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1 the vezelay route via lemovicensis to St.Jean-Pied-de-Port Update of Southern variant via Nevers version January 2016 Date update: January 1, 2018

Changes in the directions Section 1.1 Km 3.6 Leave the D36 and turn right into a dirt road, on the corner of the camping site (phone booth). Km 8.1 Pierre-Perthuis:...... towards Les Ponts (two bridges).

2 Changes in the directions Section 1.1 Km 3.6 Leave the D36 and turn right into a dirt road, on the corner of the camping site (phone booth). Km 8.1 Pierre-Perthuis: towards Les Ponts (two bridges). Km 8.8 Fork: take the small road to the right (so here you leave the old Roman road), which continues along meadows (on your right). Km 9.4 to be cancelled Km 10.0 Arrival once more on the old Roman road: turn right. Km 22.5 Vignes-le-Haut (BV); T-junction: turn right, down (chapel). Km 23.0 Arrival on the D217: turn left. Km 23.2 Vignes-le-Bas (BV) (2,5km from the way). Km 30.8 T-junction: turn left. Km 91.1 Crossing of the D26 (Rue de Balleroy): continue opposite, via the Rue Masson. Then take the first street on the right, the Rue du Docteur Beaume. Km 91.2 Arrival at the Grande Rue (D977). Km 91.3 Guérigny (HD BV W R services). At the junction: go left, direction Nevers (Grande Rue, then Avenue Charles Dariaux). (For the municipal pilgrims' hostel, after 700 meters: take the Grande Rue to the right, then the Rue Vauban and, after the railway crossing, the Rue du Général Cheutin. Marked route. From the municipal pilgrims' hostel, there is a marked route back to the Vezelay Route, at the point Km 91.3). Section 1.2 Km 0.3 >>> Here starts the variant via Augy-sur-Aubois to Ainay-le-Chateau, following the GR654. If you choose to do so: follow the red-white markings. Replace/change Km with: Km 15.1 Turn right on C39 towards the depot Emaüs/Circuit automobile. Km 15.5 Continue straight on (don t take the dead end), along the Emaüs waste station ( déchetterie ). Km 15.7 Les Saules crossroads: ignore a small road to the right and to the left, and continue straight on. Km 16.5 After the Déchetterie, in the right turn, take the dirt road in front. 2

3 Km 16.9 T junction. Take the grassy track to the right (wide view over the Loire valley on the left and over the valley of the Allier on the right. Partial view on the circuit of Magny-Cours). Km 17.5 Pass under the high-voltage line. Km 17.8 Ignore a small road to the right. View towards the water tower chateau d'eau des Américains ( ) and the water tower of St. Parize. Km 18.4 To the right, municipal depot. Continue straight ahead. Km 18.5 Ignore a street to the left and take the Rue des Craies straight on (sign Accueil pèlerin = pilgrims hostel). Km 19.1 Saint-Parize-le-Châtel (A). Entering the village. Continue to the right, slightly descending. A little further: ignore the Rue des Poirats (right) and continue straight ahead; no entry for heavy traffic. Km 19.2 Turn left into the Rue de la Fontaine. Km 19.3 Crossing near wash-house. Opposite the wash-house turn right on the small grassy road, slightly up, to the church. Km 19.4 Church of Saint-Parize. (A visit to the crypt under the church is recommended). Leaving the church, continue to the left along the Rue de l'eglise. Km 19.6 Place du Champ de Foire. Turn right, direction Moiry/Magny-Cours, via the Rue de l'ouche. Km 19.8 Continue straight ahead. Ignore the Rue de l'abattoir (right). Km 19.9 On T junction, turn left: C12 (Route de Rond de Bord). Km 20.2 You leave Saint-Parize (sign interdit aux 3.5t ). Km 22.3 Rond de Bord: continue straight on the C12. Km 23.6 Intersection: turn right and continue straight past the bifurcations for Naviot, Autry and Buy. Km 51.1 Lurcy-Lévis (H B V W services, pizzeria, fast food restaurant) [no gîte and camping anymore] Text correction: Km 91.3 Arrival at the Route des Fromenteaux. (From the crossing of the canal to the bridge of Orval over the Cher, the pilgrim's road is marked by the municipality, using scallop shells on standing stones on the sidewalk). Cross the canal and turn left, into the Rue des Fromentaux (bends at bifurcation after 200m to the left). At T-junction ("Stop"): turn left, into the Rue Grenouilliere. Then turn right into the small street Rue Charlotte, towards the church. Section 1.3 Km 43.2 Bifurcation of Acre: turn left, up. [(A) La Tremble 2 km]. Km 45.2 Néret (T): church - crossing D68/D71 (Stop): turn right, onto the D71. [(A) La Tremble 2 km. Picks up after phone call]. 3

Km 91.2 Crossing (Place de la Chapelle) (B): turn left and take the road opposite (Route des vieux Puits), direction Frûlon. Section 2.1 Km 14.2 Saint-Germain-Beaupré K.

