Bourg-Saint-Pierre to Great St Bernard Pass
The most dramatic stage of the Via Francigena: a steep ascent from Bourg-Saint-Pierre to the Great St Bernard Pass at 2469 metres, the highest point on the entire pilgrimage route. The hospice at the summit, founded in 1050 by Bernard of Menthon, has sheltered travellers for nearly a millennium. This is the same pass crossed by Napoleon in 1800 and by countless medieval pilgrims.

Bourg-Saint-Pierre to Great St Bernard Pass