Updates on the German / French Roads feature here. (NOV 2009)
Support Team Member Dietmar Völkel recently walked from Trier to Le Puy (800 kms) and from Strassbourg to Santiago de Compostela (2000 kms +).
Pictures: Le Puy en Velay, including St. James (in the Dome).
THE GERMAN / FRENCH ROADS: LOS CAMINOS ALEMANES / FRANCESES
Updated: november 2009
TRIER: Hostel Hilles, Gartenfeldstrasse 7 (€16=) Ph:0651/7102785 (good) shopping nearby
(After 13,5 kms) TAWERN: Scheidt, Romerstrasse 40 (very good) (€20=, incl. breakfast) Ph 06501/17824 (Good shopping)
(After 13,5 kms) MERZKIRCHEN: "Die Herberge", Mary Hemmerling, Raifeissenstr 40, Ph 06581/4174 (€25=, including breakfast) (very good)
(After 19 kms) PERL: Venna Klein, Triererstrasse 13, (€20= with balcony, incl breakfast) (very good) (shops nearby)
(After 19 kms) SAINTE MARGUERITE: Monique Bidon-Keller, 9 Rue de Hackenberg (€35=, incl break/dinner) (very good) Ph 0382823080 (no shops)
(After 27 kms) VIGY: Centre International de Sejor (C.I.S) (good) Ph 0387779209 (€30=, incl breakfast)
(or:) ARS-SUR-MASELLE: Monique et Jean Luc Baron, Ph 0387606014 (bookings essential!)
(After 25 kms) METZ / RUGNY: Hotel Etap (€47=, incl breakfast) (good) Ph 0892701269 (Lidl Restaurant next door)
(After 35 kms) PONT-A-MOUSSON: Hotel Européen (good), Avenue de Metz 162, Ph 0383810757 (€50=, incl break) (shops, bank, restaurant)
(After 37 kms) TOUL: Hotel ABC, in centre (€35=) (fairly good), shops, bank
(After 15 kms) BULLIGNY: Chambres d'Hotel, Maison Crochet, (good) (€62=, incl breakfast/dinner) Ph 0383625129 (no shops)
(After 40 kms) NEUFCHATEAU: Hotel Le Rialto €70= incl. breakf/dinner (pretty good), shops, bank Ph 0329060940
(After 35 kms) CLEGMONT: Camping (€6=) (clean!), shop, bank. Or: Fam Godin, Rue Gouriere 11, €25= incl breakf Ph 0325314854
(After 12 kms) MONTIGNY: Hotel & Camping, shops, bank
(After 25 kms) LANGRES: Foyer Langres de Jeunes (OK) Travailleurs Albergue near city wall (€15=) shops, bank
(After 30 kms) RUBERIVE: Palais Abbatial, Ph 03225843366, (good, €25= incl break) shops, camping, bank
(After 16 kms) GRANCEY LE CHATEAU: camping & Kees Volger (€85=, good, incl break/dinner) Ph 0380756933
(After 45 kms) LYON: albergue: gite, many small hotels
(After 18 kms) MOREY SAINT DENIS: La Côte Rotie (fairly good, €52= incl breakf), Ph 0380340190, 22 Rue de la Montagne
(very good restaurant nearby on Rue National: 4 course + coffee: €13=)
(After 29 kms) BEAUME: Hotel Alesia (good) €59= incl breakf Ph 0380226327 (some rooms cost €34=)
(After 30 kms) FONTAINAS: no hotel nearby! (Error in German Guide Book) Sleep in Chagny or in Rully !!!!!
(After 37 kms) St. GENGOUX LE NATIONAL: Hotel de la Gare might not be open !!! (Another error in the German Guide book)
Taxi Service LACROIX offers a good room with breakfast for €30=, in Rue de l'Esperance, Ph 0385925313
(After 22 kms) CLUNY: Benedict Monastery (good) (€18= incl breakfast) shops, bank
(After 18 kms) TRAMAYES: gite communale, donation only, shop
(After 38 kms) LES ECHARMEAUX: Hotel des Nations, €38= incl breakfast Ph 0474036213
(After 16 kms) CUINZIER: no gite (error in German Guide Book) Sleep at "Jaselin" (very good) €25= incl dinner
(After 25 kms) BRIENNAN: good hotel near entrance of town, past bridge. €25= (shops, bank)
(After 20 kms) St. HAON LE CHATEL: gite (good) €12= Ph 0477621322 (pilgrim menu €13=), bank, baker
Again an error in the German Outdoors Guidebook: CENTRE TRAVEL is not for pilgrims!
