Shrine and walking guides

7.4 Guides to sanctuaries and paths

1. Andrea Gallo - Guido Foddis, Il Cammino di San Michele. A piedi da Mont-Saint-Michel al Gargano, Terre di Mezzo, Milan 2019.

Complete guidebook with 17 stages, route descriptions, historical and spiritual insights, detailed maps and reception info.

2. Antonella Fornari, La Via dell'Arcangelo. Dal Gargano alla Val di Susa a piedi lungo la Linea Sacra, Priuli & Verlucca, Ivrea 2015.

Hiking and spiritual itinerary along Micaelico Italy, with photographs and local curiosities.

3. Cristina Menghini, Walking with the Archangel. A Spiritual Guide to the Via Micaelica Umbra, Tau Editrice, Todi 2021.

A guidebook with meditative texts and information on Umbrian sanctuaries along the route.

4. Ente Turismo Puglia, La Via Micaelica del Sud. Itinerario storico-pellegrinaggio da Monte Sant'Angelo a Montecassino, Regione Puglia / APT, 2022.

Official cultural tourism guide with up-to-date maps, stages and signposts, downloadable online.

5. Catherine Breillat, Mont-Saint-Michel. A historical-spiritual guide to the sanctuary of the West, Editions Plon, Paris 2018.

Cultural itinerary between art, liturgy and pilgrimage to the famous Norman shrine.

6. Basilica Santuario San Michele Arcangelo, Official Guide to the Sanctuary of Monte Sant'Angelo, Libreria Editrice Vaticana, 2017.

Guide with maps, history, legends and apparitions related to the Micael cave.

7. Sacra di San Michele - Abbadia Alpina, La Sacra. Guida storico-artistica e spirituale, Elledici, Torino 2015.

Illustrated manual for visiting the Sacra, with liturgical and symbolic references.

8. Kompass / Tabacco, Topographical maps of the micaelic routes (Gargano, Umbria, Piedmont) - Available in bookshops and online.

Useful for field orientation in combination with GPS apps.

9. St Michael's Path - Interactive online map

Up-to-date routes, stages, hospitality, links between paths.

https://www.camminodisanmichele.org/mappe/

10. GeoDaltas - Sacra di San Michele line

Georeferenced map of the 'sword of light' between Ireland, Italy, Israel.

https://www.geodaltas.it/demo/index.php/view/map/?

project=SanMichele&repository=sanmichele

Official St. Michael's Path App - Available on Android and iOS

GPS navigation, welcoming, prayers, digital credentials.

Wikiloc / Komoot / Outdooractive - Tracks and routes shared by other pilgrims

Search: 'Via Micaelica' or 'San Michele pilgrimage route'.