Camino de Santiago de Compostela

[KillerQueen]

I'm thinking on doing Paris to Compostela, first via Turonensis and then via Camino Francés.

Is there a way to do this? Has someone did this? How many kilometers there are from one city to the other one? How much time did it take to you? How much money do I have to take to do the whole route?

Thanks in advance for your recommendations!
Best regards,

Alan @ Buenos Aires, Argentina.

[giorgio]

Hallo Alan,
on this site you have a summary , day by day ,from paris to santiago via Tours and the Camino del norte. Was done a few years ago by a friend of mine. It is in italian, but you can probably use it to see stages and places to stop
http://www.camminfacendo.altervista.org/diario3.htm
Giorgio

[sillydoll]

I walked this route in 2004 and used the Paris to the Pyrenees guide book from the CSJ bookshop - http://www.csj.org.uk - and also the CSJ's Camino Frances guide book.
Gareth walked from England and from Paris a year ago and I'm sure would be happy to give you some up-to-date advice.

[KillerQueen]

Thank you very much for your comments. In the Georgio's friend page, he lasted 2 months and a few days to do Via Turonensis + Camino del Norte. Awesome... I was thinking in about 3 or 3 and a half! Obviously, he's an expert walker... I have to think very well if I want to do these 1800km in the first time... the largest pilgrimage I've done is Lujan in Argentina, that it's like 70km.

Mmmmh... very scary, but I don't want to wait 11 years to have another Jacob Saint Year... I would be 34, and probably I wouldn't be as healthy as I am now.

[sillydoll]

You will have almost 1 000km to get fit!
The Via Turonensis is like a flat-line on a heart monitor and you will only find a few hills when you reach the south. By then you'll be able to march over the pass between St Jean and Roncesvalles! (That is the pointed blip at the end!)

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