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EuroVelo 5 - Via Romea (Francigena)

The EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) project was launched in April 2016, aiming at diversifying the European tourism offer through the development of EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) as an innovative transnational thematic cycle route for sport and wellness tourism, capitalising the Via Romea (Francigena) and its importance to our shared European cultural heritage.

Co-funded by the Executive Agency for Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (EASME), the 18-month EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) project took place from April 2016 to October 2017. It aimed at developing and promoting the EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) as a competitive, sustainable and high-quality tourism on a European scale.

The specific objectives of the project were to support cross-border thematic tourism products which reflect common European cultural and industrial heritage and local traditions, and diversify the European tourism offer and/or economic regeneration and job creation in declining (post) industrial regions, through the development of EuroVelo 5 – Via Romea (Francigena) (EV5-VRF), as an innovative transnational long distance cycle route, capitalising on its importance to our shared European cultural heritage.

ECF was one of 11 partners from 5 different countries:

United Kingdom

  • University of Central Lancashire (Lead Partner)
  • Saddle Skedaddle

Belgium

  • Brussels Mobility, Brussels Region

Luxembourg

  • Luxembourg Cycling Initiative

France

  • Conseil General du Bas-Rhin

Italy

  • Verde Natura
  • Regione Puglia
  • Federazione Italiana Amici della Bicicletta
  • Associazione Europea delle Vie Francigene
  • ItinerAria