Camino Frances to Rome

[JamesG]

Hello all, just off the VDLP a couple of weeks ago and planning my next adventure. Here's what I have in mind; Camino Frances to Camino Arles and hoping to get to the Francigena through Nice and Genoa into Lucca then to Rome. Can someone tell me if there is a trail from Arles to Genoa or to the Francigena? I may reverse this, still debating.....

Many thanks,

 

[jungleboy]

Take a look at the Via Aurelia GR 653A: Menton - Arles (15 stages, 393km)

 

[sillydoll]

Join the Rome-Santiago-Rome Facebook groups.

 

[SYates]

Hello all, just off the VDLP a couple of weeks ago and planning my next adventure. Here's what I have in mind; Camino Frances to Camino Arles and hoping to get to the Francigena through Nice and Genoa into Lucca then to Rome. Can someone tell me if there is a trail from Arles to Genoa or to the Francigena? I may reverse this, still debating.....

Many thanks,

I did that Camino in 2002, here some tips (as the geography doesn't change ;-)
The French GRs are typically waymarked in both directions but be careful when you come to a crossing of two of them to choose the correct one.
From Toulouse onward you can follow the Canal du Midi/Canal du Rhone a Sète, perhaps sometimes a bit winded but obviously flat and no problem to find the way.
Crossing Genoa on foot is {insert favourite swear word here}, perhaps worth a rest day to break up this stage.
Hope this helps a little bit.
BC SY

 

[chooleekr]

Hello all, just off the VDLP a couple of weeks ago and planning my next adventure. Here's what I have in mind; Camino Frances to Camino Arles and hoping to get to the Francigena through Nice and Genoa into Lucca then to Rome. Can someone tell me if there is a trail from Arles to Genoa or to the Francigena? I may reverse this, still debating.....

Many thanks,

-Camino Frances (Santiago de Compostela ~ Obanos)
-Camino Aragones =(Spain, Obanos ~ Col du Somport), 164.3 km
-GR 653(Camino Arles) = ( Col du Somport ~ Arles), 802 km
-GR 653A (Arles ~ Menton), 394 km
-Via della Costa = (Menton ~Genoa ~La Spezia~ Sarzana), 348 km
-Via Francigena (Sarzana ~ Roma)

 

[drgalvin]

I did that Camino in 2002, here some tips (as the geography doesn't change ;-)
The French GRs are typically waymarked in both directions but be careful when you come to a crossing of two of them to choose the correct one.
From Toulouse onward you can follow the Canal du Midi/Canal du Rhone a Sète, perhaps sometimes a bit winded but obviously flat and no problem to find the way.
Crossing Genoa on foot is {insert favourite swear word here}, perhaps worth a rest day to break up this stage.
Hope this helps a little bit.
BC SY

For the French Camino route, you MUST get the Myam Myam Dodo guide.