The Way of St James Cyclist Guide
A Cyclists' Guide From Le Puy en Velay to Santiago de Compostela
2nd Edition
Published on 3. December 2015
Book
Paperback/Softback
208 pages
978-1-85284-441-7 (ISBN)
Description
A guidebook for anyone planning to cycle the Way of Saint James Pilgrim route from Le Puy in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. By using roads with a good surface for touring cyclists, this guide attempts to follow the original pilgrimage route as closely as possible and offers the opportunity to visit every major church and shrine along the way with a few detours to outlying monasteries for good measure. The average distance on most days is only 50km, easily within the compass of the moderately fit. The guide includes routes from Santiago to Finisterre and Padron for those cyclists who want that little 'extra', while several variants are mentioned to cater for the fit and not-so-fit pilgrim. There is a comprehensive kit list and an English-French-Spanish list of essential words for the journey, as well as details of accommodation in gites d'etape, chambres d'hote, hotels, refugios and hostals.
More details
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Kendal
United Kingdom
Edition type
Revised edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Illustrations
60 colour photos, 48 maps and 38 profiles
Dimensions
Height: 172 mm
Width: 116 mm
Thickness: 13 mm
Weight
260 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-85284-441-7 (9781852844417)
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Person
John Higginson is a retired headmaster and lecturer who has explored much of Europe by bike. He has also written the Cicerone cycle-touring guide to The Danube Cycleway and Cycling the River Loire.
Content
The Journey
Stage 1 Le Puy to Saugues (46km)
Stage 2 Saugues to Aumont-Aubrac (46km)
Stage 3 Aumont-Aubrac to Estaing (76km)
Stage 4 Estaing to Conques (37 or 47 km)
Stage 5 Conques to Marcilhac-sur-Cele (78km)
Stage 6 Marcilhac-sur-Cele to Cahors (65km)
Stage 7 Cahors to Moissac (61km)
Stage 8 Moissac to Lectoure (59km)
Stage 9 Lectoure to Eauze (52km)
Stage 10 Eauze to Pimbo (63km)
Stage 11 Pimbo to Navarrenx (62km)
Stage 12 Navarrenx to St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port (61km)
Stage 13 St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Burguete (40km)
Stage 14 Burguete to Puenta la Reina (74km)
Stage 15 Puenta la Reina to Viana (65km)
Stage 16 Viana to Santo Domingo de la Calzada (49km)
Stage 17 Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Burgos (70km)
Stage 18 Burgos to Fromista (73km)
Stage 19 Fromista to Sahagun (67km)
Stage 20 Sahagun to Leon (67km)
Stage 21 Leon to Astorga (44km)
Stage 22 Astorga to Molinaseca (47km)
Stage 23 Molinaseca to Villafranca del Bierzo (28km)
Stage 24 Villafranca del Bierzo to O Cebreiro (36km)
Stage 25 O Cebreiro to Sarria (43km)
Stage 26 Sarria to Palas de Rei (60km)
Stage 27 Palas de Rei to Santiago de Compostela (73km)
Stage 1 Le Puy to Saugues (46km)
Stage 2 Saugues to Aumont-Aubrac (46km)
Stage 3 Aumont-Aubrac to Estaing (76km)
Stage 4 Estaing to Conques (37 or 47 km)
Stage 5 Conques to Marcilhac-sur-Cele (78km)
Stage 6 Marcilhac-sur-Cele to Cahors (65km)
Stage 7 Cahors to Moissac (61km)
Stage 8 Moissac to Lectoure (59km)
Stage 9 Lectoure to Eauze (52km)
Stage 10 Eauze to Pimbo (63km)
Stage 11 Pimbo to Navarrenx (62km)
Stage 12 Navarrenx to St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port (61km)
Stage 13 St.-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Burguete (40km)
Stage 14 Burguete to Puenta la Reina (74km)
Stage 15 Puenta la Reina to Viana (65km)
Stage 16 Viana to Santo Domingo de la Calzada (49km)
Stage 17 Santo Domingo de la Calzada to Burgos (70km)
Stage 18 Burgos to Fromista (73km)
Stage 19 Fromista to Sahagun (67km)
Stage 20 Sahagun to Leon (67km)
Stage 21 Leon to Astorga (44km)
Stage 22 Astorga to Molinaseca (47km)
Stage 23 Molinaseca to Villafranca del Bierzo (28km)
Stage 24 Villafranca del Bierzo to O Cebreiro (36km)
Stage 25 O Cebreiro to Sarria (43km)
Stage 26 Sarria to Palas de Rei (60km)
Stage 27 Palas de Rei to Santiago de Compostela (73km)