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Thank you all for your suggestions and comments! I think I will try Casa León this time, even though I read that he does not welcome guests with rucksacks.
Can anyone recommend a good restaurant between Santo Domingo de la Calzada and Belorado?
Last year (or 2022) I had lunch in El Chocolatero, but found it mediocre.
Casa Leóon has very mixed reports on Tripadvisor.
Thanks in advance for your tips!
Many thanks to all of you who have commented on my post and my apologies for not having been able to answer sooner!
A special apology to MassNative for not spelling out CH and GDE.
When possible, I always contacted the CH or GDE directly - I...
Many thanks to all of you who have taken time to reply to my post and my apologies for not having been able to answer sooner!
Your suggestions have been most helpful! Some of the books suggested I have already read:
Vargas : one of my favourite...
Can any of you recommend books in French or authors associated with the Voie du Puy, in particular the stretch between Le Puy and Cahors? A search on Google did not produce any results.
I am thinking primarily about fiction but would not be...
I have just finished reserving my accommodation for the 19 nights I hope to spend, God being willing, walking from Le Puy to Cahors via the Célé valley.
Leaving Le Puy ten days after Easter and planning to arrive in Cahors before the 1 May...
This link to the CH "La Flore" in Saugues shows the extent to which prospective walkers/pilgrims are already booking rooms in advance. There are very few dates free in May and there are bookings already even in far-away September! As they say in...
I am in the process of organising my walk on the Voie du Puy and at the same time I am also reading a long French thriller called "Citoyens clandestins" by a man writing under the nom de plume of DOA (dead on arrival).
To my great surprise the...
Thank you all for taking time to share your experience and advice with me! If I have not reacted sooner, it is because I wanted to get my ideas straight before replying.
I have in the meantime read the many threads on the forum on this subject...
God permitting, I plan to travel to Le Puy on Saturday 13 April, walk to Cahors (via the Célé variant) and on Tuesday 30 April take the train to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, to continue along the Camino francés.
I have walked many of the Caminos in...
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