Some distances between steps
-Le Puy-en-Velay / Livinhac-le-Haut : 266 km – an 11-day walk
-Conques / Livinhac-le -Haut : 24 km – a 6 -hour walk
-Le-Puy-en-Velay / St-Jean-Pied de Port : 739 km – a 29-day walk
-St-Jean-Pied de Port / Santiago : 791 km – a 33-day walk
-Le Puy-en Velay / Santiago de Compostella : 1530km – a 62-day walk
Rest areas : Facilities and picnic area at Mr Reveyrol’s, at the location known as Fonteilles (tables, benches, shelters, outhouse, coffee…)
Reception of pilgrims at Decazeville : From Easter to end of september, Our Lady church, every day except on Thursdays, from 1.30 to 6.00 pm. Meet a warm welcome with coffee, biscuits …
Rest area for hikers : avenue de Laromiguière, Decazeville ( on the GR 65 ) : drinking water, tables and benches, a gazebo, toilet, a billboard xith the town map.
Reception of pilgrims at Livinhac-le Haut: from 1st may, to 1st october, , the old presbytery by the church, every day excepts on Sundays from 5.00 to 7.00 pm . Meet a warm welcome with coffee, biscuits …
Tourist discovery itinerary of Decazeville : on the GR 65 from Vivole, for 2.5 extra km, follow a waymarked footpath leading downtown with information markers on the local heritage.
All shops and services
In addition to catering and accomodation, our region provides pilgrims- hickers with all shops and services for a safe, pleasant journey : taxis, VTC( private hire cars), groceries, supermarkets, bakeries, butchers and delicatessen dealers, tabacconist’s , newsagent’s ,lauderettes, banks, post offices, sports shops, doctors ( both GPs and specialists), hospital emergency department
Information
To book your accomodation, stamp your crédential ( pilgrim’s passport), get information on shops, services and transport, town maps and information on the local heritage visit Decazeville tourist office, Square Jean Ségalat ( next to the church, 500 km far from the GR 65)
Catholic worship
Decazeville church: mass on Sundays at 10.30 and on Thursdays at 6.00 pm ( either at the church or at the parish church according to the season )