The Top Pilgrim Trails in France: go your own path

The 10 most beautiful pilgrim walks in France

Pilgrim Walk · Spain

Via Tolosana

Premium 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

Premium 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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Pilgrim Walk · France

GR 65: Via Gebennensis

Premium 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

Premium 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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Pilgrim Walk · South East England

Via Francigena

Premium 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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Pilgrim Walk · France

Via Aurelia: Aspremont - Vence

recommended route Difficulty moderate Stage 3

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,.

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Pilgrim Walk · Province of Imperia

Via Aurelia: Menton - Laghet

recommended route Difficulty difficult Stage 1

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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Pilgrim Walk · Schwäbische Alb

Way of St. James Rottenburg-Thann

Premium 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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Pilgrim Walk · Biosphere Bliesgau

Way of St. James Saarland/Lorraine South: From Homburg to Metz

Premium 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

Premium 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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