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I walked from Le Puy to Conques starting October 1, 2018 and saw few pilgrims on the trail but always a convivial, mostly French-speaking, group at dinner in the auberges. I reserved the auberges ahead and always had a great meal and decent place to stay. It got a little chilly in the mornings...
I walked from Le Puy to Conques Oct 1-10 four years ago and had ideal weather. Then I picked up where I left off, Conques to Miradoux mid-Sept 2021 and had quite a bit of rain and a lot of mud so I guess it’s not easy to predict.
I adored the beauty and the serenity of this route. Even if you don’t have many other people walking at the same time, you’ll always have a group around the dinner table. Disclaimer: I do speak French, but you’ll be ok if you google and practice some basic phrases while you’re walking. Saying...
I took the TGV train from Paris to Lyon then took a BlaBlaCar from Lyon direct to Le Puy. All very easy once you have the BlaBlaCar app. Create an alert on the app for Lyon to Le Puy and you’ll start receiving different options for people going that direction with room in their cars within two...
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