Via Podiensis – from Le Puy to the Pyrenees
Le Puy-en-Velay → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port · approx. 740 km
- Distance
- approx. 740 km
- Days
- 30–35 days
- Route
- Le Puy-en-Velay → Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
The most walked of the French pilgrim routes to Santiago de Compostela. It passes Conques and Moissac and ends at the foot of the Pyrenees in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, where you join the Camino Francés. Parts of the route are a World Heritage Site.
TipsPilgrim accommodation (gîtes and albergues) is available all the way. Get a pilgrim passport (credencial) to be able to stay there.
Along the trail in the guide
Long-distance trails
- GR 10 – the Pyrenees on the French sideapprox. 900 km · 50–60 days
- GR 11 – Senda Pirenaica on the Spanish sideapprox. 820 km · 40–50 days
- HRP – Haute Randonnée Pyrénéenneapprox. 800 km · 40–45 days
- Sentier Cathare – the Cathar Trailapprox. 250 km · 12 days
- Chemin des Bonshommes – the Path of the Good Menapprox. 200 km · 8–10 days
- Camino Francés – across the Pyrenees to Santiagoapprox. 770 km · 30–35 days
- Via Tolosana – from Arles over the Somportapprox. 800 km · 35–40 days
- Camino Aragonés – from the Somport to Puente la Reinaapprox. 165 km · 6–7 days
- The Piémont route – along the foot of the Pyreneesapprox. 600 km · 25–30 days