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Pilgrimage to Assisi

Towns Village on the Pilgrimage

”Vade Francisco et repara domum meam”

Link:Francis's life and works

How to reach the starting point of the Pilgrimage

FORLI’ is directly linked to the main junctions:

Railway connections: 30 minutes from Bologna; 30 minutes from Rimini; 90 minutes from Florence

Highway connections: 50 minutes from Bologna; 60 minutes from Rimini; 120 minutes from Florence

FROM BOLOGNA:

Aireiport .... Marconi - Station train Bologna --- consult

Train ... Bologna - Forlì ..... consult

FROM FORLI’

By car

(Highway: exit FORLI’) 20 kms to Dovadola: follow the indications for Florence (road no. ss 67), go through Castrocaro and after 7 Kms reach Dovadola ("Benedetta" Refuge).

By bus

Direct Bus Service: from the Railway Station (Punto bus via Volta,1). Bus no. 127 departs at 6.20 , 7.35 (f), 11.15(f) ,13.15 , 14.15,16.20 (f),18.35(f), 19.15 ... . Travelling time to Dovadola: 50 minutes. ..consult

f = takes place only on weekdays

Bus Service: from the Railway Station (piazza Martiri d’Ungheria). Bus no. 91 leaves every 30 minutes (first run 6.05, last run 20.05) and arriving at Castrocaro thermal spa in about 30 minutes. Ticket: 1,7 €. The last seven kilometres, from Castrocaro to Dovadola, walking or hitckhikying (N.B. the local Taxi Service has been suspended at the moment).

From the airports

Forlì: "L.Ridolfi" International Airport - A bus service links the airport to the railway station. Ticket: 3,5 €. The bus effects 17 daily runs in connection with the flights of the most important cities: Palermo, Catania, London, Frankfurt, Dublin, Barcellona ...... consult

Bologna: "G. Marconi" International Airport - via Triumvirato, 84 - 40132 Bologna (BO) ........ consult

Rimini: "F. Fellini" International Airport – via Flaminia, 409 - 47831 Miramare di Rimini (RN) ....... consult

Firenze International Airport........consult

Trains timetable : open page

Air-lines: low cost, last minute : consult

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“To my brother Anthony, my bishop, I wish good health. I approve of your teaching theology to the monks, but only on condition that, owing to this study, you will not dampen the spirit of the holy prayer and devotion, as it is ordained in the Rule. Be well” Francis

Link:Anthony's life and works

“Here, on earth, the eye of the soul is Love, the only valid one to overcome any veil. Wherever the intellect stops, love proceeds with its own colour to the union with God” Saint Anthony from Padua, Sermone