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My questions:
1. Is there a lot of asphalt?
2. Is there a May rush like there is on the LePuy route with French walkers on vacation?
3. Looks like I may have a Norte vs. Arles dilemma -- any comments on that particular choice?
Buen camino, Laurie
Hi, Karen, did you have a blog when you walked? Thanks, LaurieAgree with SYates. It's a hidden gem. Part of the beauty of this walk is the fact that you do NOT meet masses of pelerins. Scenery is spectacular, gites are spotless, food is second to none and the French are very welcoming. If you continue on to Puente La Reina you can also enjoy the Camino Aragones.......another great stretch. Of course if you have the time continue on to Santiago. Dayton and Karen
Hi Laurie, Hope all is well with you. Yes, I have a blog. Here is the link to it....http://hypingthecamino.blogspot.ca/2013/04/april-18-arles-camino-day-one.html?m=0 It took us 39 days (I think) from Montpelier to Puente La Reina. We started in mid-April. We had lots of mud and some snow crossing the Somport Pass, but you get what you get. I agree with SY, no, no and Arles....of course we have not walked the Norte. Thanks for asking. KarenHi, Karen, did you have a blog when you walked? Thanks, Laurie
Hi Laurie, Hope all is well with you. Yes, I have a blog. Here is the link to it....http://hypingthecamino.blogspot.ca/2013/04/april-18-arles-camino-day-one.html?m=0 It took us 39 days (I think) from Montpelier to Puente La Reina. We started in mid-April. We had lots of mud and some snow crossing the Somport Pass, but you get what you get. I agree with SY, no, no and Arles....of course we have not walked the Norte. Thanks for asking. Karen
Hi Laurie, Hope all is well with you. Yes, I have a blog. Here is the link to it....http://hypingthecamino.blogspot.ca/2013/04/april-18-arles-camino-day-one.html?m=0 It took us 39 days (I think) from Montpelier to Puente La Reina. We started in mid-April. We had lots of mud and some snow crossing the Somport Pass, but you get what you get. I agree with SY, no, no and Arles....of course we have not walked the Norte. Thanks for asking. Karen
Thanks to all the helpful responses, looking forward to Karen's blog, but I'm wondering whether there is a guidebook or website in English you would recommend. My French is pathetic.
I've done the first bit and recommend starting from beautiful Montpellier. I believe that you are following my blog so you can see what I wrote in 2013, I met enough other pilgrims in September to make it interesting but prefer to mostly walk solo. Really hope to get back to it as I had got to St Guilhem and that's where it really starts getting interesting. I understand that accommodation has increased significantly since I was there, I rely on the Miam Miam Dodo guides which are very easy to use if you have little or no French. I speak it fairly fluently but found that most people could communicate in English, I use the word communicate as they may not be any better in English as you are in French but my experience is if you try to use their language they will really try to communicate with you. I met, with one exception, nothing but lively, helpful and friendly people and the food is wonderful. Go for it, it'll be a good challenge!
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Thanks for the info, six wheeler. I do have a link to your report (which you nicely posted in the blogs, photos section, thanks!) and look forward to reading it. Is there a reason why you started in Montpellier rather than Arles?
And @karenhypes I see you and Dayton started in Montpellier as well. Is that where people typically start?
Hi Karen, a fellow Canuck here from Markham (who knows Tom as well) I just finished reading your blog and paid especially good attention to the walk over the Somport Pass and along the C. Aragones... since I will be joining Sylvia and her South African group end of next May from Lourdes onwards. I am glad we are walking at that time, even tho I hail from the Austrian mountains, I rather not walk in snow. What an accommplishement,belated congratulations.
I also had a look into your Camino Portuguese (I too walked the portion from Porto onwards last July) and to my delight you met my friends Gil and Brenda in Lisboa. Small world.
Buen Camino Ingrid
Hi Laurie, Hope all is well with you. Yes, I have a blog. Here is the link to it....http://hypingthecamino.blogspot.ca/2013/04/april-18-arles-camino-day-one.html?m=0 It took us 39 days (I think) from Montpelier to Puente La Reina. We started in mid-April. We had lots of mud and some snow crossing the Somport Pass, but you get what you get. I agree with SY, no, no and Arles....of course we have not walked the Norte. Thanks for asking. Karen
Thanks very much, guys, I have ordered the MMDD! Still not 100% sure, but this gives me a lot to explore once the bad weather hits the Midwestern US.
I have looked at the numbers of pilgrims arriving in Santiago from Arles and even in Summer it was low double digits. I understand there will be more who are walking only part, but still it's something to ponder. On my solitary Caminos in Spain, I can at least talk with people in the villages, in bars and restaurants, etc.. Not so in France. So this will be not only solitary during the walk (fine) but solitary at the end of the day (harder). I
And I'm seeing lots of comments about getting lost and bad marking in the blogs, yet all the comments in the forum report good marking. I was hoping not to take a GPS, is that ok in your opinion?
So those are my doubts, any insight appreciated. Buen camino, Laurie
Thanks for the info, six wheeler. I do have a link to your report (which you nicely posted in the blogs, photos section, thanks!) and look forward to reading it. Is there a reason why you started in Montpellier rather than Arles?
And @karenhypes I see you and Dayton started in Montpellier as well. Is that where people typically start?
Thanks for the info, six wheeler. I do have a link to your report (which you nicely posted in the blogs, photos section, thanks!) and look forward to reading it. Is there a reason why you started in Montpellier rather than Arles?
