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  1. FatmaG

    General questions about the Piemont Way

    The walk from Narbonne-plage to Narbonne went through "le plateau de la Clape" - very hot, arid, Mediterranean landscape. It was quite an adventure because no way marking, no water and the feeling of great loneliness ... I found it a beautiful, or "wild" start but not the most beautiful part of...
  2. FatmaG

    Foix - St Girons

    Have a look here: http://vppyr.free.fr/vpp.php Voie de la Garonne and Voie d'Aure connect southern France and Northern Spain via Jacobean ways before reaching Lourdes. Around Lourdes, there are some other connections you will find at the brilliant web site of vppyr. The 'Chemin des Bonshommes'...
  3. FatmaG

    Water in Southern France? And other problems.

    Have a look under http://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/threads/from-narbonne-plage-to-puente-la-reina-or-pamplona.10239/ There you can find plenty of details from my walk. Mostly, no problem finding water - except for some parts. Whether it is hard or not without French, I cannot tell...
  4. FatmaG

    Has anyone started in Lourdes and walked to St. Jean Pied de Port?

    I didn't start in Lourdes, but walked from Narbonne to Saint Jean via Lourdes. There is a pilgrim's albergue (for Pilgrims on the Camino de Santiago) in Lourdes, very lovely place, you are warmely welcomed arriving there! After Lourdes, there must be 7 or 8 days to Saint Jean. You will find my...
  5. FatmaG

    Starting in Pamiers , onto Lourdes and St. Jean Pied de Port

    Under the thread From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ? by FatmaG on 30 Nov 2011, 23:09 you can read my notes of the Voie du Piémont. Bon chemin, FatmaG
  6. FatmaG

    Profile Map - Piemont route

    If I remember well, the guidebook principally followed minor roads and not the GR trail which might have been inaugurated later on only... Prices have increased what is normal. But it was very useful for background information as to the region, the history and the culture. If a new guidebook...
  7. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    As I wrote in a PM, I don't know any french forum in that style. Caminodesantiago.me is a very unique place ...
  8. FatmaG

    Need info about acommodation, Carcassonne to Lourdes

    Thanks a lot for your feed back! Well, yes, it is indeed particular over there - and the impression of strangeness never really left me - or perhaps a little more after Lourdes - but only partly, I agree... France is a good deal more expensive than Spain, yes, but I think you can find...
  9. FatmaG

    Need info about acommodation, Carcassonne to Lourdes

    Hi PingHansen! You must be still on the road - approaching Galizia - if you started around end of august... How are you, how was it? I would enjoy to hear some day some news about your journey... Buen camino!
  10. FatmaG

    Need info about acommodation, Carcassonne to Lourdes

    I used mostly these: http://vppyr.free.fr/vpp-index-etapes.php3 http://www.ariege.com/cheminstjacques/index.html http://www.aucoeurduchemin.org/spip/-FRANCE-.html But here are some other pages: http://www.webcompostella.com/21-Haltes ... _a434.html http://www.xacobeo.fr/ZE1.11.Pie.htm...
  11. FatmaG

    Need info about acommodation, Carcassonne to Lourdes

    Hello PingHansen, yes I keep this camino indeed in very good memory! Although there are still less people on the road, I think, there are quite a lot of efforts done to improve pilgrimage on this camino. I had a small tent with me, so was not always specifically looking for a bed in a pilgrim's...
  12. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    @falcon : the IGN maps (1:100.000) are indeed great - but sometimes, I would have preferred a smaler scale with more details... Btw, the blue series still exists - http://loisirs.ign.fr/11/cartes/randonnee-france.htm (scale : 1:25 000) @caminka : Maps or not : all depend where you start and...
  13. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Caminka, I used IGN-maps, 4 of them to cover my camino, scale 1:100.000 - but cut them in 2 and took just the useful part with me. They were perhaps not sufficient, but better than nothing. Alternatively, take just maps of parts clearly missing waymarking... As to the Bagneres-Lourdes-...
  14. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Here some notes of my Voie du Piémont. They resume (in a more technical way) my stages on that camino. I could not do it with fewer words, sorry. On the other hand, I spared out all the nice little things that happen to you when you are on a camino, when you walk through countryside and meet up...
  15. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Peter, I was in Cathar region (Frontfroide, Lagrasse and Carcassonne) with beautiful abbeys and of course with Carcassonne. As well around this medieval city, I came through plenty villages called "en circulade" --- houses built in a circle which replace the fortifications around a church or...
  16. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Hello Caminka! I did! It was a very great experience - again... Much on my own, some parts with very few waymarking - especially on the beginning (from Narbonne-Plage till Carcassonne). Weather was sometimes rather autumnal in southern Europe this year... so some days, I decided not to follow...
  17. FatmaG

    Lourdes - Somport -Finisterre

    Paul, I am probably too late but if you should read this, I recommend you the albergue "La Ruche" (Rue de Pau) in Lourdes - it's only for 'jacobean' pilgrims, very warm welcome, great dinner and beautiful place just above the Sanctuary ! Another place not to miss is Arudy : in priest Pierre's...
  18. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Thank you, Peter, for the information. Very helpful web sites indeed! I am planning a summer camino - probably July (or June) - no snow, but it might be foggy of course - and not to think about a big summer rain or thunderstorm in the Pyrenees... But actually I am thinking about walking from...
  19. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Thank you for your answers, dear pilgrims! The 2 websites, yes, I knew them already as I did some research in the virtual world... Here, I was rather looking for some forum member having done the camino already and able to state some interesting things about... About 'droit' and 'droite' ...
  20. FatmaG

    From Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (or Pamplona) ?

    Has anyone experienced this camino? I found (at least) 2 possibilities : - Narbonne-Plage to Pamplona (via Saint Jean Pied de Port) or - Narbonne-Plage to Puente la Reina (via Somport) The 2nd alternative should take about 28 or 29 days (if everything goes well). And I guess the route via...

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