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Pilgrim walks in France

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The 10 most beautiful pilgrim walks in France

Puente La Reina
Pilgrim Walk · Spain
Via Tolosana
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
937.4 km
268:00 h
14,328 m
13,917 m
The Via Tolosana is one of the four great French Camino de Santiago and is considered the wildest and most adventurous of the four routes.
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Pilgrim Walk · France
Via Lemovicensis
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
922.3 km
250:00 h
9,576 m
9,686 m
The Via Lemovicensis is one of the classic pilgrimage routes in France and runs through central and south-western France as part of the First Cultural Route of Europe.
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Blick zurück auf Chavanay
Pilgrim Walk · France
GR 65: Via Gebennensis
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
347.1 km
105:00 h
7,168 m
6,859 m
The Via Gebennensis is the continuation of the Swiss Way of St. James and runs from Geneva to Le Puy-en-Velay.
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St. Roch: Kapelle auf Monts de la Margeride
Pilgrim Walk · France
GR 65: Via Podiensis
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
742 km
215:00 h
11,957 m
12,454 m
The Via Podiensis is one of the four historic Pilgrim's Ways of Saint James in France and runs through the regions of Auvergne, Languedoc-Roussillon, Midi-Pyrénées and Aquitaine.
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In den Weinbergen bei Villeneuve.
Pilgrim Walk · South East England
Via Francigena
PremiumPremium content Difficulty difficult
2,107.9 km
560:08 h
22,976 m
22,973 m
The Via Francigena runs from Canterbury Cathedral in the south-east of Great Britain via France and Switzerland to St Peter's Basilica in Rome.
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Markt in Vence
Pilgrim Walk · France
Via Aurelia: Aspremont - Vence
Toprecommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 3
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21.1 km
6:31 h
571 m
749 m
Die «Via de la Costa» in Italien und die «Via Aurelia» in Frankreich erfüllen gemeinsam dieselbe Aufgabe: sie verbinden seit der Neuzeit Sarzana und Arles in beiden Richtungen miteinander,.
Pilgerwege Frankreich
mittelalterliches Roquebrune
Pilgrim Walk · Province of Imperia
Via Aurelia: Menton - Laghet
Toprecommended route Difficulty difficult Stage 1
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24.2 km
7:57 h
989 m
658 m
Die «Via de la Costa» in Italien und die «Via Aurelia» in Frankreich erfüllen gemeinsam dieselbe Aufgabe: sie verbinden seit der Neuzeit Sarzana und Arles in beiden Richtungen miteinander,.
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View of the old town of Schiltach.
Pilgrim Walk · Schwäbische Alb
Way of St. James Rottenburg-Thann
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
223.2 km
78:00 h
3,775 m
3,790 m
The Way of St. James Rottenburg-Thann leads us from the Neckar across the Black Forest into the Rhine plain of southern Baden and Alsace to the foot of the Vosges Mountains.
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Panorama view of Hornbach Monastery
Pilgrim Walk · Biosphere Bliesgau
Way of St. James Saarland/Lorraine South: From Homburg to Metz
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
172.3 km
51:00 h
3,157 m
3,235 m
The southern variant of the Way of St. James Saarland-Lorraine leads us from Homburg-Kirrberg through the Bliesgau Biosphere Reserve to the Hornbach Monastery and on into French Lorraine, where the destination of our pilgrimage is Metz.
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Pilgerrucksack mit Gagatperlen und Jakobusmuschel
Pilgrim Walk · Biosphere Bliesgau
Jakobsweg Saarland/Lothringen Nord: Von Homburg nach Metz
PremiumPremium content Difficulty moderate
139.1 km
40:00 h
2,524 m
2,602 m
Die Nordvariante des Jakobswegs Saarland-Lothringen führt uns von Homburg-Kirrberg durchs Biosphärenreservat Bliesgau an Saarbrücken vorbei ins französische Lothringen, wo sich mit Metz auch das Ziel unserer Pilgerreise befindet.
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