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Thank you for your kind advice davejsy.I would echo the openness to also using the communal Albergues on occasion, it is part of the adventure and adds colour to your Camino and shared experience. Far from being just a cheap lodging option they are the life breath of the Camino (coming from someone who couldn't bear the thought of staying in one when he started his Camino).
Hi @Robbo55, there is also a useful spreadsheet made available by author and forum member Dave Whitson (@Dave). You can find it here:
Le Puy / Via Podiensis Accommodations & Services
Accommodations Le Puy / Via Podiensis Accommodations: GR65, GR651, GR6, GR10, etc. Now available: <a href="https://www.cicerone.co.uk/camino-de-santiago-via-podiensis">Via Podiensis guidebook</a> by Dave Whitson,To find listings for other services, click the "Services" tab belowdocs.google.com
It does not say when it was last updated but I think it is frequently updated and I see that there are entries referring to "new from April 2024" so it is probably very up to date. Thank you to @Dave for making this available!
Use Gronze and translate to English. You can then look at distance and altitudes to give you a choice plus tap on a town and you will get the Gites or Booking.com option. Type in Gronze Le Puy and it will come up for you. It is so quick I just go on line each time.I am planning to walk the Camino from Le Puy next year and can see some of the days in the typical routes are very long between traditional stopping towns. I want to think about breaking up those long days and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for Gites that enable me to do shorter days of about 20 instead of 30 klms. Alternatively, any sources of information that may shed light on this. Thanks a mill
Thanks Katherina and also to you Dave for this epic contribution....I have no purchased Dave's bookHi @Robbo55, there is also a useful spreadsheet made available by author and forum member Dave Whitson (@Dave). You can find it here:
Le Puy / Via Podiensis Accommodations & Services
Accommodations Le Puy / Via Podiensis Accommodations: GR65, GR651, GR6, GR10, etc. Now available: <a href="https://www.cicerone.co.uk/camino-de-santiago-via-podiensis">Via Podiensis guidebook</a> by Dave Whitson,To find listings for other services, click the "Services" tab belowdocs.google.com
It does not say when it was last updated but I think it is frequently updated and I see that there are entries referring to "new from April 2024" so it is probably very up to date. Thank you to @Dave for making this available!
2 of my favorite gîtes to stay in were:I am planning to walk the Camino from Le Puy next year and can see some of the days in the typical routes are very long between traditional stopping towns. I want to think about breaking up those long days and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for Gites that enable me to do shorter days of about 20 instead of 30 klms. Alternatively, any sources of information that may shed light on this. Thanks a mill
Day | Day | Date 2011 | Walk kms | Total kms | Cum Avg walk kms | Town | Plan | Ref # | Gite | Comment |
0 | Thur | 21-Apr | Le Puy | 1 | 4 | Auberge de Jeunesse | Youth Hostel | |||
1 | Fri | 22-Apr | 9.0 | 9.0 | 9.0 | Tallode | 2 | 4 | Chambre d'hotes Mme Allegre | OK |
2 | Sat | 23-Apr | 14.5 | 23.5 | 11.8 | St Privat d'Allier | 3 | 16 | Gite - Bar Le Kompost'L | OK |
3 | Sun | 24-Apr | 19.0 | 42.5 | 14.2 | Sauges | 5 | 3 | Gite a la ferme Mmes Itier & Martins | Excellent - communal meal |
4 | Mon | 25-Apr | 19.5 | 62.0 | 15.5 | Domaine du Sauvage | 8 | 1 | Gite d'etape Domaine du Sauvage | We bought food from them and cooked |
5 | Tue | 26-Apr | 13.0 | 75.0 | 15.0 | Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole | 9 | 4 | Accueil benevole familial La Maison du Pelerin Francoise et Jean-Marc Connan | OK - communal meal - great dog |
6 | Wed | 27-Apr | 14.5 | 89.5 | 14.9 | Aumont-Aubrac | 11 | 1 | Chambre d'hotes La Ferme du Barry Vincent et Bernadette Boussage | Excellent - communal meal - aligot |
7 | Thu | 28-Apr | 15.5 | 105.0 | 15.0 | Finieyrols | 13 | 5 | Gite d'etape Les Gentianes | Good communal meal |
8 | Fri | 29-Apr | 20.0 | 125.0 | 15.6 | Aubrac | 15 | 2 | Les Gites du Royal-Aubrac | We bought food from them and cooked |
9 | Sat | 30-Apr | 24.0 | 149.0 | 16.6 | St-Come-D'Olt | 18 | 2 | Espace Angele Merici - Couvent de Malet | Fine - large - cafeteria style communal meal |
10 | Sun | 1-May | 17.0 | 166.0 | 16.6 | Estaing | 20 | 2 | Gite d'etape communal | Unattended - no food. We ate in town with others |
11 | Mon | 2-May | 16.0 | 182.0 | 16.5 | Golinhac | 21 | 3 | Le Hameau de St Jacques (now Pole Touristique Bellevue) | OK - meal at nearby hotel |
12 | Tue | 3-May | 21.0 | 203.0 | 16.9 | Conques | 23 | 3 | Accueil Abbaye Sainte Foy | Large - communal meal - church service |
