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For stays on the Le Puy route, my experience was around 45 Eur/day average, if that helps. Tours shouldnt be much more than that.
No camping; usual mix of gites, chamber d'hotes, auberges. WIth demi-pension as much as possible, of course.Did you stay in hostels, monasteries, or did you camp?
Welcome to the forum Schmudtdo. I have no experience walking Paris to SJPdP but another forum member Epicamino has recently completed this way as part of his Camino. Although he did quite a bit of camping looking at his posts could be a good resource. In respect of costs re: tour company vs planning yourself I would definitely vote for planning yourself. I compared three companies for the Camino Frances vs booking myself and the money I saved paid for my airfare and comprehensive travel insurance. I live in Australia and have a total hip replacement so the saving at the minimum was in excess of $2.5k in Aussie dollars. Yes, it will take more research time but so enjoyable. Whatever you decide - Buen Camino!Good afternoon all,
First off I want to say that I apologize that I haven't done enough research for this. I wasn't planning on walking the Camino until June of 2020, but I recently lost my job so I felt like that was a sign to start early. I'm not trying to start a pity party by any means as I'm just trying to explain why I'm not as prepared as I would like.
I will be arriving in Paris on July 11 2019 and I was planning on taking a bus/train to St. Jean, but after reading the Village to Village Guide Camino De Santiago guide I wanted to look into walking from Paris to St. Jean as long as it's not too expensive. I looked online and was quoted around $5200 which is entirely too much for me, so I wanted to see if there were any other options as I would probably just take a bus to St. Jean and start from there.
Are there any other options? I've been looking online and it seems like there aren't any open hostels that are within my price range. I was reading a little bit about people being able to stay in monasteries and places like that, but I'm not sure if that's reserved for people who are priests/nuns/friars, etc...I am Catholic though in case that matters. I also don't speak any French and barely any Spanish as you can only learn so much in a month :/
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Not being a fluent speaker of French I found it difficult to research as many websites did not have English options.
I walked Paris to Saintes then the rains came, so I took a train to Hendaye and walked the Norte from Irùn and the Primitivo the Santiago and Fisterra. There were some hostels, parish houses (and gîtes) along the way, but I also had a tent when there were no accommodations. Do Google searches for accommodations along the various routes going south from Paris. I came up with a list that served me well.Good afternoon all,
First off I want to say that I apologize that I haven't done enough research for this. I wasn't planning on walking the Camino until June of 2020, but I recently lost my job so I felt like that was a sign to start early. I'm not trying to start a pity party by any means as I'm just trying to explain why I'm not as prepared as I would like.
I will be arriving in Paris on July 11 2019 and I was planning on taking a bus/train to St. Jean, but after reading the Village to Village Guide Camino De Santiago guide I wanted to look into walking from Paris to St. Jean as long as it's not too expensive. I looked online and was quoted around $5200 which is entirely too much for me, so I wanted to see if there were any other options as I would probably just take a bus to St. Jean and start from there.
Are there any other options? I've been looking online and it seems like there aren't any open hostels that are within my price range. I was reading a little bit about people being able to stay in monasteries and places like that, but I'm not sure if that's reserved for people who are priests/nuns/friars, etc...I am Catholic though in case that matters. I also don't speak any French and barely any Spanish as you can only learn so much in a month :/
Any and all advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks!
Let me ask you: so it means, that THERE IS an actual "Camino" waymarked?Hi Biarritzdon
My husband, daughter and I started the Tours route in Orléans a few weeks ago. Our intention was to do some walking and take some trains as time was limited.
Not being a fluent speaker of French I found it difficult to research as many websites did not have English options. We found it expensive as we were unable to source much information about cheaper options for accommodation. And there are no Pilgrim menus so food was expensive.
There are long stretches without food or water so you need to be prepared. Often the Camino did not run close to bus or train routes.
The route through the Loire Valley was beautiful and easy to walk but once we got to Tours it became very difficult for us as we can only walk around 15kms a day and the Camino route, bus and train lines and our ability didn’t always align.
In the end we took the train into Poitiers, then onto Bordeaux and St Jean Pied de Port. My daughter and I have done Camino Frances twice so we started walking that route a week ago, currently in Nájera. Soon we will return to Paris, but have enjoyed Frances where we can walk shorter days if necessary there is cheap accommodation and food.
The whole point of my long-winded post I guess is you really do need to be prepared, understand your abilities, you may very well be able to do longer days than us, and be prepared that it will cost more.
Bon Chemin.
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