This is the first volume in a two volume guide for walkers, cyclists and horse-riders travelling the via Francigena - the ancient pilgrim route from Canterbury in England to Rome. The first volume covers the 1030 kilometres from Canterbury to the summit of the Great Saint Bernard Pass on the Swiss-Italian border. Each volume contains detailed routing instructions, route schematics, listings of accommodation and services and descriptions of the history of key locations along the route. Purchasers of the book are entitled to receive GPS waypoint data and periodic route updates