
• Villa romana III sec. D.C. Pistoia · Source
• Museum Civico Pistoia · Source

  Piazza del Duomo 1

• Museum Pistoia Sotterranea Pistoia · Source
• Centro di Documentazione Giovanni Michelucci Pistoia · Source
• Pinacoteca di San Michele Pescia · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum del Corpo Musicale Gialdino Gialdini Pescia · Source
• Museum Civico Pescia · Source
• Gipsoteca Libero Andreotti Pescia · Source
• Museum-casa natale di Giacomo Puccini Lucca · Source

  Corte San Lorenzo 9 55100 Lucca · Website reported by the source

• Museum Paolo Cresci per la storia dell’emigrazione italiana Lucca · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: May-Oct Tu-Su 10:00-12:30,15:00-18:30; Nov-Apr Tu-Su 09:30-12:30,15:00-18:30 · Website reported by the source

• Domus Romana Lucca Lucca · Source

  Via C. Battisti 15 55100 Lucca · Opening times reported by the source: 09:00-13:00, 15:00-19:00 · Website reported by the source

• MUR - Museum del Risorgimento Lucca · Source

  Lucca

• Show delle tradizioni, della storia e dell'identità di Pisa Pisa · Source
• Cippo della Pera Pisa · Source
• Palazzo Blu - Museum d'Art e Cultura Pisa · Source

  Lungarno Gambacorti 9 56125 Pisa · Website reported by the source

• Gipsoteca di Art Antica Pisa · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum di Art Sacra di Santa Giulia Livorno · Source

  Livorno

• Fortezza Nuova Livorno · Source
• Museum della città Livorno · Source

  Piazza del Luogo Pio 57123 · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 10:00-19:00;PH off · Contact reported by the source: +39 0586 824551 · Website reported by the source

• Fortezza Vecchia Livorno · Source
• Museum della Pieve di San Pietro Apostolo · Source

  Prato

• Castle di Calenzano · Source
• Rocca di Ripafratta · Source
• Pistoia Sotterranea · Source
• Museum della Cattedrale di Lucca · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: 10:00-18:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0583 490530 · Website reported by the source

• Galleria degli Uffizi · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 08:15-18:30; Mo off; Jan 1 off; Dec 25 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 294883 · Website reported by the source

• Museum delle Sinopie · Source

  Piazza del Duomo 17 56126 · Website reported by the source

• Rocca Nuova · Source
• Museum della deportazione · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Cripta di San Jacopo · Source
• Rocca di Montemurlo · Source
• Casa Museum Sigfrido Bartolini · Source

  Via Di Bigiano e Castel dei Bovani 5 51100 Pistoia · Contact reported by the source: +39 0573 451311 · Website reported by the source

• Chiostro dello Scalzo · Source

  Via Camillo Cavour 69 50129 Firenze · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Sa 08:15-14:00; Mo [1] 08:15-14:00; Mo [3] 08:15-14:00; Su [2] 08:15-14:00; Su [4] 08:15-14:00; Jun 08-Jul 16 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 2388604 · Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di Santo Stefano al Ponte · Source
• Fondazione Zeffirelli Onlus · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su 10:00-18:00 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Comunale del Figurino Storico · Source

  Calenzano · Website reported by the source

• Palazzo Arcivescovile · Source
• Museum diocesano di Santo Stefano al Ponte · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00; PH,Sa,Su 10:00-20:00

• Museum Clemente Rospigliosi · Source
• Palazzo dell'Art della Lana · Source
• Museum del Ricamo · Source
• Mint Museum · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Fr 09:30-12:30 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Galileo - Istituto e Museum di Storia della Scienza · Source

  Piazza dei Giudici 1 50122 Firenze · Opening times reported by the source: Mo,We-Su 09:30-18:00; Tu 09:30-13:00; Jan 01,06,easter,May 01,Jun 24,Aug 15,Nov 01,Dec 08,25-26 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 265311 · Website reported by the source