4 Km 91.2 Crossing (Place de la Chapelle) (B): turn left and take the road opposite (Route des vieux Puits), direction Frûlon. Section 2.1 Km 14.2 Saint-Germain-Beaupré K. [2] At the end of the path: turn right on a road. Continue straight on until you reach the D72. Turn left: Km 18.7 Saint-Agnant-de-Versillat (K W V B). Follow the route through the village and arrive again on the D72. Leave the village. Section 2.3 Km 50.6 Marsac (ABVT) straight on, direction Limoges [for BVT La Balade : turn left D43 direction Les Rivailles for 900m]. At the sigh Chapel go straight on at the crossing and leave the road. Section 2.4 Km text correction: After 1.3 km on this road, while leaving the forest, turn left on the narrow path between fields (meeting with GR from the other side, moderate signaling of the way). After 750m [6]. Km 79.7 Le Pont du Dognon..... on via the GR. Hamlet of Orgnac: the road becomes asphalted, (for BV in La Gasnerie, turn right after 150m). Km 86.2 Small bridge. [7] After 500m arrive on a small road. Turn left (from here follow the GR654 to Saint-Leonard-de-Noblat). Straight ahead. Pass Clémensanne-Nord (on your right) and Clémensanne-Sud (on your left) 4

Route to Foyer Jean XXIII in Lussac (see the green dotted line on the map): 100 m after the side road left to Clémensanne-Sud, in the bend after the pylon, leave the road and the GR and take a path

5 Route to Foyer Jean XXIII in Lussac (see the green dotted line on the map): 100 m after the side road left to Clémensanne-Sud, in the bend after the pylon, leave the road and the GR and take a path on the left that goes through the fields. You will pass the old mill Lajoumard. Go left on asphalt road (C8). Cross the bridge over the Galamache (on your left side the old mill of La Roche). Follow the road (rising) to the cross road to Lussac. Turn sharp right direction Lussac. At the fork: choose left and follow the signs, showing the way to Lussac (C). The next day: Go back to the fork. Go sharp left. Follow this small road up to the T-junction (<Stop>) with the D39. Turn left on the D39. This becames later the rue Dr Jagot Lacoussière. Follow this road until the intersection of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat. Continue from Km 94.9 of the route. Km 87.2 The road turns first to the right, then left. At a junction, go sharp right towards Les Boutonnes. Km 87.6 Turn left at the crossing gravel roads. From here always straight-through via dirt road along/between vegetation (this part was difficult to mark!). Go straight on arable land between fields, till an asphalt road (C17). Km 90.6 Turn right. Follow this road till T-junction with D39 (Marsac). Km 91.1 Turn left on D39. After 800m, go right towards Le Puy Faucher. After 100m: turn left on gravel road (descending). Arrive again on D39, turn right. Before the bridge (Le Pont au Puy) leave the D39 to the right. Cross the stream the Tard, and follow the path up to a plateau. Pass Maisonneuve, go at the end of the path to the right (Le Haut Dandalais). Cross the asphalt road and go straight ahead, through a dirt road, to Dandalais. There, go right twice. The GR looks over the valley of the Vienne and then opens onto a paved road. 5

