Route: Porta Claudia – Scharnitz – Seefeld // Seefeld – Auland – Reith – Leithen – Zirl – Innsbruck

It's well-known that all roads lead to Rome, especially among pilgrims. The Via Romea, a historic pilgrimage route from Stade near Hamburg through Tyrol to Rome, has now been officially certified.

The entire 2,200-kilometer pilgrimage route dates back to Albert of Stade, Abbot of the German monastery of the same name. He meticulously documented his pilgrimage to Rome and his audience with Pope Gregory IX in 1236. This allowed the pilgrimage route, named "Via Romea" by him, to be accurately reconstructed. Today, the German and Italian associations "Via Romea Germanica" share its maintenance.

One of the most beautiful sections of the pilgrimage route spans 80 kilometers and four stages through Tyrol and the vast natural diversity of the Seefeld region - Tyrol's high plateau. Pilgrims first enter Tyrolean soil in Scharnitz, under the shadow of the historic Alpine fortress Porta Claudia. Here, they experience the impressive landscape along the Isar, walk past the Gießenbach, and pass through the Lehenwald forest. Following the ancient Romans, they continue along the expansive Karwendel Nature Park to Seefeld, the internationally known heart