13 | Wed | 4-May | 19.5 | 222.5 | 17.1 | Decazeville | 23 | 1 | Les Volets Bleu Caroline et Jean | OK - we ate in town |
14 | Thu | 5-May | 0.0 | 222.5 | 17.1 | Decazeville (Rest day) | 25 | 1 | ditto | ditto |
15 | Fri | 6-May | 20.0 | 242.5 | 17.3 | Felzins | 27 | 2 | Gite Le Pentadou Nanou et Laurent Fillot | Great - family meal - great dog |
16 | Sat | 7-May | 8.0 | 250.5 | 16.7 | Figeac | 28 | 6 | Gite Chez Celia Robin | Fair - we ate in town |
17 | Sun | 8-May | 0.0 | 250.5 | 16.7 | Figeac (Rocamadour) | 28 | 6 | ditto | ditto |
18 | Mon | 9-May | 20.0 | 270.5 | 16.9 | Le Puy Clavel | 30 | 1 | Chambre d'hotes Ecoasis Audrey et Manu Sailly | Nice - good family meal |
19 | Tue | 10-May | 11.5 | 282.0 | 16.6 | Cajarc | 31 | 7 | Gite Annie Doucet | OK - we ate in town |
20 | Wed | 11-May | 18.0 | 300.0 | 16.7 | Limogne-en-Quercy | 34 | 4 | Gite d'etape communal | Unattended - we ate in town |
21 | Thu | 12-May | 15.0 | 315.0 | 16.6 | Vaylats | 36 | 1 | Monastere des Filles de Jesus Brigette et Pierre | Interesting - good communal meal |
22 | Fri | 13-May | 23.7 | 338.7 | 16.9 | Cahors | 40 | 6 | Foyer de Jeunes en Quercy | OK - we had excellent meal in town |
23 | Sat | 14-May | 20.5 | 359.2 | 17.1 | Durand (near Lascabanes) | 43 | 6 | Gite-Chambre d'hotes L'Etape Bleue Jean-Michel et Marie-Claude Cayon-Glayere | Off the route - fair communal meal |
24 | Sun | 15-May | 22.0 | 381.2 | 17.3 | Dalmayrac (near Lauzerte) | 46 | 12 | Chambre d'hotes Au Clair de la Brune Isabelle et Sylvie Portal | Off the route - fair communal meal |
25 | Mon | 16-May | 24.5 | 405.7 | 17.6 | Moissac | 50 | 6 | Gite d'etape Ultreia Rom and Aideen Bates (Irish) | Excellent - good communal meal |
26 | Tue | 17-May | 0.0 | 405.7 | 17.6 | Moissac (Rest day) | 50 | 6 | ditto | ditto |
27 | Wed | 18-May | 19.0 | 424.7 | 17.7 | Auvillar | 52 | 6 | Accueil benevole de pelerin Un Autre Ailleurs Stephane Goaziou | Dreadful - avoid. We ate in town |
28 | Thu | 19-May | 17.5 | 442.2 | 17.7 | Miradoux | 54 | 3 | Accueil pelerin La Pause Verte Therese Fardo | Not recommended - strange communal meal |
29 | Fri | 20-May | 15.0 | 457.2 | 17.6 | Lectoure | 56 | 8 | Chambre d'hotes La Halte Pelerine Veronique Pautrel | Excellent - we stayed in the chambre d'hote section. We ate in town with Slacks |
30 | Sat | 21-May | 19.0 | 476.2 | 17.6 | La Romieu | 58 | 3 | Gite d'etape prive Le Couvent de La Romieu | Interesting. We ate in town |
31 | Sun | 22-May | 16.0 | 492.2 | 17.6 | Condom | 59 | 4 | Gite de Gabarre | About 1 km through the town. Essentialy unattended. They provide food to heat up for dinner - and a breakfast basket. |
32 | Mon | 23-May | 19.0 | 511.2 | 17.6 | Seviac | 61 | 8 | Halte de la Ferme du Soleil Marie-Pierre et Guy Labeyrie | OK. Had communal meal with 3 others and the hosts |
33 | Tue | 24-May | 23.0 | 534.2 | 17.8 | Peyret (La Hargue) | 64 | 2 | Gite a la ferme Meg Bracewell and Richard Russell (UK) | Good. Enjoyable communal meal There is a private swimming pool |
34 | Wed | 25-May | 21.0 | 555.2 | 17.9 | Lanne-Soubiran (La Barbe) | 66 | 2 | Gite Maison Labarbe | OK. Good communal meal |
35 | Thu | 26-May | 19.2 | 574.4 | 18.0 | Aire-Sur- L'Adour | 69 | 12 | Hotel de la Paix | OK. We ate elsewhere in town |
36 | Fri | 27-May | 18.2 | 592.6 | 18.0 | Miramont-Sensacq | 71 | 2 | Gite d'etape communal Martine | Municipal gite. Good communal meal |
37 | Sat | 28-May | 14.0 | 606.6 | 17.8 | Arzacq-Arraziguet | 73 | 2 | Centre d'accueil | OK. Good communal meal |
38 | Sun | 29-May | 21.0 | 627.6 | 17.9 | Pomps | 76 | 2 | Gite d'etape communal | OK. Good communal meal |
39 | Mon | 30-May | 17.1 | 644.7 | 17.9 | Maslacq | 78 | 7 | Chambre d'hotes Les Tilleuls Myriam Faure | Private home. OK. Small communal meal |
40 | Tue | 31-May | 21.8 | 666.5 | 18.0 | Navarrenx | 81 | 2 | Gite d'etape communal - L'Arsenal | OK. We ate with others in town. |
41 | Wed | 1-Jun | 19.0 | 685.5 | 18.0 | Aroue | 83 | 3 | Gite d'etape communal | OK. You can arrange for someone to transport you for a meal |
42 | Thu | 2-Jun | 22.6 | 708.1 | 18.2 | Ostabat | 85 | 2 | Chambre d'hotes Auberge Ametzanea | OK. Communal meal |
43 | Fri | 3-Jun | 22.4 | 730.5 | 18.3 | St Jean Pied de Port | 88 | 5 | Gite L'Esprit du Chemin Huberta et Arno (Dutch) | Excellent. Communal meal. |
