The Way of St James Vol 1 (France): Le Puy to the Pyrenees (Cicerone Guides)

Best price for The Way of St James Vol 1 (France): Le Puy to the Pyrenees (Cicerone Guides). 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.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 The Way of St James Vol 1 (France): Le Puy to the Pyrenees (Cicerone Guides) 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 Célé 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 Irún to join the Camino del Norteand ... Learn more »

The Way of St James Vol 1 (France): Le Puy to the Pyrenees (Cicerone Guides) Review: The Way of St James Vol 1 (France): Le Puy to the Pyrenees (Cicerone Guides). 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 ... Read more »

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