On The Way

The Via Romea Imperiale is one of the Germanic Romee Ways, European cultural routes that originate from ancient pre-existing roads: Roman consular roads, Renaissance roads, eighteenth-century roads, commercial land and water routes and devotional paths (such as the Cammino di San Bartolomeo). And finally the Habsburg Via Regia, which was commissioned by Leopold of Lorraine and Francesco d’Este to connect Florence to Vienna, passing through Modena. You will encounter a variety of natural emergencies, UNESCO World Heritage cities of art, ancient villages. Religious and civil architecture, daring medieval bridges and classical monuments, treasure chests of art in museums and sacred relics in sanctuaries. But also the beauty of contemporary Italy, the result of the productive mastery of Italian genius and craftsmanship, food and wine excellence, Haute Couture, Motor Valley, etc. In these pages we have included the description of all the stages, both the basic route, the variants, and the connections to interesting places near our itinerary, to reach which we propose specific deviations.

The itinerary is presented on the site in four sections, which correspond to homogeneous territorial areas. In each section you will find the description of the individual stages including the relative receptions, which we invite you to call before arriving to check if the structure is open, what services it offers and the prices charged.

The Via Romea Imperiale can be covered in one go or broken into fractions, even in a loop, that can be covered in a few days, such as those
corresponding to the following sections.

Geographical Areas

Northern Area

Emilia Area

Tuscany Area

Center Area

Stage Starting Point Arrival Point km
01 Trento Rovereto 28,9
02 Rovereto Ala 20,8
03 Ala Brentino 22,6
03.1 (Connection) Avio Castle 1,7
03.2 (Connection) Sanctuary Madonna of the Crown 3,4
04 Brentino Pastrengo 22,0
05 Pastrengo Peschiera del Garda 22,1
05a Pastrengo Verona 22,4
05b Verona Villafranca 19,2
05c Villafranca Volta Mantovana 19,9
06 Peschiera del Garda Volta Mantovana – Goito 30,0
06a Peschiera del Garda Goito (direct) 27,7
07 Goito Mantova 24,5
08 Mantova San Benedetto Po 26,2
09 San Benedetto Po Concordia 23,0
10 Concordia Sozzigalli 26,6
10a Concordia Carpi 24,2
10b Carpi Campogalliano 17,4
10c Campogalliano Sassuolo 26,7
10d Sassuolo Serramazzoni 24,5
10e Serramazzoni Pavullo (San Bartolomeo) 12,3
11 Sozzigalli Modena 18,3
12 Modena Maranello 21,2
13 Maranello San Dalmazio 19,0
14 San Dalmazio Pavullo (Toscanini Square) 17,8
15 Pavullo (San Bartolomeo) Olina Bridge – Montecreto 22,5
15a Pavullo (San Bartolomeo) Lama Mocogno 14,4
15b Lama Mocogno Montecreto 11,1
16 Montecreto Fiumalbo 19,7
16a Montecreto Fiumalbo (San Michele variant) 3,1
17 Fiumalbo Cutigliano 21,0
18 Cutigliano Pontepetri 21,5
19 Pontepetri Pistoia 19,9
20 Pistoia Prato 26,4
21 Prato Firenze 27,8
22 Firenze Palazzolo 25,2
23 Palazzolo Loppiano – San Giovanni Valdarno 20,8
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24 San Giovanni Valdarno Laterina 24,1
25 Laterina Arezzo 19,6
26 Arezzo Rigutino 16,5
27 Rigutino Cortona 27,8
28 Cortona Passignano 25,1
29 Passignano Corciano 20,5
30 Corciano Perugia 15,5
31 Perugia Deruta 20,5
32 Deruta Todi 25,4
33 Todi Castel d’Aquila 19,5
34 Castel d’Aquila Amelia 12,4
35 Amelia Orte 15,9
36 Orte Corchiano 23,3
37 Corchiano Nepi 15,3
38 Nepi Campagnano di Roma 14,6
39 Campagnano di Roma La Storta 19,9
40 La Storta Roma 17,9