6 Turn left and continue this road - which further on is paved - through Puy Lassaud. Than arrive in Saint-Léonard, on the ring road. Here you leave the GR. Km 94.9 Cross and walk along Rue Jean Jaures, Place de la Republique and Rue Gay-Lussac to the collegiate church of Saint-Léonard-de-Noblat (H B W). Section 2.7 Km Le Lac. Turn left and then turn right onto the D64a1 [BV], to arrive... Km Before the bridge turn right and walk along a pond. Beyond the castle: left. At homes: left and immediately right on the N21. Km Eirbeix (W). After the church turn left towards Puybernard. Section 3.4 Km 68.8 Les Andrivaux. Turn right at the T-junction, then left into the Rue de la Commanderie, then Chemin Templiers. Walk through the village, quite bullish. About 300 meters after leaving the village: turn left, via a path through undergrowth (GR). Follow the GR through the woods (highest point). [6a] Km 70.0 Highest point [6a]. Descent and ascent. 300 m after new peak: Km 71.5 Km 75.9 and then along the Canal. At the first bridge: do not cross it, but continue straight on, into a small unpaved road. Km 78.0 Annesse (A in l Eperon 1,6 km off the route) Near the power plant: turn left, cross the canal Section 4.1 Km Pineuilh (A B V F)... Section 4.3 Km 63.7 Leave the forest, marking Way of Saint James, hamlet of Haubet. Turn left. (Attention: for 3km inadequate way marking). Section 5.6 Km 45.8 At the junction at the church: turn right and immediately left, direction Bougue (passing the water tower). Section: Variant via Augy Km Arrival at the D91 (on 1km Les Mornes G).... Abbreviations without explanation used in the guide: Section 4.3, km 54.2: APD = A 6

7 Facilities on the route Section 1.1 Km Domecy sur Cure - A M. & Mme J.P. Perriot 2 rue de la Guette tel: or (call in advance). Km 23.2 Vignes-le-Bas (address not on the way) - Moved from Km BV Mme G. Bentley Domaine de Dremont tel: meal possible. (2.5 km east of the way, via D217 and a dirt road). Attention: quite expensive, only for emergencies. Km 25.0 Le Chemin (Municipal Anthien) - HV - l Esprit-du-Chemin (Arno Cuppen & Huberta Wiertsema), Le Chemin tel: (call in advance). From April till September. Donativo. info@espritduchemin.org Km Corbigny - remove: BV - Hotel Aux poids lourds 5 rue des Forges Km Guipy - see remarks - B G T Domaine d'ainay (Mme Leyenhorst) at 1,5km via the D977bis tel: Attention: expensive, only for emergencies. Km Saint Révérien - H Refuge pèlerin municipal in the former Post Office, left of the Town hall. 14 places. Door open from 14.00h. For the key: M. Thionnet, place du Champ de foire/rue de la Malette tel: and (possibility to buy food, no bread). Km Breuil (Municipal Prémery) - A - Un pas à la fois (Chantal Jourdan & Denis Dubé) 6, Route de Vilaine - tel talchan5@hotmail.fr - 6 places, donativo. Open 1/4-10/10 Km Prémery - see extra info: - T municipal Les Prés de la Ville route de Varzy tel: or or (25 April 30 September). A caravan is reserved for pilgrims ( 2,60). - B - Mme Evelyne Lacaze - La Châtelière: pilgrims rate Km Guérigny - add: - H - Municipal pilgrims' hostel. 24, Avenue du Général Cheutin. Possibility to cook yourself. Possibility for horses and donkeys. Open from March 15 until October 15. Reserve the day before, at the town hall, tel

8 - BV - Hotel Le Commerce, 2 Grande Rue - tel: Pilgrims rate upon presentation of pilgrims passport. You can order a packed lunch. (Open from June 1, 2016). Km Nevers - T Municipal Bords de Loire Camping de Nevers Rue de la Jonction tel: Open : March - Oktober. campingdenevers@orange.fr Section 1.2 Km Challuy - B Le Pavillon (Mme Goddet) 4, rue du Pavillon tel: Km Saint Pierre le Moûtier - A Mme Arbez Seguin, 74 route de Livry in Marcigny (at 2km see map) tel: and (call in advance). Km Lurcy Levis - TG Gîte Rural & Mini Camping Le Marronnier in La Plâtrière (4km after the center). Wim & Roos Ridderbeks tel: info@marronnier.fr Pilgrim fare. Call in advance. - BV Auberge Bourbonnaise, 10 Place de la Liberté 10 places. Tel: / B "Le Bois Denis des Nids" [= name correction] Km Saint Amand Montrond - BV Relais Mercure Hotel l Amandois [= name change] Section 1.2a Km Sancoins (W) - H - Gîte communal (municipal hostel), Salle de la Douma, Place de la Libération, 8 places. Overnight 17, possibility of self-cooking. Monday- Friday - Tel. town hall: mairie.de.sancoins@orange.fr Km La Croix (Augy-Sur-Aubois) - add phone number: - H - Dutch pilgrims hostel Nos Repos, 15 places, kitchen and supplies, M. René Heinrichs, tel or Km Les Mornes (off the GR) - G - Gîte rural des Mornes, M. & Mme. Marre, tel Section 1.3 Km Arcomps - remove : A "Le Grenier de la Touratte" Mme Du Jeu tel: Km Néret - add : (2km from Néret). - A Domaine de La Tremble Mme Loret (1/4-1/10) tel: and (call in advance to be picked up in Néret). 8

