Via Podiensis
Via Podiensis (Chemin du Puy)
- UNESCO World Heritage
The best-known French road to Santiago starts at Le Puy-en-Velay and crosses the Massif Central, Aubrac and the south-west to reach the Pyrenean foot at Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
At a glance
- Starts in
- Le Puy-en-Velay
- Ends in
- Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port
- Length
- 755 km
- On foot
- 32 days
- Countries
- France
- Best months
- March–October
About the trail
Le Puy was one of the four classic starting points in France named in the medieval pilgrim guide, and its walk is a succession of Romanesque churches, villages on granite plateaus and high pastures. The Aubrac plateau and the Lot valley around Conques are the best-known highlights.
Seven sections of the Chemin du Puy are part of the UNESCO property Routes of Santiago de Compostela in France.