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I cannot help you choose, but I walked from Lourdes to SJPdP ( and then CF) in September 2009 and enjoyed it immensely. Six or seven days, with very few other walkers and quite adequate pilgrim accommodation. Gentle terrain along the edge of the mountains. And great Basque ewe's cheese!!!Hi,
I will be starting my second camino in Lourdes next week (7 years has passed since the first!).
Which way do you recommend - piemont (lourdes -> saint jean -> frances), or go with Aragones and join frances in puente la riene?
On my first, I walked from sjpdp to santiago on frances.
Waiting for your advices...
I, too highly recommend the Aragones. I walked from Oloron Ste Marie to the Somport Pass, to Puente la Reina to Santiago in 2016. Yes, there were some challenges, but I appreciated the beauty of the mountainous countryside and the wonder of San Juan de la Pena. For me, it was a shock to join up with the Frances at Puente la Reina, although I did want to go on to Santiago. But I have never walked the Piemont route, although I saw where it separated from the Camino d'Arles on the way out of Oloron Ste Marie, so I cannot compare the two.When I walked from Lourdes, we walked the Aragones.
Highly recommended!
I wanted to visit San Juan de la Peña in late-April, but I got confused about how to get there when I left Jaca. I saw road signs but no camino markings at a big road junction, so I took the path toward St Clara(?) instead. I had no guidebook to help me, which may have been a big mistake. I saw additional road signs along the route to St Clara(?), but the km distances suggested I’d be in for a much longer walk then than if I’d made the move nearer to Jaca centre.Aragones for sure. I lived in Aragon for a while and walked many parts of it - it is absolutely stunning. If you do decide to walk it, take the route through San Juan de la Peña, it is the most impressive monument I had ever seen and the views are amazing, the extra kms are worth it!
If you are undecided about taking the Somport or St Jean route to the CF, you may wish to consider making that decision at Arudy rather than waiting until you reach Oloron. The priest with whom many people choose to stay at Arudy has route sheets for both ways, with the opportunity to save a day’s walk to Somport by missing out Oloron altogether + walking directly to Sarrance instead (28kms, maybe less). Buen Camino!
Hi,
I will be starting my second camino in Lourdes next week (7 years has passed since the first!).
Which way do you recommend - piemont (lourdes -> saint jean -> frances), or go with Aragones and join frances in puente la riene?
On my first, I walked from sjpdp to santiago on frances.
Waiting for your advices...
We like Tim walked via SJPdP and loved it but saving your decision to Oloron feels like the right thing to do.
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