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Centro Cresti Ponte d'Arbia - Photo ©Centro Cresti
PILGRIMS' ACCOMMODATION WITH DONATION
Centro Culturale L. Cresti

The Centro Culturale di Ponte d’Arbia, named after Mons. Lorenzo Cresti, began in 1978, when the premises became a reception centre for refugees from Vietnam and Cambodia. In 1998, the building was offered to pilgrims walking the Via Francigena to Rome, Jerusalem, Assisi or, in the opposite direction, Santiago di Compostela. 

The word spread about stopping in Ponte d’Arbia. For pilgrims walking from Siena (about 25 km), it’s a mandatory stop. What they are looking for is simple: a roof over their heads, a bed and a hot shower. The accommodation is managed by volunteers in the village.

GENERAL INFO
Address
Via Cassia, 3, 53014 Ponte D'arbia SI, Italia
Municipality
Ponte D'Arbia, Monteroni d'Arbia (SI)
Parish
Santa Famiglia a Ponte D'arbia
Accommodation contact person
Giuseppe Lotti
Telephone
327 7197439
Email
centrocresti@libero.it
Website
Managing institution (parish, confraternity, association….)
Parrocchia “Santa Famiglia a Ponte D'arbia”
Contact person
Don Carmelo Lo Cicero
Km from the via Francigena
0 m
TECHNICAL INFO
Total square metres
280 m2
Bathrooms
3
Showers
3
Sinks
5 + 1 outdoors
Hot water
Yes
Opening hours
Always
Opening period
Open year-round
Number and types of rooms
5 rooms (2 doubles, 1 triple, one with 7 beds, one with 6 beds). Sleeps a total of 20.
Summer and winter beds
Same
The representative sleeps on site
No
Recycling
Yes
Accessibility
No, just a ramp to the entrance. The rooms are on the first floor.
COSTS
Overnight stay
On a donation basis
Dinner
Independent basis
Breakfast
Independent basis
PILGRIMS' SERVICES
Kitchen use
Yes
Laundry
Yes
Dryer
Yes
Drying racks
Yes
Bicycle storage
Yes
Enclosed space for donkeys and horses
Yes
Dogs permitted
Yes, at the discretion of other guests
Wi-Fi
No, but there's free Via Francigena wifi in the village (50 m from the hostel)
Backpack/suitcase transfer
No
Bed on the floor
No
Tent in the garden (if yes, n. of spots)
Yes, about 50 places
Booking (specify groups or individuals, and with mandatory notice)
Possible but not required. Groups can book for up to 15 people
Access with pilgrims' credentials
Preferable
Bedsheets and blankets
No sheets, but blankets are available
CONFESSION
Name (priest, religious figure, monk, nun)
Don Carmelo Lo Cicero
Adress
Via Romana, 2 – 53014 - Ponte D'arbia, Monteroni d'Arbia (SI)
Telephone
Tel 0577 375617
Email
doncarmelo72@libero.it
Accessibility
Yes