traveltheresa
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le Puy- Arles- Piemond Route over Lourdes?! I Hope!
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By NOT going to Le Puy (unless you are looking for a walking route)!! Head for Toulouse, then to Arles, or go directly to Arles. You can start the Via Tolosana from Toulouse; it is the last half of the Arles route. You can branch from the Via Tolosana to Lourdes, then head for SJPdP or the Camino Aragones to Puente La Reina..How do I get to Arles from Le Puy?
Hey
I am a young pilgrim from germany and I will continue walking from le puy in march and I am trying to plan a liiiittle bit now..
I Want to go vers Lourdes so I am thinking to go to Arles and then continue on the Piemont Route somehow.
How do I get to Arles from Le Puy? Is there a guide I can check? On some maps there is a way marked but I cant find a name or any information!
Thankyou so much in advance for your help
Theresa
For a first pilgrimage I suggest you consider the well trod path as far as possible.
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From Orthez (shock, horror) take a train to Lourdes.
A first pilgrimage is always best when it has a bit of "into the unknown"
Bonjour @traveltheresa
For preparation at home, here is a link to Carte-Géoportail, a french governmental site which provides geographic information for all of France and map making facilities. ie, One can make hiking maps and print them off free of charge.
https://www.geoportail.gouv.fr/
For example: Arles - St Gilles
*type Arles in 'Chercher un lieu,'. Click, 13200 Arles. Then click 'ok'.
*When the map appears zoom in to 'echelle 1 17055' (indicated bottom left hand corner of screen).
All the GR trails leading from Arles will appear in flurescent pink. In addition, les chemins de Saint Jacques will be identified by the yellow-on-blue camino logo.
Between Arles and St Gilles-sur-Gard one can see two GR routes, the GR 42 which follows the river, Le Petit Rhône and the GR653 Chemin d'Arles. The two GRs connect before the bridge at the entrance to St Gilles. (Zoom out to ''Echelle 1 34110).
*in the top right of the screen there is a spanner tool symbol. Using this, one can annotate the map and make measurements etc before printing.
Have fun exploring!
Cheers
Lovingkindness
ps...a friend who has worked and walked in the area between St Gilles, Saliers and Arles says that the GR653 has a dangerous spot of road walking for 1 km between Saliers and the crossroads at Crin Blanc . He suggests that the GR 42 river trail which follows the digue would be more pleasant.[/QU
For me there is no GR trails appearing, I dont think its working? Or do I have to change something?
Thaaaankyou!
ewwww, now THIS is an interesting question ...
But I can start by telling you that the Way to Lourdes from Le Puy is not via Arles.
Relatively speaking, Lourdes is far closer to where the Le Puy route joins the Vézelay than elsewhere, and most possibilities southwards from the Le Puy route near Le Puy involve mountains but no hiking trails.
So, even without consulting my maps, I'd say follow the Le Puy route, then strike southwards somewhere towards the "end" -- from somewhere westwards anyway.
My old IGN map shows a traditional secondary route down from Rocamadour to Toulouse (technically a variant of the Vézelay), which crosses the Le Puy route at a point not too far after Conques. Based on this map, I'd then suggest following the Arles route from there to Auch (provisionally ; will probably revise that), then strike South hors piste towards Tarbes, thence Lourdes.
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Now, technically.
I find from mapy.cz (go to that site ; get the app) that the crossroads at that point is basically Cahors, so follow the Le Puy route to Cahors. (make that a rest day, Cahors is lovely, though it's been decades since my one quick visit there)
There's where you'd have to start your hors-piste.
Make your way from Cahors along the smallest most local roads through villages you can find (go prepared, there might not be too many food shops along the way) basically South towards Montauban ; but from Montauban you can follow the hiking trail along the Canal to Toulouse.
Then, it seems, follow the Voie d'Arles to Maubourget. (so not Auch)
A couple K past Maubourget, leave the Arles for the southwards waymarked route, through Saint-Lézer etc (GR 101), and THAT will take you to Lourdes.
Hi again @traveltheresahttp://www.randonnees-midi-pyrenees.com/Portals/130/Media/2014/carte-st-jacques-3500.jpg
This makes more sense with the map. So I first go on the via podiensis and then I cross over to the chemin de arles and then just follow this one?
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