And @karenhypes I see you and Dayton started in Montpellier as well. Is that where people typically start?
Yes, villages "très sympa", landscapes, friendly people. I have not done the Chemin d'Arles (yet) but lived in the region for some time. I posted this in another thread; re post again because it could be useful to you:
The ACIR Compostella informs about three new albergues or gîtes:
- Toulouse, gîte L'Etape, Marie et Vincent welcome walkers in 8 rue Lionel Terray (5 minutes from métro Barrière de Paris, ligne B). lesdavid.toulouse@gmail.com Tel 0682131865
- Agnès et Olivier Kummer, their home in Burlats, 4 km from Castres, for pilgrims and also tourists, in the heights of the Arles Way. olivier.kummer@gmail.com tel 0631858773
- The city council of Grabels (34) offers a gîte d'étape for 13 person, with kitchen and other amenities.
gite@ville-grabels.fr
The photos included look as very good, cozy places.
More info about ACIR accueil@chemins-compostelle.com
(4 rue Clémence Isaure, Métro esquirol, Toulouse)
(you can stamp your credential there)
and http://www.chemins-compostelle.com
Bon chemin!
Yes, villages "très sympa", landscapes, friendly people. I have not done the Chemin d'Arles (yet) but lived in the region for some time. I posted this in another thread; re post again because it could be useful to you:
The ACIR Compostella informs about three new albergues or gîtes:
- Toulouse, gîte L'Etape, Marie et Vincent welcome walkers in 8 rue Lionel Terray (5 minutes from métro Barrière de Paris, ligne B). lesdavid.toulouse@gmail.com Tel 0682131865
- Agnès et Olivier Kummer, their home in Burlats, 4 km from Castres, for pilgrims and also tourists, in the heights of the Arles Way. olivier.kummer@gmail.com tel 0631858773
- The city council of Grabels (34) offers a gîte d'étape for 13 person, with kitchen and other amenities.
gite@ville-grabels.fr
The photos included look as very good, cozy places.
More info about ACIR accueil@chemins-compostelle.com
(4 rue Clémence Isaure, Métro esquirol, Toulouse)
(you can stamp your credential there)
and http://www.chemins-compostelle.com
Bon chemin!
I generally walk only 15-16 km a day. Can someone advise me if there might be gites at that distance on the Arles route? The one guide I looked at had stages in the 20 to 30 km distance.
Fortunately, we will be walking a bit later so snow on Somport should be cleared by then. I walked the Camino Aragones in 2012 and was amazed to find no more than 4 or 5 pilgrims walking this route per day.Hi Karen, a fellow Canuck here from Markham (who knows Tom as well) I just finished reading your blog and paid especially good attention to the walk over the Somport Pass and along the C. Aragones... since I will be joining Sylvia and her South African group end of next May from Lourdes onwards. I am glad we are walking at that time, even tho I hail from the Austrian mountains, I rather not walk in snow. What an accommplishement,belated congratulations.
I also had a look into your Camino Portuguese (I too walked the portion from Porto onwards last July) and to my delight you met my friends Gil and Brenda in Lisboa. Small world.
Buen Camino Ingrid
There's one of the German "yellow books" available. https://www.conrad-stein-verlag.de/p/verlag/show_book.html?isbn=978-3-86686-162-6&edition=2&t=1474984642878 These have route and elevation maps, some lodging listings, and stage info.I'm wondering whether there is a guidebook ...
Is there a lot of asphalt?
Is there a May rush like there is on the LePuy route with French walkers on vacation?
I'm trying to budget my next Camino trip and was wondering what a reasonable daily target number might be, starting from from Montpellier and staying in Gites ?
After Protugal last spring, I am spoiled!!
Anyone willing to throw out a plug number?
If you have one month , you should be close to the end; as you know, nothing is written in the sky where you have to stop; you can stop after the mountain and take a bus back to France
Yes this is not correct i walked last year and i stay in gites all the way at 34 euros per day with meal and breakfeast
So 45- 50 euros per day is more than enough
It was end of august; around 50% of the gites are from the conseil regional or municipalities and the price is the same all year; this is also true for the private ones;
Enjoy your walk
I am walking from Arles starting in late march this year and given my situation I will need some internet contact daily. In Spain on the French Way this was never a problem but what about this route? I note that some Gites and hotels list internet access in the guide book, is there likely to be nay more?
Also, I understand food availability is much more an issue on this route.
Plenty of WiFi and plenty of food for much of it.I am walking from Arles starting in late march this year and given my situation I will need some internet contact daily. In Spain on the French Way this was never a problem but what about this route? I note that some Gites and hotels list internet access in the guide book, is there likely to be nay more?
Also, I understand food availability is much more an issue on this route.
I am walking from Arles starting in late march this year and given my situation I will need some internet contact daily. In Spain on the French Way this was never a problem but what about this route? I note that some Gites and hotels list internet access in the guide book, is there likely to be nay more?
Also, I understand food availability is much more an issue on this route.
We couldn't understand why and some of the accommodation was no longer available.
Thank you, John. I have walked from Le Puy in April-May, also, so I know about the closings and difficulty of finding food sometimes. And needing to call ahead. Once we get going I'll post on my blog caminobleu.blogspot.com LinneaLinnea,
A French sim card is a good idea and you may find you have to call ahead for the night's lodging. Beware Sundays and Mondays if you want to eat. Carry some backup food. After the 1st of May stores will be closed more frequently for holidays. I have walked from Le Puy in yerds past adn food was an issue at times. Enjoy your trip.
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