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5 day walk on Le Puy route to St Jean PDP

sfoley

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Hi,
I have a time to do a 5 day walk next week to St Jean PDP before walking on the Camino Frances in Spain. Would anyone have any recommendations for 5 stages to arrive in St Jean PDP and if i can get a map of the route stages off the internet and accomadation, would i need to book in advance(my french is poor).

regards,
sfoley
 
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Hi,
I looked up my stages for the last five days before SJPP and they were: -Uzan -Cambarrat -Navarrenx - Aroue -Ostabat -SJPP.

I think it is a great idea to start for a few days on this route, but the tricky bit might actually be to get to your chosen starting point, as a lot of this landscape is very rural, and public transport is thin on the ground. Uzan for instance is a very rural little village.
I walked through here in May when it was pretty much necessary to book, but May is apparently one of the busiest months. (We happened to 'coincide' with a large group from Aire sur l'Adour to SJPP, which meant we had to stay a few places we might not otherwise have chosen.)

On the Miam Miam Dodo site you can see a Map. http://www.chemindecompostelle.com/Selection/CarteFrance.html Click on the rectangles for Arzacq and Arthez-de-Béarn to get closer to where you want to go. This map only leads you to advertised accommodation though: there is more on the actual route. You can see a list of more accommodation here: http://www.xacobeo.fr/ZE1.03.Puy_gites.htm Look to the end to see PYRENEES ATLANTIQUES (64)

There is an e-mail address given for the Arzacq Tourist Office: http://www.chemindecompostelle.com/Selection/InformationArzacq.html Quite often someone will be able to reply in English at tourist offices, but not always. They might be able to advise on public transport for the area.
Margaret
 
Thanks for the information KiwiNomad06. I think maybe i will try this option next year when i have more time to prepare. I will do a few stages from Roncesvalles instead.

regards,
sfoley
 
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I have done what you wanted too, but I walked four days to SJPP. Then you have no problems with the tranport. I took the train which goes from Bayonne to Pau. Take this train to the town Orthez. A taxi brought me a few kilometers to the small village called Argagnon. There the Le Puy - SJPP - route cross the main road. So I just went out of the taxi and started my walk which ended in santiago. I wantede to do it that way, because I did not want to start by crossing the Pyrenees. It was some nice starting days. Recomended.
 
bjorgts said:
I have done what you wanted too, but I walked four days to SJPP. Then you have no problems with the tranport. I took the train which goes from Bayonne to Pau. Take this train to the town Orthez. A taxi brought me a few kilometers to the small village called Argangnon. There the Le Puy - SJPP - route cross the main road. So I just went out of the taxi and started my walk which ended in santiago. I wantede to do it that way, because I did not want to start by crossing the Pyrenees. It was some nice starting days. Recomended.

Great plan, bjorts! I see from my map that Argangnon is very close to Cambarrat, which was one of my favourite gites on the Le Puy route....
Margaret
 

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