A comprehensive guide to walking the 740km Way of St James Pilgrim Road from Le Puy-en-Velay in central France to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port in the Pyrenees. This is the first volume of the only guide to the whole route written in English, in a second edition completely rewalked and updated in time for the next Holy Year in 2010. A companion volume, The Way of St James (Pyrenees-Santiago-Finisterre), continues the route through Spain from the Pyrenees to Santiago de Compostella (or Finisterre). As well as giving step by step directions the book also provides information on places to visit along the way, the history of the pilgrimage and details of the facilities such as shops, bars, restaurants and accommodation. An outline of the route along the Cele valley (53km) is also included and, new to this second edition, route descriptions from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port to Pamplona and also St Palais to Irun to join the Camino del Norteand. Unlike existing guides (in any language), a comprehensive listing of St James and other pilgrim references along the way is provided and there are also suggestions for further reading and a glossary of geographical and other useful terms.
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Alison Raju is a former teacher of French, German and Spanish to adults and the author of two other current Cicerone guides to pilgrimage routes: The Way of St James -Spain, and Via de la Plata. She is also the author of a forthcoming two-volume Cicerone guide to the Via Francigena, the historic pilgrim route from Canterbury to Rome.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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I got an advance copy of the new 2010 edition of this guide, and find it updated, but still the same excellent guide that we used in 2004, 2005 and 2006. The formatting has changed a little bit (for the better). Some new headings, paragraph breaks, some text emphasized by color background, and so forth. Some of the information re facilities has been updated. There is a new alternate route in the appendix to let you connect up to Camino del Norte. There is a new abbreviation in the author's already terse scheme. Now when you see > it means becomes. ATM machines used to be abbreviated as CD - cash dispenser. Now ATM is used. All changes for the better.
The following is my original review, now updated for the 2010 edition.
We've been used this guide for the last 3 years, finally reaching the Pyrenees in Sept. 2006. The route follows the French National Trail GR65. The author has put a lot of information in this little (4.5in by 6.75in) book. There is an entry for each town or point of interest along the GR65. For example, the entry for Cahors is: "5.5km Cahors 122m (350/390)" followed by detailed town information. The 5.5 is distance from last point, 122m is elevation, 350 is km from Le Puy, 390 is distance to St. Jean. There is no English language competition for this guide, except for a much briefer booklet by the same author done for the Confraternity of St. James. Originally the author published a guide to the entire pilgrimage route from Le Puy to Camino de Santiago. I much prefer having separate more current guides.
To squeeze in the max amount of information and still save weight, the author uses some abbreviations which take some getting used to, similar to text messaging. KSO continue straight on, L left, R right, etc. There are 22 small maps just showing routes and towns. It has several useful appendices including a glossary of French hiking terms.
This book should be used with the current annually updated French language accomodation guide to the GR65 - Miam Miam Dodo : Le chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle, La voie du Puy. This is essential. A useful addition would be the three French language topo guides for the GR65. Both of these can be used without knowledge of French.
The following is my original review, now updated for the 2010 edition.
We've been used this guide for the last 3 years, finally reaching the Pyrenees in Sept. 2006. The route follows the French National Trail GR65. The author has put a lot of information in this little (4.5in by 6.75in) book. There is an entry for each town or point of interest along the GR65. For example, the entry for Cahors is: "5.5km Cahors 122m (350/390)" followed by detailed town information. The 5.5 is distance from last point, 122m is elevation, 350 is km from Le Puy, 390 is distance to St. Jean. There is no English language competition for this guide, except for a much briefer booklet by the same author done for the Confraternity of St. James. Originally the author published a guide to the entire pilgrimage route from Le Puy to Camino de Santiago. I much prefer having separate more current guides.
To squeeze in the max amount of information and still save weight, the author uses some abbreviations which take some getting used to, similar to text messaging. KSO continue straight on, L left, R right, etc. There are 22 small maps just showing routes and towns. It has several useful appendices including a glossary of French hiking terms.
This book should be used with the current annually updated French language accomodation guide to the GR65 - Miam Miam Dodo : Le chemin de Saint Jacques de Compostelle, La voie du Puy. This is essential. A useful addition would be the three French language topo guides for the GR65. Both of these can be used without knowledge of French.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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I used Alison Raju's guidebook for the walk from Le Puy, and found it indispensable and very interesting. It is all you'll need for covering the distance to the Pyrenees.
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The revisions in this text make it an invaluable guide for those attempting this section of the Camino. I will certainly be carrying it every step of the way!
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