Via Francigena Canterbury-Rome en Haute-Saône

The Via Francigena has been a Council of Europe cultural route linking Canterbury to Rome since 1994. It follows an ancient pilgrimage route, an important medieval pilgrimage route which has been the subject of studies and signposting.
In 990, after being ordained archbishop of Canterbury by Pope John XV, the abbot of St. Sigeric returned home, noting on two pages the names of the 80 places where he had stopped to spend the night.

Even today, Sigeric's "diary" is considered to be the best source of information, so much so that the more philological version of the route is often referred to as the "Via Francigena according to Sigeric's itinerary".

This bucolic route takes you on a picturesque adventure through enchanting villages and tranquil landscapes.
It starts in Leffond, follows the banks of the Salon, passes through Champlitte, Champlitte-la-Ville and its 11th-century Romanesque church, leaves the Salon at Autet to follow the Saône, the canal at the Savoyeux tunnel, and enters Seveux, a historic stopover mentioned by Sigeric.

A small road, white pebble paths through fields and then large lowland woods before meeting the link to Compostela at Grachaux. The two paths soon separate to enter the large woods that cover the first ridge overlooking the Saône plain. At Montboillon, the Via Francigena joins the plain of the river Ognon, which it crosses at the exit of Etuz, where the ford signalled by Sigeric was located, passes into the Doubs and continues towards Besançon.

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