Way of Wool and Silk

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

Route listed in the Cammini d’Italia catalog. Length and variants must be checked with the path authority.

Route information

Start

Bologna

Finish

Prato

Total distance

130 km

Total ascent

5430 m

Total descent

5550 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

• Collezioni Comunali d'Art Bologna · Source

  Piazza Maggiore 6 40121 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 2193998

• Museum di San Petronio Bologna · Source

  Piazza Maggiore

• Scavi archeologici Sala Borsa Bologna · Source
• Museum della sanità e dell'assistenza Bologna · Source
• Oratorio di Sant’Apollonia Sasso Marconi · Source

  Via Porrettana 495 40037 Sasso Marconi

• Santuario della Beata Vergine del Sasso Sasso Marconi · Source
• Chiesa Parrocchiale San Lorenzo Sasso Marconi · Source
• Auditorium San Lorenzo Sasso Marconi · Source
• Opificio delle Acque · Source
• Raccolta Lercaro · Source

  Via Riva di Reno 57 40122 Bologna · Website reported by the source

• Palazzo de Rossi · Source
• Museum Civico Archeologico · Source
• Casa Museum Morandi Grizzana Morandi · Source

  SP24 115 40030 Grizzana Morandi · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 6730311 · Website reported by the source

• Museum degli Allievi di Giorgio Morandi Grizzana Morandi · Source

  SP24 40030 Grizzana Morandi · Website reported by the source

• San Michele Arcangelo Grizzana Morandi · Source
• Palazzo Sanuti · Source
• Chiesa di San Silvestro · Source
• Chiesa di Casaglia · Source
• Church of San Giovanni Battista di Veggio · Source

  Grizzana Morandi

• Castellaccio Castiglione dei Pepoli · Source
• Chiesa di San Lorenzo Martire Castiglione dei Pepoli · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di San Donnino di Burzanella · Source
• Chiesa di San Savino · Source
• Chapel dei Frascari · Source
• Chapel dei Frascari · Source
• Mumat - Museum delle Macchine Tessili Vernio · Source

  Vernio

• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio da Padova a Mercatale Vernio · Source
• Santuario Sant'Antonio Maria Pucci Vernio · Source
• Oratorio di San Niccolò Vernio · Source
• Oratorio di San Rocco · Source
• San Leonardo e San Quirico · Source
• Santa Maria · Source
• Church of San Michele Arcangelo · Source
• Museum della Badia di San Salvatore Vaiano · Source
• Badia di San Salvatore Vaiano · Source
• Cappellina Ex Cimitero Vaiano · Source
• Badia di San Salvatore Vaiano · Source
• Pieve dei Santi Vito e Modesto · Source
• Chiesa di Sant'Antonio alle Mura · Source
• Chiesa di San Gaudenzio · 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
• Memoriale di Valibona · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Castle dell'Imperatore · Source
• Museum di pittura murale · Source
• Museum del Calcolatore · Source

  Via dell'Aiale 15 59100 Prato · Website reported by the source

• La Quadreria di Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili · Source

  Via Marsala 7 Bologna

• Jewish Museum di Bologna · Source

  Via Valdonica 1/2 40126 Bologna

• Museum del Basket Italian · Source

  Bologna · Website reported by the source

• Palazzo Pallavicini · Source

  Via San Felice 24 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +393313471504 · Website reported by the source

• Palazzo Fava · Source
• Museum della Storia di Bologna · Source
• San Colombano - Collezione Tagliavini · Source
• Museum Civico Medievale · Source

  Via Alessandro Manzoni

• Lapidario del Museum Civico Medievale · Source
• Museum della storia di Bologna · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Villa France · Source
• Casa Saraceni · Source
• Museum Ottocento Bologna · Source

  Piazza San Michele 4c 40125 Bologna

• Museum della Comunicazione G. Pelagalli "Mille voci... mille suoni" · Source

  Via Col di Lana 7n 40131 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 6491008 · Website reported by the source

• MAMbo · Source

  Via Don Giovanni Minzoni 14 40121 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: Tu,We,Fr 12:00-18:00; Th,Sa,Su 12:00-20:00

• Museum internazionale e biblioteca della musica · Source

  Strada Maggiore 34 40125 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 2757711 · Website reported by the source