• Museum di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Florence - Sezione Biomedica · Source

  Firenze

• Museo Diocesano · Source
• Museum dello Spedale del Ceppo · Source

  Piazza Giovanni XXIII 14 · Opening times reported by the source: Oct-May Tu-Fr 10:00-14:00; Oct-May Sa,Su,PH 10:00-18:00; Jun-Sep Tu-Fr 15:00-19:00; Jun-Sep Sa,Su,PH 11:00-19:00; Mo off; Dec 24,31 16:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0573 371023 · Website reported by the source

• Cippo etrusco Palazzo dei Vescovi · Source
• Antico Palazzo dei Vescovi e il Museum della Cattedrale di San Zeno · Source

  Piazza del Duomo 3 51100 Pistoia · Opening times reported by the source: We, Fr-Su, PH 10:00-20:00; Th 10:00-22:00; Mo-Tu off · Contact reported by the source: +39 0573 974267 · Website reported by the source

• Casa di Dante · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Su 10:00-18:00

• Palazzo del Bargello · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: 2022 Jan 2-9: Mo-Fr 08:45-13:30, Sa 08:45-18:30, Su 08:45-13:30; Tu [1,3], Jan 1 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 0649440 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Benetti Yachts · Source
• Palazzo Sozzifanti · Source
• MUST - Museum della City di Lucca - Memoria Urbana Storia Territorio · Source

  Lucca

• Museum Barsanti e Matteucci · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum dell'Opera del Duomo · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Giardino Storico della Villa Medicea di Castle · Source
• Palazzo de' Rossi · Source
• Museum Storico della Liberazione · Source

  Lucca

• Museum Marino Marini · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Palazzo Sozzifanti · Source
• Chapel del Tau · Source
• Cippo etrusco di San Mercuriale · Source
• Casa Museum Leonetto Tintori · Source
• Palazzo Davanzati · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Tomba etrusca della Montagnola · Source
• Casa-Studio Fernando Melani · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: "Su appuntamento"

• Casa Santa Gemma Galgani · Source
• Museum di San Marco · Source

  Piazza San Marco 3 50121 Firenze · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 08:15-13:50; Su [2], Su [4] 08:15-13:50; Mo [1], Mo [3] 08:15-13:50; Jan 1 off; Dec 25 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 055 0882000 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Nazionale di Villa Guinigi · Source

  Via della Quarquonia 4 55100 Lucca · Opening times reported by the source: Tu, Th 09:00-19:30; We, Fr, Sa 12:00-19:30; Su [1,3] 09:00-19:30; Mo, Su [2,4,5], Jan 1, Dec 25 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 0583 496033 · Website reported by the source

• Tomba antica · Source
• Museum della Music e delle Percussioni · Source
• Via Francigena Entry Point - Museum La Casa del Boia · Source

  Lucca · Opening times reported by the source: We,Fr 14:00-18:00; Th 10:00-13:00; Sa,Su 10:00-18:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 0583 496554;+39 0583 493825 · Website reported by the source

• Museum di Storia Naturale dell'Università di Florence - Sezione Geologia e Paleontologia · Source
• Castle dell'Imperatore · Source
• Torre Guelfa della Cittadella Vecchia · Source

  Pisa · Website reported by the source

• Old Citadel · Source
• Stibbert Museum · Source
• Vasari Corridor · Source
• Ponte delle Seiarcole · Source
• Museum delle illusioni · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Fr 10:00-19:00, Sa, Su 10:00-20:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 345 5954087 · Website reported by the source

Tracks and updates

Source GPS tracks · GPX

Source GPS tracks · ZIP

Main Firenze–Livorno route in six stages. The supplementary Sommaia, Pedecollinare and Montecatini Alto routes are separate alternatives; the published maximum altitude is not an elevation gain and is not converted into ascent.

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.ilcamminodisanjacopo.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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