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🇫🇷 Routes in France
🇫🇷 Voie du PUY-EN-VELAY (Le Puy en Velay - SJPP)
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[QUOTE="julie, post: 163294, member: 668"] I've walked both routes between Figeac and Cahors and the Valley of the Cele wins hands down. I walked the Cele last year and found the route markings were generally good. The only problem was at Bouziès because you have a choice of going in either direction on the GR36. I wanted to head east to Saint-Cirq-Lapopie. It wasn't marked as such so I took a punt and the markers appeared again about 50m further on. There was no problem after that. Unfortunately, I can't give you gite details for the first couple of days as I was staying with a friend who lives in Marcilhac-sur-Célé. I can recommend Marcilhac as a stop-over.It's very pretty and has the ruins of an Abbey, a patisserie, small supermarket, bar and restaurant. From there, Cabrerets is 19km. I've stayed in and can recommend the communal gite in Cabrerets. It was very clean and the rooms have only two bunks in each and also have their own bathroom. Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is only 11km from Cabrerets which is perfect as it gives you time to go through the Peche Merle caves (prehistoric cave paintings). You don't have to go out of your way to visit the caves, the route virtually goes past the front door. Though touristic, Saint-Cirq-Lapopie is worthy of a visit because it was last year voted the most beautiful village in France. Be aware that the gite in Saint-Cirq-Lapopie has to be booked at least one day in advance. You will be given a key number and the keys are left in the gite. There is no-one in attendance when you arrive. The phone number is +33(0)565312151 I visited the gite and it looked spic and span but I wasn't aware of the booking rule so ended up in a chamber d'hôte. The tourist office was very helpful in sorting out somewhere for me to stay. My next night was 22.5km further on in the convent at Vaylats, phone number +33(0)565316351. You have to detour to go to Vaylats but it is well-marked and there is no need to backtrack when you set out the next morning. The final stage was about 24km into Cahors. I've stayed in both the Foyer des Jeunes Travailleurs and the Foyer des Jeunes du Quercy and both are fine. My preference is for the latter simply because it is closer to the Cathedral. Hope you enjoyed the Aubrac. I found it quite spooky (in a good way) in the mist. [/QUOTE]
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