Jennifer Partika
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- October 2018
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Hello @Jennifer PartikaHello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
Lovingkindness,Hello @Jennifer Partika
...after reaching Arles I followed a trail via Sisteron, Gap then Montgenèvre over Les Hautes Alps du France to Cesana Torinese. I followed the GR 653D. Here is a resource I put together (login to download) : GR 653D Via Domitia: Arles to Montgenèvre
From Cesano Torinese I continued along the Via Francigena to Lucca and beyond. Here's another resource with accommodation and stages taakern: Italy: Shelter
There are other routes one can take from Arles which pass along the coast.
Happy planning,
Lovingkindness
Hi there @mspath! It was an exhilerating experience, Yes. Each day I walked as far as able, made music in the streets, then set about finding a place to sleep. It was quite a social experience and a big learning curve - I wasn't used to busking or asking others for help day after day. (I set off from Le Lot-et-Garonne aiming for Jerusalem. I had nothing in my pocket so earnt my way. The journey lasted 18 months. After Jersualem I made my way back from Italy to Amsterdam.)Lovingkindness,
Your Arles to Montgenèvre resource is great! Reading all those mountain place names is exhilerating and brings back happy memories. ...
This site may be of some help:Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
Hi, Jennifer. I walked the Via Francigena from Aosta, near the French-Italian border, down to Rome in 2019. You will find Italy beautiful, but not as accommodating as Spain for Pilgrims. The ostellos are fewer and farther in between. It will depend on what time of year you start your journey. During Winter most of the ostellos are closed and if they are open, they will be more expensive than Spanish albergues. They averaged about 20 euros per night, without any food. Don't depend on Franciscans taking you in, either. I had bad experiences with them. You will also find yourself walking alone for most of the time. I spent 6 weeks walking with about 7 days of that walking with another pilgrim. The path is not as well marked as The Camino de Santiago so get the Via Francigena app on your phone. It will guide you down through Italy, keeping you on the right trail. I did not walk France, but some friends of mine did and said it was worse than Italy as far as being PIlgrim friendly, but that is second hand info! Bene Camino! Hope that helps!!!Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
They most certainly don't.Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Research information on the Via Francigena which goes from England to Rome. There is a lot of information on connecting to it from le puy and Arles.Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
The Via Alpina passes nearby, following which you could get to any relatively close Camino path.The Mont Blanc chair lift would be the most scenic way to pass from France into Italy. I don't know if it is near any Camino.
Re: chair lifts and cable cars. Spectacular, yes. But will you still be able to say that you walked the whole way, carrying your backpack every inch? We need to keep our priorities in mind.Note that scenic = Expensive!
The cable car over Mont Blanc from Chamonix, France to Courmayeur, Italy will cost at least 100 Euros. I can't think of a more spectacular boarder crossing so it is worth doing once in a lifetime.
Currently it is closed due to COVID.
-Paul
That is an ambitious project! I can’t help you with information. I could talk, from personal experience, about my walking tour around the Mont Blanc and even my walking across the glacier, with an Alpine guide, from the Aguille du Midi cable car station in France to the Helbronner cable station in Italy, a fantastic 5 km walk on snow and ice, instead of travelling high above the glacier in a fancy cable car cabin like the tourists do, but none of this would be useful for you because the Mont Blanc area is over 200 km / 130 miles to the north of your likely route through the South of France.I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented
Hello fellow pilgrims-
I am thinking of taking a few months to hike from Portugal to Italy (Lucca) I can follow the route from Lisbon to Santiago, then Santiago to SJPDP but then the way though France from there seems fragmented. As far as I can tell, all southern French routes end at Arles.
Does anyone know or have experience walking through France to Italy?
Why Lucca? why not down to Rome? St. Francis made the journey down to RomeThat is an ambitious project! I can’t help you with information. I could talk, from personal experience, about my walking tour around the Mont Blanc and even my walking across the glacier, with an Alpine guide, from the Aguille du Midi cable car station in France to the Helbronner cable station in Italy, a fantastic 5 km walk on snow and ice, instead of travelling high above the glacier in a fancy cable car cabin like the tourists do, but none of this would be useful for you because the Mont Blanc area is over 200 km / 130 miles to the north of your likely route through the South of France.
So my only advice is that you could edit the thread title from France to Italy to something more focused like Arles (France) to Lucca (Italy)? or similar to get further useful information for your future walk. Bon chemin!
Why Lucca? Why Portugal? Why Lisbon? Why Santiago? Why walk for a few months?Why Lucca? why not down to Rome? St. Francis made the journey down to Rome
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