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Thank you, I'm very grateful for this and I'm taking a look at it. Though if anybody on this forum has done this route I'd really like to hear from them. Thanks x
I'm interested to walk from Paris to St Jean next time
Thanks, this is really helpful to know. It helps me realise I probably wouldn't see many other pilgrims along the route. I don't mind the terrain you describe, though it doesn't sound like the route caters for pilgrims too well in terms of accommodation. One of my concerns was how easy it might be to get lost or feel uneasy. One of the things I loved so much about the Camino Frances from SJPP to Santiago de Compostela was how carefree I felt knowing that there is always somewhere to stop, always a helpful yellow arrow somewhere and all I needed to focus on was walking. I was never afraid to walk alone. It sounds as if the route from Paris may require more contingency planning. Thanks for your help xHi Kits. This is my opinion only. A few years ago I checked out walking from my home to Santiago via Paris - SJPdP and the more I read convinced me to change my mind. I ended up starting in Geneva instead and walking via Le Puy. The reason is according to my research the Paris/Tours route is flat a lot of the time, on tarmac a lot and has very little pilgrim infrastructure (like gites), so it is expensive too. Now, this route is doable, but remember out of the four main routes through France, the other three (Vezelay, Arles, Le Puy) are far more popular. For a reason! In the last two years I have walked for 11 months 'on camino' and have met only two people that walked this route, though this may be only coincidence. And those I did meet said they enjoyed it, but never met another pilgrim.
Have a look at the website for the Confraternity of St. James (UK), they have some guide books for this route.
http://www.csj.org.uk/
I don't mean to put you off at all my friend, just my observation.
Bon Chemin!
This is very interesting to know too, thank you! Decisions, decisions! I feel better knowing that it's as safe. With accommodation, would you say it's likely I'd need to camp?Is walking through France very different from Spain? Yes, a higher standard of living (= more expensive).
Would you be likely to see many people along the way [also walking]? No.
Is it as safe? Yes.
Is accommodation as easy to come by? No. And when you find it, it’s expensive.
What is the food like? Fantastic, incomparable!
If money was no problem I would love to walk from Paris to St Jean Pied de Port.
Jill
Also, how long did it take you to walk it?This is very interesting to know too, thank you! Decisions, decisions! I feel better knowing that it's as safe. With accommodation, would you say it's likely I'd need to camp?
With accommodation, would you say it's likely I'd need to camp?
I must say, I'm a useless camper so it probably wouldn't be wise for me :/ I don't mind paying slightly more for accomodation overall but it sounds like it's not easy to find accommodation necessarily. I had heard that during certain months a number of villages in France can be completely deserted also. Thanks! xWell, if there are campsites along the way (I don’t know, you would have to research that), and you are prepared to carry camping equipment, then it would be possible. (It is not for me to advise “wild camping”.) I have tried camping in a French campsite by pitching my poncho with a hiking pole at each end, but it was late in the year and I was very, very cold. I would try it again in mid-summer, but then I wouldn’t want to be walking in mid-summer
Jill
Also, how long did it take you to walk it?
I'm doing it right NOWIs walking through France very different from Spain? Yes, a higher standard of living (= more expensive).
Would you be likely to see many people along the way [also walking]? No.
Is it as safe? Yes.
Is accommodation as easy to come by? No. And when you find it, it’s expensive.
What is the food like? Fantastic, incomparable!
If money was no problem I would love to walk from Paris to St Jean Pied de Port.
Jill
I'm doing it right NOW
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