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TRIP HIGHLIGHT
Cheat’s
30 Compostela 1 Le Puy-en-Velay
Your journey begins at
the striking town of Le
Puy-en-Velay, where pil-
grims would traditionally
During the Middle Ages, countless pilgrims have earned a blessing
undertook the long trek along the Chemin de at the Unesco-listed
Cathédrale Notre-Dame
St-Jacques, as it’s known in France, in the hope (www.cathedraledupuy.
of earning spiritual salvation and favour in org; rue de la Manécanterie;
h6.30am-7pm). Among the
the afterlife. We’ve chosen to follow one of the Romanesque archways
oldest routes between Le Puy-en-Velay and St- and Byzantine domes
is a statue of St Jacques
Jean Pied de Port: on the way you’ll visit iconic himself, the patron saint
churches, historic cities and a giant iron statue of Compostela pilgrims.
While you’re here, it’s
of the Virgin Mary. well worth visiting Le

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