Highly reccomend Godesalco site for planning shorter stages!! You can draft an excel spreadsheet itinerary with your shorter route in just a few minutes. Godesalco supports many of the camino routes including Le Puy. I used the site to select towns, based off distance, for my 38 day Camino Frances pilgramage that I completed on June 11. I wanted to only walk between 11-15 miles/20-25 km a day. The site shows you every town and its distance from previous selected one. Will take you less than a few minutes to select towns and then site outputs a great set of files one of which is nifty excel spreadsheet with those towns with daily milage and daily altitude based on your selections including dates based off your start date. After downloading the excel spreadsheet, I added a column for name of places i would be staying. I used guidebooks to research background on towns. TIP: If you decide to change stage/town list, it's faster to create a new draft itinerary on web site instead of updating the previously downloaded excel spreadsheet of towns. The site doesn't save anything after it generates files.I am planning to walk the Camino from Le Puy next year and can see some of the days in the typical routes are very long between traditional stopping towns. I want to think about breaking up those long days and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for Gites that enable me to do shorter days of about 20 instead of 30 klms. Alternatively, any sources of information that may shed light on this. Thanks a mill
Be reassured that it is [in fact] very easy to customise this chemin to your own preferences ... and walk just the number of kms that suit you ... no need whatsoever to walk 30kms; buy the Miam Miam Dodo guidebook, check out gronze and / or Buen Camino appI am planning to walk the Camino from Le Puy next year and can see some of the days in the typical routes are very long between traditional stopping towns. I want to think about breaking up those long days and am wondering if anyone has any recommendations for Gites that enable me to do shorter days of about 20 instead of 30 klms. Alternatively, any sources of information that may shed light on this. Thanks a mill
Thanks pinkwadingbird- great nameThere is a FB Group specific to this route. You might want to join. There you will find a lot of useful information for your walk.
Thanks Pilgrim 122Hi I also walked this route some years ago (2013). I didn't have a smartphone then so no gpx tracks or app. I used the Cicerone Guide (Alison Raju) I think the Dave Whiston guide is an update of this. I also had Miam Miam DoDo which was very useful in the planning. It was a beautiful walk I really enjoyed it. I think it must have been well signposted because I don't remember getting really lost, and there were quite a few other pilgrims.
I'm sure you will be able to find accommodation that suits the distances you are planning. Good luck.
I will explore your recommendation- many thanks.You can also turn to the downloadpage of the Dutch Confraternity of Saint James for a wealth of information on, amongst others, the Via Podiensis (GR65).
Yes I just got the app and it seems great. Thanks MananathI also like using the Wise Pilgrim app to easily calculate distances between cities. It's basically a beta version of the app so it doesn't have any historical info etc but it's still useful (and free).
brilliant thanks.The Via Podiensis is also on Gronze. It is not only useful for places to stay, but helps with determining difficulty of terrain, distances between places, etc. Use it in Chrome to switch the language to English, or pop the website into GoogleTranslate [website tab] for English. I find it useful as a planning tool. https://www.gronze.com/camino-santiago-le-puy
your recommendation is. gold. Many thanks patriciafross2 of my favorite gîtes to stay in were:
1. Bed and breakfast Soretena
2 avenue Frédéric de Saint-Jayme
64120 SAINT-PALAIS * Ludovic, the proprietor, is a dream and everyone was a pilgrim.
2.
Etchetoa pilgrim hostel
1274 Quartier Harambeltz,
64 120 OSTABAT-ASME
*This was one of my favorite stays. Beautiful people, beautiful place. Stars at night were incredible. Fills up, make reservations!
Bon Camino.
wow this is amazing thankyou John!Here is our itinerary from 2011
Day Day Date
2011Walk
kmsTotal
kmsCum
Avg
walk
kmsTown Plan Ref # Gite Comment 0Thur 21-AprLe Puy 1 4Auberge de Jeunesse Youth Hostel 1Fri 22-Apr9.0 9.0 9.0Tallode 2 4Chambre d'hotes
Mme AllegreOK 2Sat 23-Apr14.5 23.5 11.8St Privat d'Allier 3 16Gite - Bar Le Kompost'L OK 3Sun 24-Apr19.0 42.5 14.2Sauges 5 3Gite a la ferme
Mmes Itier & MartinsExcellent - communal meal 4Mon 25-Apr19.5 62.0 15.5Domaine du Sauvage 8 1Gite d'etape Domaine du Sauvage We bought food from them and cooked 5Tue 26-Apr13.0 75.0 15.0Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole 9 4Accueil benevole familial La Maison du Pelerin
Francoise et Jean-Marc ConnanOK - communal meal - great dog 6Wed 27-Apr14.5 89.5 14.9Aumont-Aubrac 11 1Chambre d'hotes La Ferme du Barry
Vincent et Bernadette BoussageExcellent - communal meal - aligot 7Thu 28-Apr15.5 105.0 15.0Finieyrols 13 5Gite d'etape Les Gentianes Good communal meal 8Fri 29-Apr20.0 125.0 15.6Aubrac 15 2 Les Gites du Royal-Aubrac We bought food from them and cooked 9Sat 30-Apr24.0 149.0 16.6St-Come-D'Olt 18 2Espace Angele Merici - Couvent de Malet Fine - large - cafeteria style communal meal 10Sun 1-May17.0 166.0 16.6Estaing 20 2Gite d'etape communal Unattended - no food. We ate in town with others 11Mon 2-May16.0 182.0 16.5Golinhac 21 3Le Hameau de St Jacques