St. HAON: Mme Bard, Ph 0477652426 (ring up!!)
(After 29 kms) St. GERMAIN LAVAL: Auberge des Voyageurs (OK) €72= incl dinner Ph 0477654084, shops, bank
(After 33 kms) CHAMPTIEU: new gite communal, €14= (very good), kitchen, bath, garden, bar nearby and shops
(After 35 kms) MAROLS: Auberge de Marols (very good!) Monique Bugenne, Ph 0477767714, donation only, dinner
(After 13 kms) APINAC: Centre d'Accueil Permanent €25=, incl dinner, very good Ph 0477502652
(After 25 kms) RETOURNAC: Hotel St Jacques (OK, near railway) Ph 0471561573 (€38=, incl breakf/dinner), shops, bank
(After 49 kms) LE PUY: good gite d'etape: Accueil Saint Francois in Rue Saint Mayol (€16,50 incl. breakfast; dinner €10=)
(After 10 kms) FAY: Chantal (very good!) (room & breakfast €17= or dinner included: €25=) Very friendly
Please note: If you turn left before La Roche, take the high road in the direction of Bains to Fay. You gain two hours!!
(After 7 kms) SAINT PRIVAT d'AALLIER: Very good gite at Marie and Jean Mark Lucien (donation)
(After 18 kms) SAUGUES: Good gite Centre d'Accueil La Mageride, Rue de Tours Neuves (bed €10=, breakfast €4=, dinner €11=)
(After 10 kms) CHANALIELES (at 400 meters from Camino, across the creek): New gite where you enter the village.
Keys in Café de Pont. Overnight stay: €10,50 (Very good 4-course dinner: €27,50)
(After 15 kms) St. ALBAN SUR LIMAGNOLE: Gite d'Etape Hotel du Centre, Grande Rue 32 (opp. church) (€10=)
(After 15 kms) AUMONT AUBRAC: Gite in sacristy next to church (OK) (donation)
(After 27 kms) NASBINALS: Hotel (€31, incl. breakfast)
(After 18 kms) St. CHELY d'AUBRAC: Gite Communal in Rue d'Espalion (€10=) (good)
(After 16 kms) St. COME d'OIT: Private Albergue with ROUS Family (very good; B&B €15=) 2 more gites in centre & monastery
(After 6 kms) ESPALLON: Gite d'Etape communal in Rue Saint Joseph 5 and in Rue Arthur Canel (B&B €17=)
(After 36 ikms) ESPEYRAC: Gite communal (good) (donation)
(After 9 kms) CONQUES: Gite communal in Rue Emile Roudie (8=) Also in monastery next to church (€8=)
(After 20 kms) DECATZEVILLE: Gite d'Etape Les Voltes Bleus (good) in Rue Camille Douls (€10=)
(After 25 kms) FIGERAC: Hotel Des Bains, Rue du Griffaul 1
(After 20 kms) GREALOU: Hotel "4 vents" (moderately priced, dinner incl)
(After 10 kms) CARJARC: Gite comm., Place du Foirail (€6=), Gite d'Etape Le Pelerin, in Rue Lac auhne 11 (€10=)
(After 24 kms) VARAIRE: Restaurant / Bar Les Marronniers (B&B, moderately priced)
(After 20 kms) LE GASCOU: Altern Bauernhof Frau Aymard (very good) (moderately priced)
(After 12 kms) CAHORS: Youth albergue; many hostals/hotels
NOTE: Dietmar Völkel sometimes slept in the open air.
Kurt and Dietmar (July 2009)
COMING SOON: The Camino from CAHORS to SOMPORT
(Descriptions of the Aragonese Road from Somport to Puente la Reina can be found in the CAMINO HANDBOOK).
