Way of St James - A Cyclist's Guidebook

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Introduction
Contents
Sample Route
Availability
Reprinted
Cover
Paperback - Laminated
Published
7 Apr 2009
Edition
Second
ISBN
9781852844417
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ISBN (10)
1852844418
Size
17.2 x 11.6 x 1.3cm
Weight
260g
Pages
208
Originally Published
26 May 2005

The Way of St James Cyclist Guide

A Cyclists' Guide From Le Puy en Velay to Santiago de Compostela by John Higginson

A guidebook to cycling along the Way of St James, or Camino de Santiago Pilgrim route from Le Puy in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. Uses roads with a good surface for touring cyclists, and averages only 50km per day. Also includes cycle routes from Santiago to Finisterre and Padron. More...

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Seasons

Ideal mid-May to mid-July. Not possible winter or mid-summer. Spring/autumn – possible bad Read More... weather; much accommodation closed.

Centres

Le Puy, Conques, Cahors, Roncesvalles, Burgos, Leon, Santiago

Difficulty

Mountain cycle ride (altitude up to 1300m+) with demanding and exposed sections. Average distance Read More... on most days 50km.

Must See

Conques, Moissac Abbey, church of Ste Quitterie, Eunate church, Astorga cathedral/museum, Burgos, Read More... Santiago cathedral
 
 
The new edition of the Way of Saint James Cyclistís Guide (researched and written during the Holy Year of 2004) provides an up-to-date description of this ever-popular 1570km cycle route from Le Puy in France to Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

By using roads with a good surface for touring cyclists, this guide attempts to follow the original pilgrimage route as closely as possible and offers the opportunity to visit every major church and shrine along the way with a few detours to outlying monasteries for good measure. The average distance on most days is only 50km, easily within the compass of the moderately fit.

The guide includes routes from Santiago to Finisterre and Padron for those cyclists who want that little 'extra', while several variants are mentioned to cater for the fit and not-so-fit pilgrim.

There is a comprehensive kit list and an English-French-Spanish list of essential words for the journey, as well as details of accommodation in gites d'étape, chambres d'hôte, hotels, refugios and hostals.

 
 
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