(now Pole Touristique Bellevue)OK - meal at nearby hotel 12Tue 3-May21.0 203.0 16.9Conques 23 3Accueil Abbaye Sainte Foy Large - communal meal - church service 13Wed 4-May19.5 222.5 17.1Decazeville 23 1Les Volets Bleu
Caroline et JeanOK - we ate in town 14Thu 5-May0.0 222.5 17.1Decazeville (Rest day) 25 1ditto ditto 15Fri 6-May20.0 242.5 17.3Felzins 27 2Gite Le Pentadou
Nanou et Laurent FillotGreat - family meal - great dog 16Sat 7-May8.0 250.5 16.7Figeac 28 6Gite Chez Celia
RobinFair - we ate in town 17Sun 8-May0.0 250.5 16.7Figeac (Rocamadour) 28 6ditto ditto 18Mon 9-May20.0 270.5 16.9Le Puy Clavel 30 1Chambre d'hotes Ecoasis
Audrey et Manu SaillyNice - good family meal 19Tue 10-May11.5 282.0 16.6Cajarc 31 7Gite Annie Doucet OK - we ate in town 20Wed 11-May18.0 300.0 16.7Limogne-en-Quercy 34 4Gite d'etape communal Unattended - we ate in town 21Thu 12-May15.0 315.0 16.6Vaylats 36 1Monastere des Filles de Jesus
Brigette et PierreInteresting - good communal meal 22Fri 13-May23.7 338.7 16.9Cahors 40 6Foyer de Jeunes en Quercy OK - we had excellent meal in town 23Sat 14-May20.5 359.2 17.1Durand (near Lascabanes) 43 6Gite-Chambre d'hotes L'Etape Bleue
Jean-Michel et Marie-Claude Cayon-GlayereOff the route - fair communal meal 24Sun 15-May22.0 381.2 17.3Dalmayrac (near Lauzerte) 46 12Chambre d'hotes Au Clair de la Brune
Isabelle et Sylvie PortalOff the route - fair communal meal 25Mon 16-May24.5 405.7 17.6Moissac 50 6Gite d'etape Ultreia
Rom and Aideen Bates (Irish)Excellent - good communal meal 26Tue 17-May0.0 405.7 17.6Moissac (Rest day) 50 6ditto ditto 27Wed 18-May19.0 424.7 17.7Auvillar 52 6Accueil benevole de pelerin Un Autre Ailleurs
Stephane GoaziouDreadful - avoid. We ate in town 28Thu 19-May17.5 442.2 17.7Miradoux 54 3Accueil pelerin La Pause Verte
Therese FardoNot recommended - strange communal meal 29Fri 20-May15.0 457.2 17.6Lectoure 56 8Chambre d'hotes La Halte Pelerine
Veronique PautrelExcellent - we stayed in the chambre d'hote
section. We ate in town with Slacks 30Sat 21-May19.0 476.2 17.6La Romieu 58 3Gite d'etape prive Le Couvent de La Romieu Interesting. We ate in town 31Sun 22-May16.0 492.2 17.6Condom 59 4Gite de Gabarre About 1 km through the town.
Essentialy unattended. They provide food
to heat up for dinner - and a breakfast basket. 32Mon 23-May19.0 511.2 17.6Seviac 61 8Halte de la Ferme du Soleil
Marie-Pierre et Guy LabeyrieOK. Had communal meal with 3 others
and the hosts 33Tue 24-May23.0 534.2 17.8Peyret (La Hargue) 64 2Gite a la ferme
Meg Bracewell and Richard Russell (UK)Good. Enjoyable communal meal
There is a private swimming pool 34Wed 25-May21.0 555.2 17.9Lanne-Soubiran (La Barbe) 66 2Gite Maison Labarbe OK. Good communal meal 35Thu 26-May19.2 574.4 18.0Aire-Sur- L'Adour 69 12Hotel de la Paix OK. We ate elsewhere in town 36Fri 27-May18.2 592.6 18.0Miramont-Sensacq 712 Gite d'etape communal
MartineMunicipal gite. Good communal meal 37Sat 28-May14.0 606.6 17.8Arzacq-Arraziguet 73 2Centre d'accueil OK. Good communal meal 38Sun 29-May21.0 627.6 17.9Pomps 76 2Gite d'etape communal OK. Good communal meal 39Mon 30-May17.1 644.7 17.9Maslacq 78 7Chambre d'hotes Les Tilleuls
Myriam FaurePrivate home. OK. Small communal meal 40Tue 31-May21.8 666.5 18.0Navarrenx 81 2Gite d'etape communal - L'Arsenal OK. We ate with others in town. 41Wed 1-Jun19.0 685.5 18.0Aroue 83 3Gite d'etape communal OK. You can arrange for someone to
transport you for a meal 42Thu 2-Jun22.6 708.1 18.2Ostabat 85 2Chambre d'hotes Auberge Ametzanea OK. Communal meal 43Fri 3-Jun22.4 730.5 18.3St Jean Pied de Port 88 5Gite L'Esprit du Chemin
Huberta et Arno (Dutch)Excellent. Communal meal.
Check it out I will. Many thanks for sharingHighly reccomend Godesalco site for planning shorter stages!! You can draft an excel spreadsheet itinerary with your shorter route in just a few minutes. Godesalco supports many of the camino routes including Le Puy. I used the site to select towns, based off distance, for my 38 day Camino Frances pilgramage that I completed on June 11. I wanted to only walk between 11-15 miles/20-25 km a day. The site shows you every town and its distance from previous selected one. Will take you less than a few minutes to select towns and then site outputs a great set of files one of which is nifty excel spreadsheet with those towns with daily milage and daily altitude based on your selections including dates based off your start date. After downloading the excel spreadsheet, I added a column for name of places i would be staying. I used guidebooks to research background on towns. TIP: If you decide to change stage/town list, it's faster to create a new draft itinerary on web site instead of updating the previously downloaded excel spreadsheet of towns. The site doesn't save anything after it generates files.
