Francesca della Sambuca Way

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

Bologna

Finish

Pistoia

Total distance

96.2 km

Total ascent

Not verified in the available sources

Total descent

Not verified in the available sources

Overall elevation gain/loss unverified: available elevations cover only some stages or tracks.

Distance obtained by adding published stages in the stated sequence.

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
• Necropoli Settentrionale Marzabotto · Source
• Museum Nazionale Etrusco "Pompeo Aria" Marzabotto · Source

  Via Porrettana Sud 13 40043 Marzabotto · Opening times reported by the source: Tu-Th 09:00-16:00; Fr-Su 11:00-18:30; Mo off · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 932353 · Website reported by the source

• Tempio di Tinia Marzabotto · Source
• Archaeological site della antica città etrusca di Pian di Misano - Marzabotto (Kainua) Marzabotto · Source
• Archivio Museum Cesare Mattei Riola · Source

  Via Ponte 14/a 40030 Grizzana Morandi · Opening times reported by the source: Apr-Oct Sa-Su 10:00-13:00,15:30-18:30; Nov-Mar Sa-Su 10:00-13:00,14:00-17:00 · Website reported by the source

• Museum Internazionale dei Tarocchi Riola · Source

  Via Arturo Palmieri 5 40038 Vergato · Opening times reported by the source: Apr 01-Nov 30 "by appointment" · Contact reported by the source: +39 334 9975005 · Website reported by the source

• Rocchetta Mattei Riola · Source

  SP62 Riola-Savignano 46A 40030 Grizzana Morandi · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 673 0335 · Website reported by the source

• Church of Santa Maria Assunta Riola · Source

  Piazza Alvar Aalto 1 40030 Grizzana Morandi · Contact reported by the source: +39 051 916355 · Website reported by the 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
• Museum della Beata Vergine di San Luca · 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

• Palazzo Sanuti · Source
• Cippo etrusco Palazzo dei Vescovi · Source
• Palazzo Albergati · Source

  Via Saragozza 28 40123 Bologna

• Palazzo de Rossi · Source
• Cippo etrusco di San Mercuriale · 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

• Ecomuseo della Montagna Pistoiese - Polo Didattico dellea Pietra e Francesca della Sambuca Way · Source
• Ruderi castello di Santa Margherita · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Museum Civico Archeologico · Source
• Jewish Museum di Bologna · Source

  Via Valdonica 1/2 40126 Bologna

• Palazzo de' Rossi · Source
• Museum Clemente Rospigliosi · Source
• Museum del Ricamo · Source
• Palazzo Sozzifanti · Source
• Museo Diocesano · Source
• Palazzo Sozzifanti · Source
• Museum Spazio Pubblico · Source

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

• Necropoli meridionale · Source

  40043

• Museum di San Giuseppe · Source
• Museum del tessuto e della tappezzeria "Vittorio Zironi" · Source
• Villa Spada · Source
• Centro di Arti Visive Contemporanee - Palazzo Fabroni · Source
• Museum del soul · Source

  Via Giuseppe Mazzini 76 40046 Porretta Terme · Website reported by the source

• Museum della Storia di Bologna · Source
• Pistoia Sotterranea · Source
• Museum Ottocento Bologna · Source

  Piazza San Michele 4c 40125 Bologna

• Palazzo Fava · Source
• Casa Saraceni · Source
• Museum Civico Medievale · Source

  Via Alessandro Manzoni

• Museum della storia di Bologna · Source

  Website reported by the source

• Lapidario del Museum Civico Medievale · Source
• Chapel del Tau · Source
• Museum Marino Marini · Source

  Website reported by the source

• 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 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 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 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

• La Quadreria di Palazzo Rossi Poggi Marsili · Source

  Via Marsala 7 Bologna

• acropoli · Source
• San Colombano - Collezione Tagliavini · Source
• Casa-Studio Fernando Melani · Source

  Opening times reported by the source: "Su appuntamento"

• Collezione di Chimica "Giacomo Ciamician" · Source

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

• Museum civico d'arte industriale Davia Bargellini · Source

  Strada Maggiore 44 40125 Bologna

• Ex Oratorio di San Desiderio · Source
• 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

• 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 della Music e delle Percussioni · Source
• 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

• Orto Botanico ed Erbario · Source
• Collezione di Fisica dell’Università di Bologna · Source

  Via Irnerio 46 40126 Bologna

• 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

• Il Sambucone · Source
• Demm · 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

• Raccolta Lercaro · Source

  Via Riva di Reno 57 40122 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

Tracks and updates

Source GPS tracks · KML

Source GPS tracks · ZIP

Cartographic GPX archive · OpenStreetMap

Four Bologna–Pistoia stages covering 96.2 km according to the official tourism portal. They can be split into five or more days; the detour to Porretta Terme and the variants are not added to the main route.

Verified information for this route

Visit Pistoia lists trains for the Emilia section and a bus Pavana–Pistoia. Check stops and timetables for your travel date.

Source · www.visitpistoia.eu

Visit Pistoia stages and transport

Updated guide, GPX, accommodation and credential

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.visitpistoia.eu

Source · www.visitpistoia.eu

Source · www.visitpistoia.eu

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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