• Museum del Tessuto · Source
• Museum Europeo degli Studenti · Source

  Via Zamboni 33 40126 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: We-Fr 10:00-13:00, Sa,Su,PH 10:00-18:00; Jan 01,May 01,Aug 15,Dec 24-25 off

• Museum della Specola · Source

  Via Zamboni 33 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Su,PH 10:30+,12:00+,15:30+ "by appointment"; Jan 01,May 01,Aug 15,Dec 24-25 off

• Museum di Palazzo Poggi · Source

  Via Zamboni 33 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Fr 10:00-16:00; Sa,Su,PH 10:00-18:00; Jan 01,May 01,Aug 15,Dec 24-25 off

• Orto Botanico ed Erbario · Source
• Pinacoteca nazionale di Bologna · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: Jul-Aug: Tu, We 08:30-14:00; Th-Su 13:45-19:30; Sep-Jun: Tu-Su, PH 08:30-19:30; Mo off; Jan 1 off; Dec 25 off · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 420 9411 · Website reported by the source

• Museum civico d'arte industriale Davia Bargellini · Source

  Strada Maggiore 44 40125 Bologna

• Museum Spazio Pubblico · Source

  Via Eugenio Curiel 13d 40134 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 6591415 · Website reported by the source

• Collezione di Fisica dell’Università di Bologna · Source

  Via Irnerio 46 40126 Bologna

• Collezione di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician" · Source

  Via Francesco Selmi 2 40126 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 2099539

• Collezione di Antropologia · Source
• Museum di Anatomia Comparata · Source

  Via Francesco Selmi 3 40126 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 2094243

• Museum di zoologia · Source

  Via Francesco Selmi 3 40126 Bologna

• Museum Geologico Giovanni Capellini · Source

  Via Zamboni 63 40126 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: Sa,Su 09:00-18:00; Tu-Fr 09:00-13:00; Mo off · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 209 4555 · Website reported by the source

• Collezione delle Cere Anatomiche "Luigi Cattaneo" · Source

  Via Irnerio 48 40126 Bologna · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 2091533 · Website reported by the source

• Museum di Mineralogia "Luigi Bombicci" · Source

  Piazza di Porta San Donato 1 40126 Bologna · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Fr 09:00-13:00; PH,Sa,Su 10:00-18:00; Jan 01 off; May 01 off; Aug 15 off; Dec 24-25 off

• Museum della Beata Vergine di San Luca · Source
• Villa Griffone · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Santa Maria e San Valentino della Grada · Source
• Chiesa di San Giorgio · Source

  Via Pugliesi 59100 Prato

• Prato Cathedral · Source
• Santuario di Santa Maria della Visitazione al Ponte delle Lame · Source
• Santa Maria della Pioggia · Source
• Oratorio della Madonna del Buon Consiglio · Source
• chiesa della Natività di Maria · Source
• Santa Maria della Carità · Source
• Oratorio del Beato Junipero Serra · Source

  Via Antonio Anile 72 59100 Prato

• San Nicolò degli Albari · Source
• Church of San Francesco · Source
• Santa Maria Maggiore · Source
• Basilica di San Petronio · Source

  40124 · Opening times reported by the source: 08:30-13:00,14:30-18:00 · Website reported by the source

• Chiesa di San Martino · Source
• Santa Maria della Vita · Source
• Chiesa dei Santi Naborre e Felice · Source
• Chiesa di Santa Margherita · Source
• Chiesa di San Bartolomeo · Source

  Piazza Mercatale 149 59100 Prato

• Cattedrale di San Pietro · Source

  Via dell'Indipendenza 9 · Opening times reported by the source: Mo-Sa 07:00-18:30; Su 08:00-18:30 · Website reported by the source

• Santa Maria Madre della Chiesa · Source

  Via Porrettana 121 · Opening times reported by the source: 09:00-12:00,16:00-19:00 · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 614 3924 · Website reported by the source

• San Donato · Source
• Parrocchia di Santa Croce · Source
• San Paolo di Ravone · Source
• Basilica di Santa Maria delle Carceri · Source
• Chiesa dei Santi Bartolomeo e Gaetano · Source
• San Angelo al Cantagallo · Source

Tracks and updates

Cartographic GPX archive · OpenStreetMap

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 · camminiditalia.org

Source · camminiditalia.org

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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