Then I just printed the 2 page spreadsheet and carried it with me and emailed it to myself and my family members as my itinerary.
Check it out:^)
Planificador - Godesalco.com
Perfil altitudinal, lista de albergues, planificación de etapas, itinerario y archivos GPS para tu Camino.godesalco.com
Thanks Camino Chrissy- very helpfulI walked the Via Podiensis in 2018 and loved it. used "The Lightfoot guide to the Via Podiensis". I don't think Dave Whitson had his guidebook out at that time and I'd had never yet heard of Gronze. My two girlfriends and I managed even though we did not speak French or have any decent maps or apps. I recall we got lost twice, but for no more than an hour each time.
Yes, this is a good one thanks MananathI also like using the Wise Pilgrim app to easily calculate distances between cities. It's basically a beta version of the app so it doesn't have any historical info etc but it's still useful (and free).
John, blessing and a very big thanks...this is such a great resource and the distances feel doable for me. So great!!!!Here is our itinerary from 2011
Day Day Date
2011Walk
kmsTotal
kmsCum
Avg
walk
kmsTown Plan Ref # Gite Comment 0Thur 21-AprLe Puy 1 4Auberge de Jeunesse Youth Hostel 1Fri 22-Apr9.0 9.0 9.0Tallode 2 4Chambre d'hotes
Mme AllegreOK 2Sat 23-Apr14.5 23.5 11.8St Privat d'Allier 3 16Gite - Bar Le Kompost'L OK 3Sun 24-Apr19.0 42.5 14.2Sauges 5 3Gite a la ferme
Mmes Itier & MartinsExcellent - communal meal 4Mon 25-Apr19.5 62.0 15.5Domaine du Sauvage 8 1Gite d'etape Domaine du Sauvage We bought food from them and cooked 5Tue 26-Apr13.0 75.0 15.0Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole 9 4Accueil benevole familial La Maison du Pelerin
Francoise et Jean-Marc ConnanOK - communal meal - great dog 6Wed 27-Apr14.5 89.5 14.9Aumont-Aubrac 11 1Chambre d'hotes La Ferme du Barry
Vincent et Bernadette BoussageExcellent - communal meal - aligot 7Thu 28-Apr15.5 105.0 15.0Finieyrols 13 5Gite d'etape Les Gentianes Good communal meal 8Fri 29-Apr20.0 125.0 15.6Aubrac 15 2 Les Gites du Royal-Aubrac We bought food from them and cooked 9Sat 30-Apr24.0 149.0 16.6St-Come-D'Olt 18 2Espace Angele Merici - Couvent de Malet Fine - large - cafeteria style communal meal 10Sun 1-May17.0 166.0 16.6Estaing 20 2Gite d'etape communal Unattended - no food. We ate in town with others 11Mon 2-May16.0 182.0 16.5Golinhac 21 3Le Hameau de St Jacques
(now Pole Touristique Bellevue)OK - meal at nearby hotel 12Tue 3-May21.0 203.0 16.9Conques 23 3Accueil Abbaye Sainte Foy Large - communal meal - church service 13Wed 4-May19.5 222.5 17.1Decazeville 23 1Les Volets Bleu
Caroline et JeanOK - we ate in town 14Thu 5-May0.0 222.5 17.1Decazeville (Rest day) 25 1ditto ditto 15Fri 6-May20.0 242.5 17.3Felzins 27 2Gite Le Pentadou
Nanou et Laurent FillotGreat - family meal - great dog 16Sat 7-May8.0 250.5 16.7Figeac 28 6Gite Chez Celia
RobinFair - we ate in town 17Sun 8-May0.0 250.5 16.7Figeac (Rocamadour) 28 6ditto ditto 18Mon 9-May20.0 270.5 16.9Le Puy Clavel 30 1Chambre d'hotes Ecoasis
Audrey et Manu SaillyNice - good family meal 19Tue 10-May11.5 282.0 16.6Cajarc 31 7Gite Annie Doucet OK - we ate in town 20Wed 11-May18.0 300.0 16.7Limogne-en-Quercy 34 4Gite d'etape communal Unattended - we ate in town 21Thu 12-May15.0 315.0 16.6Vaylats 36 1Monastere des Filles de Jesus
Brigette et PierreInteresting - good communal meal 22Fri 13-May23.7 338.7 16.9Cahors 40 6Foyer de Jeunes en Quercy OK - we had excellent meal in town 23Sat 14-May20.5 359.2 17.1Durand (near Lascabanes) 43 6Gite-Chambre d'hotes L'Etape Bleue
Jean-Michel et Marie-Claude Cayon-GlayereOff the route - fair communal meal 24Sun 15-May22.0 381.2 17.3Dalmayrac (near Lauzerte) 46 12Chambre d'hotes Au Clair de la Brune
Isabelle et Sylvie PortalOff the route - fair communal meal 25Mon 16-May24.5 405.7 17.6Moissac 50 6Gite d'etape Ultreia
Rom and Aideen Bates (Irish)Excellent - good communal meal 26Tue 17-May0.0 405.7 17.6Moissac (Rest day) 50 6ditto ditto 27Wed 18-May19.0 424.7 17.7Auvillar 52 6Accueil benevole de pelerin Un Autre Ailleurs
Stephane GoaziouDreadful - avoid. We ate in town 28Thu 19-May17.5 442.2 17.7Miradoux 54 3Accueil pelerin La Pause Verte
Therese FardoNot recommended - strange communal meal 29Fri 20-May15.0 457.2 17.6Lectoure 56 8Chambre d'hotes La Halte Pelerine
Veronique PautrelExcellent - we stayed in the chambre d'hote
section. We ate in town with Slacks 30Sat 21-May19.0 476.2 17.6La Romieu 58 3Gite d'etape prive Le Couvent de La Romieu Interesting. We ate in town 31Sun 22-May16.0 492.2 17.6Condom 59 4Gite de Gabarre About 1 km through the town.
