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Cheat’s

Compostela 30

Follow in the footsteps of pilgrims on this holiest of road trips,
which follows one of the main routes across France en route to
Santiago de Compostela in Spain.

TRIP HIGHLIGHTS
7 DAYS
0 km 725KM / 450 MILES
Le Puy-en-Velay
Puff your way around
this volcanic town in GREAT FOR…
the Massif Central
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349 km
Cahors Saugues # 1 # # # BEST TIME TO GO
Explore Cahors' shady # l L
old city and May to September, to
Romanesque cathedral # make the most of the
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# 2 # Espalion summer sunshine.
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4
Agen
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I ESSENTIAL
PHOTO
m K Being dwarfed beside
# Pau Le Puy’s huge statue
# 7 # # #
of the Virgin Mary.
K BEST FOR
CULTURE
St-Jean Pied de Port Conques
Look out from the Wander around the Comparing the
ramparts towards the classic pilgrimage tympanum (decorative
Spanish border church of St-Foy arch) of churches in
725 km 220 km Condom, Cahors and
Moissac.
Cahor 327
Location Caption details to go heres The medieval Pont Valentré