Paris & Tours Way (Via Turonesis)

[SafariGirl]

Hello Fellow Pilgrims,

I am interested to know if anyone has ever walked the Paris & Tours Way to St Jean Pied de Port, or knows of resources that would be useful in following this Camino?

Many thanks!

Michele

 

[sillydoll]

I started in Paris in 2004, walking 2 Paris Pilgrim itineraries from the CSJ book Paris Pilgrim. Then we took a train to Orleans and walked from there to Roncesvalles.

APOC has an overview:

http://americanpilgrims.com/camino/route_descriptions/route_paris.html

As does the CSJ of UK:

http://www.csj.org.uk/planning-your-pilgrimage/routes-to-santiago/the-routes-today/the-paris-route/

Websites:
http://www.compostelle-tours.org/

http://viaturonensis.pagesperso-orange.fr/

http://verscompostelle.be/index.html

http://www.chemin-compostelle.info/france/paris-tours-pelerinage-compostelle.php


There is a good Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/Chemin-de-...ia-Turonensis-126785680685488/?ref=ts&fref=ts

Good luck! As you can see from the map it is flat until you reach the south around Ostobat and then there are the Pyrenean hills and the crossing into Spain.

 

[SafariGirl]

That's great Sillydoll, thank you so much. Am I right in thinking that you are the author of the Amazon Kindle book about this route? I've just been researching if I can read it on an Apple iPad mini...and am pleased to see I can!

Many thanks again xx

 

[sillydoll]

Yes - I turned my diary into a Kindle book. Much has changed since then and I'm sure there is more support for pilgrims today.

 

[pudgypilgrim]

There's also a sub-forum here just for that route:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/the-tours-route.47/

 

[mspath]

In addition to all the wonderful information regarding the Paris route compiled and written by Sil/Sillydoll check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.

When on the parvis or place facing Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins while visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy! As an American who has lived 35+ years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Now more than ever may it always be so.

Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

 

[cherrys]

In addition to all the wonderful information regarding the Paris route compiled and written by Sil/Sillydoll check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.

When on the parvis or place facing Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins while visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy! As an American who has lived 35+ years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Now more than ever may it always be so.

Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

Thank you for that link to Nicolas Flamel. I've just passed it on to my daughter who will be very interested - Cherry

 

[Kanga]

Lots of threads for you to explore in "The Tours route" section of the forum!

 

[SafariGirl]

There's also a sub-forum here just for that route:
https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/forums/the-tours-route.47/

Many thanks Pudgypilgrim!
All the best
Michele

 

[SafariGirl]

In addition to all the wonderful information regarding the Paris route compiled and written by Sil/Sillydoll check out these earlier Forum threads for more about pilgrim sites in Paris and the camino in Paris.

Visit the Tour Saint Jacques and perhaps dine nearby at the Auberge de Nicolas Flamel , 51 rue de Monmorency, a restored medieval house in the marais built by and named for a man who donated much of his wealth to help pilgrims.

When on the parvis or place facing Notre Dame cathedral below you underground lie Roman ruins while visible to your right across the Seine begins the medieval rue Saint Jacques which pilgrims followed to leave the city; walk it a bit and ponder history.

Take a deep breath, relax and just enjoy! As an American who has lived 35+ years in France both in Paris and Champagne even after all those years for me as Thomas Jefferson wrote “a walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of life.”

Now more than ever may it always be so.

Bon Chemin and Buen Camino,

Margaret Meredith

Thank you so much for this Margaret. Paris is a city I truly love, so when I come to do this camino these are lovely pointers that I look forward to following...
All the best
Michele

 

[SafariGirl]

Lots of threads for you to explore in "The Tours route" section of the forum!

Thanks Kanga...I'll take a look..
All the best
Michele