Essentialy unattended. They provide food
to heat up for dinner - and a breakfast basket. 32Mon 23-May19.0 511.2 17.6Seviac 61 8Halte de la Ferme du Soleil
Marie-Pierre et Guy LabeyrieOK. Had communal meal with 3 others
and the hosts 33Tue 24-May23.0 534.2 17.8Peyret (La Hargue) 64 2Gite a la ferme
Meg Bracewell and Richard Russell (UK)Good. Enjoyable communal meal
There is a private swimming pool 34Wed 25-May21.0 555.2 17.9Lanne-Soubiran (La Barbe) 66 2Gite Maison Labarbe OK. Good communal meal 35Thu 26-May19.2 574.4 18.0Aire-Sur- L'Adour 69 12Hotel de la Paix OK. We ate elsewhere in town 36Fri 27-May18.2 592.6 18.0Miramont-Sensacq 712 Gite d'etape communal
MartineMunicipal gite. Good communal meal 37Sat 28-May14.0 606.6 17.8Arzacq-Arraziguet 73 2Centre d'accueil OK. Good communal meal 38Sun 29-May21.0 627.6 17.9Pomps 76 2Gite d'etape communal OK. Good communal meal 39Mon 30-May17.1 644.7 17.9Maslacq 78 7Chambre d'hotes Les Tilleuls
Myriam FaurePrivate home. OK. Small communal meal 40Tue 31-May21.8 666.5 18.0Navarrenx 81 2Gite d'etape communal - L'Arsenal OK. We ate with others in town. 41Wed 1-Jun19.0 685.5 18.0Aroue 83 3Gite d'etape communal OK. You can arrange for someone to
transport you for a meal 42Thu 2-Jun22.6 708.1 18.2Ostabat 85 2Chambre d'hotes Auberge Ametzanea OK. Communal meal 43Fri 3-Jun22.4 730.5 18.3St Jean Pied de Port 88 5Gite L'Esprit du Chemin
Huberta et Arno (Dutch)Excellent. Communal meal.
Just doing a deeper dive now into the rich resource.....Can you tell me pleaseHere is our itinerary from 2011
Day Day Date
2011Walk
kmsTotal
kmsCum
Avg
walk
kmsTown Plan Ref # Gite Comment 0Thur 21-AprLe Puy 1 4Auberge de Jeunesse Youth Hostel 1Fri 22-Apr9.0 9.0 9.0Tallode 2 4Chambre d'hotes
Mme AllegreOK 2Sat 23-Apr14.5 23.5 11.8St Privat d'Allier 3 16Gite - Bar Le Kompost'L OK 3Sun 24-Apr19.0 42.5 14.2Sauges 5 3Gite a la ferme
Mmes Itier & MartinsExcellent - communal meal 4Mon 25-Apr19.5 62.0 15.5Domaine du Sauvage 8 1Gite d'etape Domaine du Sauvage We bought food from them and cooked 5Tue 26-Apr13.0 75.0 15.0Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole 9 4Accueil benevole familial La Maison du Pelerin
Francoise et Jean-Marc ConnanOK - communal meal - great dog 6Wed 27-Apr14.5 89.5 14.9Aumont-Aubrac 11 1Chambre d'hotes La Ferme du Barry
Vincent et Bernadette BoussageExcellent - communal meal - aligot 7Thu 28-Apr15.5 105.0 15.0Finieyrols 13 5Gite d'etape Les Gentianes Good communal meal 8Fri 29-Apr20.0 125.0 15.6Aubrac 15 2 Les Gites du Royal-Aubrac We bought food from them and cooked 9Sat 30-Apr24.0 149.0 16.6St-Come-D'Olt 18 2Espace Angele Merici - Couvent de Malet Fine - large - cafeteria style communal meal 10Sun 1-May17.0 166.0 16.6Estaing 20 2Gite d'etape communal Unattended - no food. We ate in town with others 11Mon 2-May16.0 182.0 16.5Golinhac 21 3Le Hameau de St Jacques
(now Pole Touristique Bellevue)OK - meal at nearby hotel 12Tue 3-May21.0 203.0 16.9Conques 23 3Accueil Abbaye Sainte Foy Large - communal meal - church service 13Wed 4-May19.5 222.5 17.1Decazeville 23 1Les Volets Bleu
Caroline et JeanOK - we ate in town 14Thu 5-May0.0 222.5 17.1Decazeville (Rest day) 25 1ditto ditto 15Fri 6-May20.0 242.5 17.3Felzins 27 2Gite Le Pentadou
Nanou et Laurent FillotGreat - family meal - great dog 16Sat 7-May8.0 250.5 16.7Figeac 28 6Gite Chez Celia
RobinFair - we ate in town 17Sun 8-May0.0 250.5 16.7Figeac (Rocamadour) 28 6ditto ditto 18Mon 9-May20.0 270.5 16.9Le Puy Clavel 30 1Chambre d'hotes Ecoasis
Audrey et Manu SaillyNice - good family meal 19Tue 10-May11.5 282.0 16.6Cajarc 31 7Gite Annie Doucet OK - we ate in town 20Wed 11-May18.0 300.0 16.7Limogne-en-Quercy 34 4Gite d'etape communal Unattended - we ate in town 21Thu 12-May15.0 315.0 16.6Vaylats 36 1Monastere des Filles de Jesus
Brigette et PierreInteresting - good communal meal 22Fri 13-May23.7 338.7 16.9Cahors 40 6Foyer de Jeunes en Quercy OK - we had excellent meal in town 23Sat 14-May20.5 359.2 17.1Durand (near Lascabanes) 43 6Gite-Chambre d'hotes L'Etape Bleue
