Bordeaux - Del Norte - Santiago

[MariM]

Hello, please advise. I would like to start the camino in Bordeaux and then connect to Del Norte.
I found two parallel routes in the credential, one coastal and the other inland. I would like to go to the coastal one, but I can't find any information. What is the route, where exactly does it lead, is there a possibility of accommodation, etc... Does anyone have any experience please? Thank you

 

[NualaOC]

Hi @MariM,

This thread might be helpful: https://www.caminodesantiago.me/com...ie-littorale-to-connect-with-the-norte.44436/

Happy planning and Buen Camino!

 

[Pafayac]

This way is known as "voie du littoral" while the inland is Turonensis (voie de Tours)

Société Landaise des Amis de Saint Jacques et d'Études Compostellanes

Les Landes sont traversées par les 4 chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle : voie de Tours, voie du Puy, voie de Vézelay et voie du Littoral.

www.compostelle-landes.org

The littoral way is known to be flat and straight, with few accommodations, perhaps more convenient for bikes...
Buen Camino !

 

[MariM]

This way is known as "voie du littoral" while the inland is Turonensis (voie de Tours)

Société Landaise des Amis de Saint Jacques et d'Études Compostellanes

Les Landes sont traversées par les 4 chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle : voie de Tours, voie du Puy, voie de Vézelay et voie du Littoral.

www.compostelle-landes.org

The littoral way is known to be flat and straight, with few accommodations, perhaps more convenient for bikes...
Buen Camino !

thank you

 

[roving_rufus]

The coastal is called Voie Littoral which leads to Bayonne, from where there are two choices of following the marked camino or rhe coastal voie littoral. Several pilgrim associations are useful with maps, guides an accomodation

Voie du Littoral en Gironde

Itinéraires officiels, hébergements, infos pratiques et culturelles de la voie Littorale

www.saint-jacques-aquitaine.com

Société Landaise des Amis de Saint Jacques et d'Études Compostellanes

Les Landes sont traversées par les 4 chemins de St Jacques de Compostelle : voie de Tours, voie du Puy, voie de Vézelay et voie du Littoral.

www.compostelle-landes.org

Then Gronze on its Norte route includes info for section from Bayonne to Irun

Camino del Norte | Gronze.com

www.gronze.com

There are a few pilgrim gites on this coastal route and some pilgrim friendly accommodation but it is limited until Bayonne. (I am planning the entire Voie Littoral this summer but taking a tent).

The inland route is more travelled Voie de Tours and there are alot more resources including guidebooks on this.

 

[Tandem Graham]

We cycled the Voie Littorale in June 2017 and, in reverse, in June 2022. The paths can be very straight and often coincide with the fire breaks in the forest, so don't offer much in the way of shade. They aren't too bad for cycling, because there are few hills and we can generate our own breeze! We also can go up to 25 kms between water points. But I'm not sure about walking that way.
I believe earlier (in the early 2000s) routes for the Voie Littorale were a little further inland, stringing together more villages and some of the signage remains, but even there there's a lot of roadside walking on asphalt.
Sorry to be pessimistic.
If you like the seaside and don't mind spending quite a bit more on accommodation and food, it may suit you!

 

[MariM]

Voie Littorale jsme jeli na kole v červnu 2017 a naopak v červnu 2022. Cesty mohou být velmi rovné a často se kryjí s přestávkami v lese, takže nenabízejte mnoho stínu. Na cyklistiku nejsou příliš špatné, protože je tam málo kopců a můžeme si vytvořit vlastní vánek! Můžeme také ujet až 25 km mezi vodními body. Ale nejsem si jistý, jestli jít touto cestou.
Domnívám se, že dřívější trasy (na počátku 21. století) pro Voie Littorale byly o něco dále ve vnitrozemí, spojovaly dohromady více vesnic a některé zbytky značení, ale i tam je spousta cest po asfaltu.
Omlouvám se za pesimismus.
Pokud máte rádi moře a nevadí vám utrácet o něco více za ubytování a jídlo, může se vám to hodit!

Slyšel jsem, že pobřežní silnice byla tři roky uzavřena...
No já se toho asfaltu bojím... Jdu se dvěma psy, raději přírodní cestu