Ferenjinan
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- Time of past OR future Camino
- Le Puy- Auvillar ( 2018 )
Lisbon- Santiago (2019)
St. Jean Pied a Port - Finisterre 2008
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There is accommodation about every 16 km on Le Puy route and it is beautiful. My husband walked the whole route in 2012 aged 81. I have heard Vezelay Route has long stages and quite a few villages with dwindling population.Usually I'm never this undecided, but I cannot seem to choose between Le Puy and Vezelay routes in September. I'd like to be having lots of solitude while walking and not terribly long distances between stages; accommodation without constant fears of finding everything full; and some other pilgrims to be around form time to time.
When they say the start from Le Puy is arduous, what does this mean? Steep hills? How steep? ( I live in the Indian Himalayas at 1800m, and every day one walks up and down steep paths and stairs, schlepping the groceries etc on one's back) I did the Frances 10 years ago, averaging a mere 20 km per day because I like to walk slowly and smell the flowers, and the stages the guide book warned of being difficult kept me looking around to see where these hard bits had been.... but that was 10 years ago, eh, and the knees are somewhat older.
I'd like to be having lots of solitude while walking and not terribly long distances between stages; accommodation without constant fears of finding everything full; and some other pilgrims to be around form time to time.
Thanks, very much appreciated info. Think I'm leaning towards Le Puy.A phrase I head a lot on the Via Podiensis were variations on chacun suit son chemin ... everyone follows their own route. Pilgrims tended to spread out more, and I found lots of time for solitary walking and reflection. It was still a very warm and social route; the culture seemed to be one of: we walk alone, but gather for meals.
I made reservations ahead of time for the first five days, though the three would have been enough. After that I would call the night before, or have the gîte owner call for me. There were never issues with finding everything full until we approached Saint Jean, when we encountered large groups for the first time.
Cor Blimey, I'm only going to turn 70 somewhere along the way. A mere spring chicken.There is accommodation about every 16 km on Le Puy route and it is beautiful. My husband walked the whole route in 2012 aged 81. I have heard Vezelay Route has long stages and quite a few villages with dwindling population.
If you stay in a gite are you required to eat there? Can you cook for yourself or just munch on food purchased at shops (if/when you find them). I'm a vegetarian.Le Puy if you want infrastructure.
Since you call ahead to make gite reservations, just let your host know. You will be attended to - and you are not the first vegetarian pilgrim to come down the pike. There are many other threads here on vegetarians and the Le Puy, if you use the Search.I'm a vegetarian.
No, but there may not be many alternatives.If you stay in a gite are you required to eat there?
The French are rather possessive about their kitchens, if they offer demi-pension, generally you cannot use the kitchen. If it is not demi-pension, sometimes you can cook. Consult MMD for details. Yes you can munch, but not in the dining room where demi-pension meals are served.Can you cook for yourself or just munch on food purchased at shops (if/when you find them).
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