9 Km La Châtre - J Foyer jeunes travailleurs 23 Avenue George Sand (closed on Saturdays and Sundays) tel: or BV Hotel Au Jardin d Eté 13 avenue d'auvergne (crossing D73/D943) tel: (pilgrims tariff). contact@aujardindete.fr - BV Hotel Le Chopin 20, rue de Belgique tel: T municipal Le Val Vert D83a à Vavre tel: or or (all year open). valvertenberry@orange.fr Km Cluis - H Pilgrim hostel 2, rue du Prieuré (Mme Marie-Thérèse Ampeau). Tel: pmtampeau@luna.fr - B - Cicogne de la Haye, v.d.oever, Route d Orsennes, Tel: or Km 91.2 Hallé (municipal Orsennes) - B - Lapere, Christel and Jef, 1 Route Traversière, tel Pilgrims fare (half board 30), contesdunegrandmere.weebly.com/ christel.lapere@outlook.com Dog, horse and donkey welcome. Dutch spoken. About 100m from Place de la Chapelle (chapel). Km Gargilesse - remove : - B Chez Renato Renaat Van Poucke Le Coteau Fleuri (at 1km). Tel: (picks up pilgrims in Gargilesse) - B Le Haut Verger (Angela en Willem). Route du Pin (D40). Tel: or (1 km west of Gargilesse via the D40). change: - BV Auberge Hôtel des Artistes, Le Bourg. Tel: Also Dutch, German and English spoken. info.hoteldesartistes@gmail.com Section 1.4 Km La Chaumerette (continue to follow D3, after 400 m before bridge: left side). - G Gîte & Camp site La Chaumerette, Rte. du Barrage de Roche tel: (year round) pilgrims rate. - T La Chaumerette. Tel: (year round) pilgrims rate. - TV Club A.Tou.Vert, La Chaumerette tel: (open: March 15 till October 15). Km 8.0 Pont des Piles - B V Auberge du Pont des Piles Auberge La Table d Angèle Route d Orsennes/Route du barrage tel: or Km Crozant - H municipal Rue Armand Guillaumin - key at Town Hall (if closed: at local grocery / épicerie). 9

10 Section 2 Km 50.6 Marsac - A Mme Passante, 32 Avenue du Limousin bernadette.passante@hotmail.fr Pilgrims rate 16 pp/pn - B - Hotel Chez Bernie, 32 Avenue du Limousin BVT - La Balade, Les Rivailles. Ruud & Margon Revers (English spoken). tel: labalade23@gmail.com - Half board possible. Donkey / horse welcome. Lift service from Bénévent. Open: 1/4-31/10 - Pilgrim tariff. Take D43 direction Les Rivailles. Later via D57 again on the route. Km La Gasnerie (750m off the route, turn right in Orgnac) - BV - Ch.d H La Gasnerie, Mme Poussin, (evening-meal and breakfast possible, reserve in advance.) Km Lussac (new name for Christian hospitality Center ) - C - Foyer Jean XXIII (see described shortened route) Km Saint-Léonard de Noblat - H - Hostel of the pilgrims Association, Rue dr. Lamazière (1/4-30/10). Keys at the Office de Tourisme, Place de Champ du Mars. If closed: you will find a phone number on the door of the hostel. - B - Hostel ( gîte ) La Halte aux Grains - tel and Rue Gay Lussac - Open: (1/4-30/9) Km Aureil - H - (private) Mme Morin (>3km from the way) (Mme is slightly demented, so make clear appointments) Km Limoges - change: - C - Maison Diocesaine, 15 Rue Eugène Varlin, tel call in advance between and h., 20 pp - A - Mr & Mme Lebraud Km Flavignac - H T Camping Saint-Fortunat Four places are available in a gîte. Km Les Cars - BV - Hôtel-restaurant Le Simone, Le Bourg Km Le Lac - BV - B&B Family Jonker or At the turn V18/D64a1 (English speaking). Half bord possible. Please, phone in advance. 10

