Updates on the German / French Roads feature here. (NOV 2009 - SEP 10)
Veteran pilgrim and long-distance walker Dietmar Völkel (left with nr. 912; also left top) and his friends
during an animating sports weekend in Ahlen (September 2010).
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)
SEPTEMBER 2010: Dietmar walked the entire "Left Bank" of the Rhine River from
Cologne to Wiesbaden, a distance of some 300-400 kms.
"It is beautiful !!" he says.
Above (top page) some pictures from Dietmar and his sports friends. (Dietmar lives near Dortmund, Germany).
