ViaFrancigena, Stage 2/10

Regional route No. 70, Stage 2: Orbe – Cossonay

Description

Regional route: No. 70 ((Canterbury)–Ballaigues – Col du Gd St-Bernard–(Rom))
Length: 26 km
Ascent • Descent: ↑ 640 m • ↓ 560 m
Lowest point • Highest point: 436 m • 729 m
Hiking time: 6 h 45 min
Grade: easy
Fitness level: difficult

Regional route No. 70: ViaFrancigena: Stages; 1. Ballaigues – Orbe; 2. Orbe – Cossonay; 3. Cossonay – Lausanne; 4. Lausanne – Vevey; 5. Vevey – Aigle; 6. Aigle – St-Maurice; 7. St-Maurice – Martigny; 8. Martigny – Orsières; 9. Orsières – Bourg-St-Pierre; 10. Bourg-St-Pierre – Col du Gd St-Bernard

After Orbe, the Via Francigena reaches the medieval town of Romainmôtier with its Cluniac abbey. Finally, you arrive at the centre of the world, where part of the Nozon River flows into the Mediterranean Sea and the other part into the North Sea.

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