The Abbey Church at Saint Gilles May 13, 2026 - Arles to Saint Gilles - 22 kms - Le Cours Hôtel May 14, 2026 - Saint Gilles to Aigues Mortes - 28 kms - Agréable T2 apartment Gordon: Yesterday we experienced what will probably be the most authentic "Camino day" of this pilgrimage. We walked and cycled from Arles to Saint Gilles, which is the ...
Saint Trophime May 11, 2026 - Pélissanne to Mouriès - 30 kms - Luciole des Alpilles May 12, 2026 - Mouriès to Arles - 28 kms - La Cloison Studio Ruth: I love the city of Arles. This is our fourth visit, and I still enjoy it as much as I did the first time. It has a fabulous mix of Roman and Romanesque treasures. ...
May 8, 2026 - Pourrières to Aix-en-Provence - 31 kms - ITER House apartment May 9, 2026 - Aix-en-Provence - tourist day in town - ITER House apartment May 10, 2026 Aix-en-Provence to Pélissanne - 31 kms - En pleine cœur de Pélissanne apartment Gordon: Appropriately, Ruth and I both approached Aix by traversing the flank of Mount Sainte Victoire, the distinctive mountain visible from ...
May 6, 2026 - Montfort-sur-Argens to near Tourves - 26 kms - La cabane en bois May 7, 2026 - near Tourves to Pourrières - 30 kms - Petite Pause à Pourrières I have wanted to visit this place for over 40 years. Of course I didn't know anything about the hilltown of Pourrières then, but this is the place nonetheless. I am so excited ...
May 4, 2026 - Roquebrune-sur-Argens to Lorgues - 26 kms - Carnets de VoyageMay 5, 2026 - Lorgues to Montfort-sur-Argens (with a visit to Abbaye du Thoronet) - 28 kms - La Cachette du CompteToday our route passed the twelfth century Monastery of Thoronet. I once imagined the lives of medieval monks as pastoral, isolated, and deeply communal, their simple, quiet existence shaped by vows ...
May 3, 2026 - Agay to Roquebrune sur Argens - 27 kms - Les Jasmines apartment The bi-directional pilgrimage route in this area, the Via Aurelia, passes Cannes in the hills above the city. Rather than immediately climbing up to join it, however, we decided to spend a few days on the coast to pass through some cities we had long heard of, but never ...
We have our pilgrim credentials packed and we fly to Nice today, returning to follow another pilgrimage path across the South of France. We will start from Nice with Gord on foot and me on my bike Friday. Initially we will be on the Via Aurelia (GR 653A). It is a dual direction route heading both to both Rome and Santiago de Compostela in Spain. ...
April 29, 2024 - La Bastide Clairence to Bayonne - 28 kms - Temporesidences Cathedral April 30 and May 1, 2024 - Rest days in Bayonne - Temporesidences Cathedral When we passed through Bayonne years ago we were struck by the beauty of the place. So with more time available on this trip, we chose to stay here for our first rest day since Arles. ...
April 26, 2024 - Aubertin to Navarrenx - 33 kms - Jasmin 1 Jeanne d’Albret April 27, 2024 - Navarrenx to Saint Palais - 31 kms - Hotel de la Paix April 28, 2024 - Saint Palais to La Bastide Clairence - 29 kms - Les Collines Iduki We dropped into the tourist office in Navarrenx (a beautiful town on the Chemin de Le Puy ...
April 20, 2024 - Auch - L’île-de-Noe - 24kms - we stayed with Marie-Line in Castelnau d’Angèles April 21, 2024 - L’île-de-Noe - Marciac - 32kms - Apartment sur Lac Gord: In 2010 we covered a small portion of the Chemin d’Arles on bike. As we approached one of the villages we stayed in 14 years ago, Ruth tried to contact our former host by ...