Is there already a thread somewhere regarding the French part of the Camino which starts in Arles and connects with the Spanish Camino Girona (Cami Sant Jaume) to Montserrat and then the Camino Catalan to Logrono? I have the French Rando Guide Le Chemin Catalan: D'Arles a Logrono via Le Chemin de Le'Ebre (2013) which covers the route I am thinking of doing. It hugs the French coast initially, follows a bit of the Canal du Midi and then heads south to Narbonne and Perpignan continuing straight south before crossing the Col du Perthus and connecting with the Spanish Catalan camino route. I'm interested in getting more information on the French portion of this walk including up-to-date accomodation lists and pilgrim services. Are there accueil pelerin families on the French portion of this route?
I'm going to be following more or less this route myself on my current Camino, currently on hold from injury.
You head to Sète immediately after Montpellier, then follow a cycling route through Agde and Béziers, then either messily avoid Narbonne along the coast or head into town as you prefer (it seems a bit DIY 'round there), then strictly back along the coast until you get near to Perpignan.
For me after that, basically follow the Têt upriver to Pradès and onwards, bit of DIY needed, then either make your choice of hiking trail or continue on upriver or whatever (personally, I'll be going via the Llívia enclave just for fun), to Puigcerdà just on the other side of the main border.
That seems anyway more sensible to me than going down via the Col du Perthus -- though YMMV.
There are a few hiking trail choices out of Puigcerdà, and I think I'll make my choices when I arrive there -- but almost certainly I'll go down the valley to Urgell and etc, even though things get a bit messy, towards Ponts, then head for the Camí Catalan at Tarrega, then follow the variant via Lleída towards the Ebro Way.
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The old traditional Pilgrim Way through there was of course via Andorra, but that's become pretty much unhikeable nowadays, at least up to the Principality itself, unless you're keen on several days spent hiking beside heavy traffic on a dual-carriageway.
But Andorra does still look like a decent starting point.
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As for accommodations, I really don't know yet -- I've mostly been heading from Parish to Parish rather than waymark to waymark so far, and have been mostly lucky (only two nights outdoors so far), but each Camino through France seems to be its own beastie as far as such things are concerned.
One thing though -- I can recommend an app and associated website called mapy.cz for route planning.
Seems to exist for all platforms (even my Windows phone !!), and whilst on at least one version it has some interface stuff in Czech, at least on my phone version (the desktop PC version is all in English), it's intuitive and easy to use, detailed, and it shows all sorts of hiking routes, not just the Ways of Saint James and the principle GR routes.
Good luck, buen Camino, and Ultreia !!!