From Puy en Velay begins the great adventure of the Chemin de Saint-Jacques…And what a start! This first week is a real invitation to pilgrimage.
1 DAY:
Arrival in Le Puy en Velay at the end of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.
2 DAY:
GR65 hike between Le Puy en Velay and Saint Privat d'Allier: 23.5km
Leaving Puy en Velay, magnificent panorama with a view over the entire basin, then crossing Velay: land of lentils and black sheep.
Altitude: 890m – Elevation gain: + 660m / – 460m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
3 DAY:
GR65 hike between Saint Privat d'Allier and Saugues: 19km
Hike from the small stony path through the gorges at Monistrol d'Allier to finally reach the Margeride plateau.
Altitude: 960m – Elevation gain: + 660m / – 560m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
4 DAY:
GR65 hike between Saugues and Les Faux (or Lajo): 29km or 26km
Discovery stage of the Margeride plateau, with its typical villages, its lost hamlets and its pastures surrounded by stone walls.
Altitude: 1113m – Elevation gain: + 570m / – 360m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
5 DAY:
GR65 hike between Les Faux (or Lajo) and Aumont Aubrac: 21km or 23km
This stage of the hike always crosses the Margeride plateau to Aumont, gateway to Aubrac, an emblematic plateau on the Way of St. James.
Altitude: 1050m – Elevation gain: + 400m / – 500m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
6 DAY:
GR65 hike between Aumont Aubrac and Nasbinals: 26km
Crossing the Aubrac Plateau: a large plateau occupied by pastures, burons, dry stone walls and expanses of flowers depending on the time of year! Arrival in Nasbinals, where our first week on the road to Saint Jacques of Compostela.
Altitude: 1180m – Elevation gain: + 400m / – 500m – Duration: 7h to 8h walking
7 DAY:
End of stay after breakfast.
*Steps may change depending on accommodation availability.
Mandatory reservation.
Arrival in Le Puy en Velay at the end of the afternoon. Dinner and overnight stay.
2 DAY:
GR65 hike between Le Puy en Velay and Saint Privat d'Allier: 23.5km
Leaving Puy en Velay, magnificent panorama with a view over the entire basin, then crossing Velay: land of lentils and black sheep.
Altitude: 890m – Elevation gain: + 660m / – 460m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
3 DAY:
GR65 hike between Saint Privat d'Allier and Saugues: 19km
Hike from the small stony path through the gorges at Monistrol d'Allier to finally reach the Margeride plateau.
Altitude: 960m – Elevation gain: + 660m / – 560m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
4 DAY:
GR65 hike between Saugues and Les Faux (or Lajo): 29km or 26km
Discovery stage of the Margeride plateau, with its typical villages, its lost hamlets and its pastures surrounded by stone walls.
Altitude: 1113m – Elevation gain: + 570m / – 360m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
5 DAY:
GR65 hike between Les Faux (or Lajo) and Aumont Aubrac: 21km or 23km
This stage of the hike always crosses the Margeride plateau to Aumont, gateway to Aubrac, an emblematic plateau on the Way of St. James.
Altitude: 1050m – Elevation gain: + 400m / – 500m – Duration: 5h to 6h walking
6 DAY:
GR65 hike between Aumont Aubrac and Nasbinals: 26km
Crossing the Aubrac Plateau: a large plateau occupied by pastures, burons, dry stone walls and expanses of flowers depending on the time of year! Arrival in Nasbinals, where our first week on the road to Saint Jacques of Compostela.
Altitude: 1180m – Elevation gain: + 400m / – 500m – Duration: 7h to 8h walking
7 DAY:
End of stay after breakfast.
*Steps may change depending on accommodation availability.
Mandatory reservation.
Admission fees
Adult: from 680 €.
Per person. double room basis.
Per person. double room basis.
What is included
The price includes
Half-board, luggage transfer between each stage of the walk (depending on the option chosen), provision of the topo-guide (1 topo-guide per room booked) and tourist tax.
The price does not include
Insurance, drinks and personal expenses, transfers from your home to the meeting point and dispersal, lunchtime picnic, shuttles or taxis to collect your car or to shorten certain stages and parking fees, registration fees, shipping costs abroad and priority processing fees for any registration 15 days before.
Pratical information
1, 2 and 3*** hotels and guest rooms.
- Mandatory reservation
- Shuttle
- Half board
Opening period
From 01 / 04 to 31 / 10.
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