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What is the name of the camino out of Perpignan...I've heard about and been wanting to visit that city. Visiting and walking from there sounds a good combination. I love France!I have a ticket to southern France on September 26, starting my camino at Banyuls or Perpignan. A lot can happen in a month, but at the moment I plan to use it.
Not sure what it's called in France - I think it joins the Cami Catalan on the border at Perthus or Puigcerda, or at Llançà near the coast. Perpignan's a lovely city which I last visited when I was about 18 (40 years ago: "I feel chilly and grown old"), so I'm hoping I will make it back there next month - lots of Maillol sculptures, more catalan than French in many ways.What is the name of the camino out of Perpignan...I've bee wanting to visit that city. Visiting and walking from there sounds a good combination.
Well Alan, I know from the forum that you walk many of the more obscure Camino routes. If you are unsure of an official name out of Perpignan, I doubt I will ever be adding it to my future camino bucket list! Thanks anyway, and best of luck to you! I'm sure Laurie would have loved to join you once again if we in the USA were not "quarantined" to European travel at this time.Not sure what it's called in France - I think it joins the Cami Catalan on the border at Perthus or Puigcerda, or at Llançà near the coast. Perpignan's a lovely city which I last visited when I was about 18 (40 years ago: "I feel chilly and grown old"), so I'm hoping I will make it back there next month - lots of Maillol sculptures, more catalan than French in many ways.
Not sure what it's called in France - I think it joins the Cami Catalan on the border at Perthus or Puigcerda, or at Llançà near the coast. Perpignan's a lovely city which I last visited when I was about 18 (40 years ago: "I feel chilly and grown old"), so I'm hoping I will make it back there next month - lots of Maillol sculptures, more catalan than French in many ways.
I'm envious, you two! Hope you can connect with each other for that beer!We may be wandering down towards Perpignan ourselves in the coming weeks... I'll happily buy you a beer if the timings work out
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I have a ticket to southern France on September 26, starting my camino at Banyuls or Perpignan. A lot can happen in a month, but at the moment I plan to use it.
My collection of "Camino Routes I'll Never, Ever Walk" tells me there is a Camino Catalan de Sant Jaume (blue line) heading into Spain south of Le PerthusNot sure what it's called in France - I think it joins the Cami Catalan on the border at Perthus or Puigcerda, or at Llançà near the coast. Perpignan's a lovely city which I last visited when I was about 18 (40 years ago: "I feel chilly and grown old"), so I'm hoping I will make it back there next month - lots of Maillol sculptures, more catalan than French in many ways.
My collection of "Camino Routes I'll Never, Ever Walk" tells me there is a Camino Catalan de Sant Jaume (blue line) heading into Spain south of Le Perthus
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but does not show anything north of the border. Any use?
What is the name of the camino out of Perpignan
Unfortunately, it sounds like the four Caminos leading out of Perpignan are "out of my league", too. I know little Spanish and the Catalan would be quite daunting to navigate for me. If I am ever to visit that city, I will have to stay put to enjoy a few days there, then bus or train back to Le Puy to walk that beautiful route again.My collection of "Camino Routes I'll Never, Ever Walk"
The map appears to be upside down or at least the words on it are. Would you please flip it 180 degrees and repost it.Found the map I was looking for.
What is the name of the camino out of Perpignan...I've heard about and been wanting to visit that city. Visiting and walking from there sounds a good combination. I love France!
Found the map I was looking for.
Well @JabbaPapa, I would definately need a guide if I were to do either of those routes, and in addition my Spanish is nearly nil!Towards Santiago there are four routes -- and multiple variants.
Historically though they really lead from Catalonia via Perpignan towards Rome (the route predates the Camino), in which case the name is Cami Romieu.
In the other direction, well, you can call it the French Catalan Way, in French Les Chemins Catalans, but the fact is there are so few pilgrims on those routes that special names aren't really a thing that's needed --- it's just the Way of Saint James.
The two best routes are the one over the Perthus (you cross the Pyrenees at 250m altitude) and the one up the valley to Bourg-Madame (more beautiful, but tougher). There is a route up to Andorra as well, but it's poorly documented and fairly tough on the French side.
Those are nowhere near Perpignan.
Those are nowhere near Perpignan.
But yeah, there's easily a couple of dozen places where you can traverse the Pyrenees ...
Earlier this year (way back before Covid times), we were making plans for our next Camino to begin toward the end of September. We had contemplated starting in Perpignan and making our way to Llanca in order to follow in the footsteps of peregrina2000 by joining the Cami St. Jaume at that point. Having done some further research, I was unable to find a Camino route joing Perpignan with Llanca. So, instead we made plans to begin in Llanca and I made bookings for our first few nights along that route. Unfortunately, I have since then had to cancel said bookings as I am so uncertain of walking there at this time. I fear that many of the small communities along the way will not have facilities open for pilgrims and I have noted that this is indeed the case once one reaches Montserrat and the small places one goes through after that on the way to Huesca. Given the ever-changing restrictions in Spain combined with recent rotating lockdowns throughout the country, it would seem almost impossible to plan any Camino route beginning toward the end of September. All I can do now is to think back fondly to the Caminos I have walked and hope that there will come a day when I can once again enjoy the wonders of being on a Camino.I did find an old thread from way back when, when I was starting to sort this all out, and it is focused on the routes from France that go into Catalunya. So that might be helpful for people who are going to be walking from or near Perpignan.
It's common practice, in the northern hemisphere at least, to have north at the top of the map. Perhaps turn your computer screen 90 degrees to the left?The map appears to be upside down or at least the words on it are. Would you please flip it 180 degrees and repost it.
It's common practice, in the northern hemisphere at least, to have north at the top of the map. Perhaps turn your computer screen 90 degrees to the left?
The map appears to be upside down or at least the words on it are. Would you please flip it 180 degrees and repost it.
It's common practice, in the northern hemisphere at least, to have north at the top of the map. Perhaps turn your computer screen 90 degrees to the left?
JabbaPapa, does it look to you like I have a picture of the central part of the French-Spain border? Around Huesca?
There is also this (scroll down for the map):I think that means I have to go back to hunt for the rest of that map, I know I have it somewhere, and it extended across the entire range.
Earlier this year (way back before Covid times), we were making plans for our next Camino to begin toward the end of September. We had contemplated starting in Perpignan and making our way to Llanca in order to follow in the footsteps of peregrina2000 by joining the Cami St. Jaume at that point. Having done some further research, I was unable to find a Camino route joing Perpignan with Llanca. So, instead we made plans to begin in Llanca and I made bookings for our first few nights along that route.
Unfortunately, I have since then had to cancel said bookings as I am so uncertain of walking there at this time. I fear that many of the small communities along the way will not have facilities open for pilgrims and I have noted that this is indeed the case once one reaches Montserrat and the small places one goes through after that on the way to Huesca.
There is also this (scroll down for the map):
Unfortunately it doesn't show detail north of the border.Catalunya
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