Jean-Michel et Marie-Claude Cayon-GlayereOff the route - fair communal meal 24Sun 15-May22.0 381.2 17.3Dalmayrac (near Lauzerte) 46 12Chambre d'hotes Au Clair de la Brune
Isabelle et Sylvie PortalOff the route - fair communal meal 25Mon 16-May24.5 405.7 17.6Moissac 50 6Gite d'etape Ultreia
Rom and Aideen Bates (Irish)Excellent - good communal meal 26Tue 17-May0.0 405.7 17.6Moissac (Rest day) 50 6ditto ditto 27Wed 18-May19.0 424.7 17.7Auvillar 52 6Accueil benevole de pelerin Un Autre Ailleurs
Stephane GoaziouDreadful - avoid. We ate in town 28Thu 19-May17.5 442.2 17.7Miradoux 54 3Accueil pelerin La Pause Verte
Therese FardoNot recommended - strange communal meal 29Fri 20-May15.0 457.2 17.6Lectoure 56 8Chambre d'hotes La Halte Pelerine
Veronique PautrelExcellent - we stayed in the chambre d'hote
section. We ate in town with Slacks 30Sat 21-May19.0 476.2 17.6La Romieu 58 3Gite d'etape prive Le Couvent de La Romieu Interesting. We ate in town 31Sun 22-May16.0 492.2 17.6Condom 59 4Gite de Gabarre About 1 km through the town.
Essentialy unattended. They provide food
to heat up for dinner - and a breakfast basket. 32Mon 23-May19.0 511.2 17.6Seviac 61 8Halte de la Ferme du Soleil
Marie-Pierre et Guy LabeyrieOK. Had communal meal with 3 others
and the hosts 33Tue 24-May23.0 534.2 17.8Peyret (La Hargue) 64 2Gite a la ferme
Meg Bracewell and Richard Russell (UK)Good. Enjoyable communal meal
There is a private swimming pool 34Wed 25-May21.0 555.2 17.9Lanne-Soubiran (La Barbe) 66 2Gite Maison Labarbe OK. Good communal meal 35Thu 26-May19.2 574.4 18.0Aire-Sur- L'Adour 69 12Hotel de la Paix OK. We ate elsewhere in town 36Fri 27-May18.2 592.6 18.0Miramont-Sensacq 712 Gite d'etape communal
MartineMunicipal gite. Good communal meal 37Sat 28-May14.0 606.6 17.8Arzacq-Arraziguet 73 2Centre d'accueil OK. Good communal meal 38Sun 29-May21.0 627.6 17.9Pomps 76 2Gite d'etape communal OK. Good communal meal 39Mon 30-May17.1 644.7 17.9Maslacq 78 7Chambre d'hotes Les Tilleuls
Myriam FaurePrivate home. OK. Small communal meal 40Tue 31-May21.8 666.5 18.0Navarrenx 81 2Gite d'etape communal - L'Arsenal OK. We ate with others in town. 41Wed 1-Jun19.0 685.5 18.0Aroue 83 3Gite d'etape communal OK. You can arrange for someone to
transport you for a meal 42Thu 2-Jun22.6 708.1 18.2Ostabat 85 2Chambre d'hotes Auberge Ametzanea OK. Communal meal 43Fri 3-Jun22.4 730.5 18.3St Jean Pied de Port 88 5Gite L'Esprit du Chemin
Huberta et Arno (Dutch)Excellent. Communal meal.
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Hi again, could you share with me please what the "Plan" and 'Ref #' columns refer to?Here is our itinerary from 2011
Day Day Date
2011Walk
kmsTotal
kmsCum
Avg
walk
kmsTown Plan Ref # Gite Comment 0Thur 21-AprLe Puy 1 4Auberge de Jeunesse Youth Hostel 1Fri 22-Apr9.0 9.0 9.0Tallode 2 4Chambre d'hotes
Mme AllegreOK 2Sat 23-Apr14.5 23.5 11.8St Privat d'Allier 3 16Gite - Bar Le Kompost'L OK 3Sun 24-Apr19.0 42.5 14.2Sauges 5 3Gite a la ferme
Mmes Itier & MartinsExcellent - communal meal 4Mon 25-Apr19.5 62.0 15.5Domaine du Sauvage 8 1Gite d'etape Domaine du Sauvage We bought food from them and cooked 5Tue 26-Apr13.0 75.0 15.0Saint-Alban-sur-Limagnole 9 4Accueil benevole familial La Maison du Pelerin
Francoise et Jean-Marc ConnanOK - communal meal - great dog 6Wed 27-Apr14.5 89.5 14.9Aumont-Aubrac 11 1Chambre d'hotes La Ferme du Barry
Vincent et Bernadette BoussageExcellent - communal meal - aligot 7Thu 28-Apr15.5 105.0 15.0Finieyrols 13 5Gite d'etape Les Gentianes Good communal meal 8Fri 29-Apr20.0 125.0 15.6Aubrac 15 2 Les Gites du Royal-Aubrac We bought food from them and cooked 9Sat 30-Apr24.0 149.0 16.6St-Come-D'Olt 18 2Espace Angele Merici - Couvent de Malet Fine - large - cafeteria style communal meal 10Sun 1-May17.0 166.0 16.6Estaing 20 2Gite d'etape communal Unattended - no food. We ate in town with others 11Mon 2-May16.0 182.0 16.5Golinhac 21 3Le Hameau de St Jacques