11 Section 3 Km Thiviers - H - (private) J&J Leytens, No longer active, to be removed. Km 59.9 Périgueux - A - Mme Granger Km Saint-Astier - A - Mme Delugin (recommended!) Impasse du Clos du Roudier (1,5km from the center) delugin.claudette@orange.fr - A - Les Rives de l Isle, rue Numa Gadaud lesrivesdelisle@gmail.com Km 85.5 Reyterie (municipality of Saint-Astier) - B La Maison Bertier gilou.berthier@wanadoo.fr (400m past Puyferrat: keep right) Km Sourzac (1 km off the route) - A - Mr. Laurière ( h) jacky.lauriere@orange.fr / gitelauriere-sourzac.fr Km Mussidan - H - municipal, 3 Rue des Chatenades (entrance at spiral stairs). 12 places, cooking possibility. 10 incl. simple breakfast. Contact: Tourist Office/Town hall Km Port-Sainte-Foy - C -Hostel of the parish, 7 Rue Jacques Jasmin, 8 places, cooking possibility, 10 pp Section 4 Km Sainte-Foy-la-Grande - H - pilgrims hostel of the hospital Reserve in advance. Run by volunteers who are not always present. Not Recommended! Km Pineuilh - BV - Le jardin des Cygnes / on the route and on the banks of the Dordogne. Pilgrims tariff on presentation of credential. Meal possible. Reserve in advance. - AVF Patricia & Sylvain Duboscq, 7 Rue de Chury. Tel: or Half board possible. Reserve in advance. Donativo. patsyl.duoscq@sfr.fr - Your dog is welcome. Km Monségur - T - Camp site l Etoile du Drot, Le Stade. Tel:

12 - A - Mme Nelly Crégut Donativo. 4 beds. Stay in tent possible. Animals welcome. n.cregut@wanadoo.fr Km Pondaurat - to be removed: - A - Mme Nicole Jamain: or places, half-board, washing machine. Pilgrims pass required. Reserve 24/48 hours in advance. Section 5 Km Retjons - B - l Hostellerie Landaise (past Retjons centre on the D932), tel for reservation. Offers pilgrim place from 12,50 pp. Km Roquefort - H - Hostel of the pilgrims Association of Les Landes, Rue de l'abbé Besselère (town center). Keys at the Café de la Paix, 51 Place des Cordeliers - tel: Open from March until September - Person responsible: Jean Loubère Pilgrims pass required. Donativo - 10 places - kitchen - showers washing and drying Km Le Chemin Vert (1616 Route de Bougue, 1,5 km after Gailleres) - H - Accueil Pèlerins, 10 places - tel: or Km Beyries - H - Municipal hostel, 5 places; donativo. Tel: or Km Sault-de-Navailles (restaurant - grocery). - AV - Home hospitality for pilgrims: Mme Maria Loire, pilgrims pass required. Meals (paid). 33 Rue des Albizias - Tel Section 6 Km Orthez - VWR - Restaurants, Grocery, ATM, Pharmacy, Train and bus station - H - Refuge: Hôtel de la Lune. 14 rue de l Horloge. 6 places. Keys at Town Hall: tel or at restaurant Reine Jeanne, rue Bourg-Vieux 44 (after 100m). Possibility to prepare meals. No reservations. Km Sauveterre-de-Béarn. - Tourist Office: Tel B - Mme Luzianovitch: 2 rooms. Bed and breakfast: 25; 10, Rue Pannecau. Tel and HV - Gîte de Sauveterre, 15 Rue Léon Bérard. Open all year. 6 places. Evening meal and breakfast. Donativo. Animals welcome. Tel: or AF - La Maison de la Tour, 5 Rue Léon Bérard. Tel: mamaandmanos43@aol.com ( 15 incl. breackfast). Kitchen, washing and drying. English spoken. 12

13 Km Huntto (after Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port, on the Route Napoléon) - HV - Ferme Ithurburia (5,5 Km on the route Napoléon, about one and a half hours walk from Saint-Jean). Tel: or No kitchen half board bikes & dogs welcome: jeanne.ourtiague@orange.fr 13

the vezelay route via lemovicensis to St.Jean-Pied-de-Port Update of Southern variant via Nevers version January 2017

the vezelay route via lemovicensis to St.Jean-Pied-de-Port Update of Southern variant via Nevers version January 2017 Date update: August 15, 2017 Changes in the directions Section 1.1 Km 22.5 Vignes-le-Haut