The Way of St. James Tours and Trips

An amazing experience travelling the Camino route GR65 from Le Puy-en-Velay to Saint Jean Pied-de-Port. Using local guides in places enhanced our knowledge of the areas. A great mix between walking and coach travel to highlight the best sections of this route. Accommodation and meals were superb. Our guide and bus driver were an amazing complement who couldn't do enough to make this holiday memorable.

Great interaction with UTracks before leaving. Everything was well organised, no problems at all. The walk had some demanding parts, there were periods of inclement weather, but that didn't take the joy out of our days. The fields were ablaze with spring flowers and colours of every type. On the way we made some new friends, including some delightful accommodation hosts, who we hope to see again next year, especially our hosts in Conques, Manu and Flo. It was so incredibly awesome that we will be back again next year.

We had a great time on our walk. We went the wrong way one day, walked 15 km following a red and white stripe, unaware that other walks used the same signage. It was one of our shorter days and we were all looking forward to an easy day. After faithfully following the signage we ended up in the middle of nowhere! Apart from that all went well. The overnight accommodation was great, the food superb. A great walk.

The walking was absolutely fantastic. The accommodation was really good and the food was amazing. You were never left feeling like you hadn't had enough to eat. The app was a little disappointing as it hardly ever worked correctly and it often mentioned there were no food stops available when there clearly were. This may need to be addressed in the future and it would make this trip a 10/10.

Le Puy en Velay to Conques is a fantastic hike. Beautiful and varied scenery and good accommodation made it so enjoyable. There are much fewer people than the Spanish Camino, which I appreciated very much.

Overall, the Conques to Cahors trip was fabulous with great accommodation and amazing hosts. However, there were a few little details that were not up to the same standard. Neither of us could get the navigation on the Guido app to work without constant errors and it was missing critical information, such as potable water fountains, cafes and supermarkets. I provided dietary information upon booking that I cannot eat pork, but was served pork for dinner on two occasions (not sure if that is just French hospitality or the information was not provided to the hosts). And our itinerary did not end up being as listed on the website, we had one day that was only 6.5kms and another day that was 28.5kms, which resulted in a very long day of walking.