(now Pole Touristique Bellevue)OK - meal at nearby hotel 12Tue 3-May21.0 203.0 16.9Conques 23 3Accueil Abbaye Sainte Foy Large - communal meal - church service 13Wed 4-May19.5 222.5 17.1Decazeville 23 1Les Volets Bleu
Caroline et JeanOK - we ate in town 14Thu 5-May0.0 222.5 17.1Decazeville (Rest day) 25 1ditto ditto 15Fri 6-May20.0 242.5 17.3Felzins 27 2Gite Le Pentadou
Nanou et Laurent FillotGreat - family meal - great dog 16Sat 7-May8.0 250.5 16.7Figeac 28 6Gite Chez Celia
RobinFair - we ate in town 17Sun 8-May0.0 250.5 16.7Figeac (Rocamadour) 28 6ditto ditto 18Mon 9-May20.0 270.5 16.9Le Puy Clavel 30 1Chambre d'hotes Ecoasis
Audrey et Manu SaillyNice - good family meal 19Tue 10-May11.5 282.0 16.6Cajarc 31 7Gite Annie Doucet OK - we ate in town 20Wed 11-May18.0 300.0 16.7Limogne-en-Quercy 34 4Gite d'etape communal Unattended - we ate in town 21Thu 12-May15.0 315.0 16.6Vaylats 36 1Monastere des Filles de Jesus
Brigette et PierreInteresting - good communal meal 22Fri 13-May23.7 338.7 16.9Cahors 40 6Foyer de Jeunes en Quercy OK - we had excellent meal in town 23Sat 14-May20.5 359.2 17.1Durand (near Lascabanes) 43 6Gite-Chambre d'hotes L'Etape Bleue
Jean-Michel et Marie-Claude Cayon-GlayereOff the route - fair communal meal 24Sun 15-May22.0 381.2 17.3Dalmayrac (near Lauzerte) 46 12Chambre d'hotes Au Clair de la Brune
Isabelle et Sylvie PortalOff the route - fair communal meal 25Mon 16-May24.5 405.7 17.6Moissac 50 6Gite d'etape Ultreia
Rom and Aideen Bates (Irish)Excellent - good communal meal 26Tue 17-May0.0 405.7 17.6Moissac (Rest day) 50 6ditto ditto 27Wed 18-May19.0 424.7 17.7Auvillar 52 6Accueil benevole de pelerin Un Autre Ailleurs
Stephane GoaziouDreadful - avoid. We ate in town 28Thu 19-May17.5 442.2 17.7Miradoux 54 3Accueil pelerin La Pause Verte
Therese FardoNot recommended - strange communal meal 29Fri 20-May15.0 457.2 17.6Lectoure 56 8Chambre d'hotes La Halte Pelerine
Veronique PautrelExcellent - we stayed in the chambre d'hote
section. We ate in town with Slacks 30Sat 21-May19.0 476.2 17.6La Romieu 58 3Gite d'etape prive Le Couvent de La Romieu Interesting. We ate in town 31Sun 22-May16.0 492.2 17.6Condom 59 4Gite de Gabarre About 1 km through the town.
Essentialy unattended. They provide food
to heat up for dinner - and a breakfast basket. 32Mon 23-May19.0 511.2 17.6Seviac 61 8Halte de la Ferme du Soleil
Marie-Pierre et Guy LabeyrieOK. Had communal meal with 3 others
and the hosts 33Tue 24-May23.0 534.2 17.8Peyret (La Hargue) 64 2Gite a la ferme
Meg Bracewell and Richard Russell (UK)Good. Enjoyable communal meal
There is a private swimming pool 34Wed 25-May21.0 555.2 17.9Lanne-Soubiran (La Barbe) 66 2Gite Maison Labarbe OK. Good communal meal 35Thu 26-May19.2 574.4 18.0Aire-Sur- L'Adour 69 12Hotel de la Paix OK. We ate elsewhere in town 36Fri 27-May18.2 592.6 18.0Miramont-Sensacq 712 Gite d'etape communal
MartineMunicipal gite. Good communal meal 37Sat 28-May14.0 606.6 17.8Arzacq-Arraziguet 73 2Centre d'accueil OK. Good communal meal 38Sun 29-May21.0 627.6 17.9Pomps 76 2Gite d'etape communal OK. Good communal meal 39Mon 30-May17.1 644.7 17.9Maslacq 78 7Chambre d'hotes Les Tilleuls
Myriam FaurePrivate home. OK. Small communal meal 40Tue 31-May21.8 666.5 18.0Navarrenx 81 2Gite d'etape communal - L'Arsenal OK. We ate with others in town. 41Wed 1-Jun19.0 685.5 18.0Aroue 83 3Gite d'etape communal OK. You can arrange for someone to
transport you for a meal 42Thu 2-Jun22.6 708.1 18.2Ostabat 85 2Chambre d'hotes Auberge Ametzanea OK. Communal meal 43Fri 3-Jun22.4 730.5 18.3St Jean Pied de Port 88 5Gite L'Esprit du Chemin
Huberta et Arno (Dutch)Excellent. Communal meal.
In the MiamMiam Dodo Guidebook Plan is the Map No. and Ref is the Accommodation No.Hi again, could you share with me please what the "Plan" and 'Ref #' columns refer to?
Perfecto! Thanks a mill John...I think you may have saved me many hours and for that I am grateful!In the MiamMiam Dodo Guidebook Plan is the Map No. and Ref is the Accommodation No.
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