The Camino de Santiago de Compostela is :
- The GR65 on Aubrac: starts in Aumont-Aubrac and ends in Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac.
- 930 km of GR® trails, and 45km on the GR65 between Aumont-Aubrac and Saint-Chély-d’Aubrac.
- Around 880 m D+ on Aubrac.
- 3 days on the plateau, 39 days in total.
- Numerous stages and villages for accommodation and supplies.
- Specific GR markings: white and red.
A LITTLE HISTORY :
Legend has it that, after Pentecost, Saint James set out to evangelize Spain. He landed in Andalusia on the Mediterranean coast, and from there went to Galicia, a region at the north-western tip of the Iberian Peninsula. After several years of apostolate, he returned to Jerusalem, where he was beheaded. Two of his disciples put his body in a boat and set sail. The boat, pushed by wind and water, ran aground at the bottom of an estuary in Galicia, where the town of Iria Flavia, now known as Padrón (penultimate stage on the Portuguese road to Santiago), was later founded. His two disciples buried the apostle’s body inland, in a place where the city of Santiago de Compostela was later built.
