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When thinking about how easy or difficult a route is, don't forget the cultural challenges. A walk from Genoa to Santiago would cross, at minimum, Italian, French, Catalan, and Spanish cultural zones. And in general, the more pilgrim traffic a path receives, the easier it is to navigate the...
I also made Figeac my only full rest day, although I had a few shorter days here and there. If a pilgrim is booking gîtes 1-2 days in advance (versus 2 weeks) and doing a good job listening to one's body, this should be fairly easy to do.
Note that Figeac has one very nice laundromat (here)...
I'm writing from Aire sur l'Adour to follow up -- my father took the Compostelle bus from Conques back to Le Puy, which provided an easy transfer to the train station there. He enjoyed revisiting our walk in reverse out the window. The La Malle Postale van would have provided similar service (or...
Thanks to @BlackRocker57 @TaijiPilgrim and @good_old_shoes for your thoughts. I think taking the bus back to Le Puy is a very good option; because the bus makes so many intermediate stops between Conques and Le Puy, we will have flexibility about how far we walk during his time in France.
And...
I'm planning to walk the Via Podiensis in a month or two, and my father may join me for the first 7-10 days of the chemin before he returns to the USA. So I would like to guide him to an easy exit point about a week into the walk. Considerations:
We will probably walk 20-25km per day.
My father...
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