Le Puy camino March/April 2025

[Sal An Ban]

Hi,

I’m Sally from Australia and I’m planning to walk for 3 weeks starting in Le Puy in mid March 2025. I know, it’s going to be cold! But I love walking in the cold and have done a few walks in France/Italy/Spain at a similar time of year. It’s refreshing and there are usually fewer hikers.
Re the weather … I had a couple of weeks’ torrential rain on the Camino de Santiago, and my rain jacket was fantastic. However it was 20 years old by the time I walked the Via Francigena last year and after only light rain was not waterproof so I am wanting recommendations for a good jacket or poncho.
I have looked on the Gronze site and it looks like there are plenty of gites open in March. Any ideas about where to stay when I arrive in Le Puy?
I have tried to open Andy’s guide however am unable to open it, and it sounds like it has been super useful for lots of people, ant tips on how to open this link?
Any other tips or advice would be useful and appreciated
Thank you
Sally

 

[walkingagain]

Hi Sally - I’m planning my own Le Puy camino and have been using the Grozne site for Albergue research. It’s in Spanish but the Albergues are listed by stage and it’s very helpful whether or not you speak Spanish.

Le Puy-en-Velay - Saint-Privat-d'Allier | Camino de Le Puy | Gronze.com

La partida de Le Puy siempre emociona tras haber asistido a la misa y bendición del peregrino, a menudo realizada por el propio obispo, que nos recordará el carácter sagrado de la ruta. Iniciamos la marcha en cuesta arriba por el Macizo Central, donde las tierras volcánicas del Velay, con sus...

www.gronze.com

If you use the Google Chrome browser you can use the translate option and it will translate the Grozne site into English for you.

I just read Andy’s guide today for the first time. Here’s the link I downloaded it from - for me an orange ‘download’ button appears - that’s what I clicked to get the guide.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/the-way-of-le-puy-all-the-stuff-you-wanna-know-or-oughta-wanna-know-before-starting-out.732/updates#resource-update-912

 

[Sal An Ban]

Hi Sally - I’m planning my own Le Puy camino and have been using the Grozne site for Albergue research. It’s in Spanish but the Albergues are listed by stage and it’s very helpful whether or not you speak Spanish.

Le Puy-en-Velay - Saint-Privat-d'Allier | Camino de Le Puy | Gronze.com

La partida de Le Puy siempre emociona tras haber asistido a la misa y bendición del peregrino, a menudo realizada por el propio obispo, que nos recordará el carácter sagrado de la ruta. Iniciamos la marcha en cuesta arriba por el Macizo Central, donde las tierras volcánicas del Velay, con sus...

www.gronze.com

If you use the Google Chrome browser you can use the translate option and it will translate the Grozne site into English for you.

I just read Andy’s guide today for the first time. Here’s the link I downloaded it from - for me an orange ‘download’ button appears - that’s what I clicked to get the guide.

https://www.caminodesantiago.me/community/resources/the-way-of-le-puy-all-the-stuff-you-wanna-know-or-oughta-wanna-know-before-starting-out.732/updates#resource-update-912

Thanks for that info. Yes I translated the Gronze pages to English with google translate. I clicked on your link to Andy’s page but don’t get the orange button to download, similar to when I tried previously … not sure why …

 

[walkingagain]

Thanks for that info. Yes I translated the Gronze pages to English with google translate. I clicked on your link to Andy’s page but don’t get the orange button to download, similar to when I tried previously … not sure why …

Let’s see if this works - here are jpegs of the first 10 pages

 

[walkingagain]

Thanks for that info. Yes I translated the Gronze pages to English with google translate. I clicked on your link to Andy’s page but don’t get the orange button to download, similar to when I tried previously … not sure why …

Here are pages 11- 17

 

[CTLawGal]

I am starting to plan my Le Puy for spring 2025 as well - I don't mind the cold, but I worry about heavy rains and mud... I'm thinking of starting in Geneva even though I think it's not technically considered a Camino route (?), but haven't yet settled on whether to add the 3 extra weeks. Either way, I was thinking mid- to late April might be slightly better weather. I was finally able to secure an Altus poncho through Trekkin n Spain that shipped to US (don't know if they ship to Australia). I think Trecile had provided a link, here's one below

Altus Atmospheric J30 poncho Orange | Trekkinn

Buy Altus Atmospheric J30 - Orange, Rain ponchos from Men´s clothing for only 58.49 $. Find outdoor deals in Trekkinn | Fast delivery

www.tradeinn.com

 

[Sal An Ban]

Let’s see if this works - here are jpegs of the first 10 pages

Yes! I’ve got those jpeg pages, thanks so much for the effort, I’ll have a read

 

[Sal An Ban]

Thanks so much for Andy’s pages and for the link to the poncho, it’s very kind. Re Geneva, you can make your own ‘way’ by foot otherwise as you know it is a train ride. I am flying into Lyon and spend a night there to recover (it’s a long trip from Australia) then bus to Le Puy the next day. I have downloaded David’s very comprehensive spreadsheet with accommodation and also ordered Miam Miam Dodo. I will probably order the Cicerone book as well, I love to have the guidebooks on my coffee table to peruse for a few months leading up to the trip.