Via Podiensis:
Self-Guided Tour 3
Moissac ⇒ Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour
On this route you will walk past solitary farms and villages, and frequently come to small towns, such as Lectoure, La Romieu, and Condom. Here, the heart of Gascony begins: the Armagnac region, characterized by the increasingly frequent vineyards.
Tour Type: Self-Guided
Availability: April through October
Duration: 10 Days Total / 8 Days Walking
Total Distance: 166 km. (103 mi.)
Difficulty: easy
Average distance: 20.8 km. (12.9 mi.) / Day
Prices (per person):
Double Room:
Starting from € 930
Single-Occupancy Room:
Starting from € 1.290
What’s Included:
9 nights in single / double room
En-suite facilities
Halfboard (subject to availability)
English-speaking emergency assistance
Your full digital Travel Info Package
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We are proud to be working together with hand-picked, high quality and mostly locally owned and operated service providers.
On the Via Podiensis, especially in the small towns, it is difficult to find places to eat by yourself if it is not booked in advance. For this reason, on the Via Podiensis we offer accommodation only in combination with the booking of half board.
Your journey will be booked through, and your Travel Package will include all the information you will need to access your lodging locations and to process your check-in.
Optional Add-ons:
Luggage transfer on walking days
Lodging for additional night(s) stays
Airport transfers (by taxi)
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If you wish to walk your Camino Stages with a light backpack, carrying only the basic necessities, we will be happy to arrange for your luggage to be forwarded from one hotel to the next on your walking days.
Spending an extra night in a given town throughout your journey is often a good idea: you give your body a rest, relax and enjoy exploring the town. In Santiago, two nights are included in most of our Tours by default as we believe it’s the least a Pilgrim would need to enjoy the City; however, you have the option to opt out of it.
We will be happy to arrange for an airport shuttle transfer for you from your airport of arrival to the starting point of your journey. The same goes for the departure, unless you end your journey in Santiago and fly out of Santiago Airport. In that case, a taxi can be easily arranged for the time of your choice directly at the Reception Desk at your Hotel.
What’s not Included:
Flights
Travel Insurance
Tour guide
Additional meals
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We do not book flights, nor organize any rail or commercial bus-line travel. However, if you need assistance in deciding how to get to and back from your Camino Tour, we will be happy to assist you with tips and ideas!
We strongly recommend to all our travelers to get a Travel Insurance; however, we do not sell any such policies. For our international clients, it is best to get a policy in their country of residence, as some countries offer insurances only to their own residents.
This is a date-flexible tour; therefore, it is self-guided – no Tour Guide will be accompanying you. If you are interested in joining a Group Tour with a Tour Guide, please check our Guided Tours page. (Note: our Guided Tours take place on set dates that are planned ahead.)
Highlights
On this route, the Way of Saint James (Camino de Santiago) will take you to Gascony, whose most famous son is the literary character based on d’Artagnan from Alexandre Dumas’s novel The Three Musketeers.
One can already consider the green landscape, with its fertile soils, to be part of the Pyrenean foothills. However, the Way of Saint James still continues here in gentle ascents and descents, mostly along fields used for agriculture, which are only succeeded by a few wooded areas.
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You will walk past solitary farms and villages, and frequently come to small towns, such as Lectoure, La Romieu, and Condom, which are historically important pilgrimage sites and leave a lasting impression with their churches and cathedrals.
From Condom, the heart of Gascony begins: the Armagnac region. In addition to the numerous rivers, groves, fields of melons, sunflowers, and cereals, the landscape is especially characterized by the increasingly frequent vineyards.
You will spend the night in Montréal-du-Gers, a typical thirteen-century-Gascon bastide, and in the main town of Armagnac, Eauze, rich in history.
The journey finally ends in Aire-sur-l’Adour, whose abbey church shelters in its crypt the richly decorated marble sarcophagus of Saint Quitera.
Impressions from the Camino
Itinerary
Day 1: Arrival in Moissac
Independent arrival in Moissac, located in France, where your pilgrimage on the Via Podiensis on the French Way begins. Proceed to your room and prepare mind and body for the Camino.
Day 1: Arrival in Moissac
Independent arrival in Moissac, located in France, where your pilgrimage on the Via Podiensis on the French Way begins. Proceed to your room and prepare mind and body for the Camino..
Day 2: Moissac – Saint Antoine de-Point-d’Arratz • 29 km. (18 mi.)
You will leave Moissac and walk along a towpath through several small villages. The route continues through Gascony, a region rich in history that can already be considered part of the Pyrenean foothills.
Distance: 29 km. (18 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy, but longer stage
Day 3: Saint Antoine de-Point-d’Arratz – Lectoure • 24 km. (15 mi.)
On this day, the Camino leads through the Arrat Valley and further into the heart of Gascony, home of the character based on d’Artagnan from Alexandre Dumas’s famous novel The Three Musketeers. Over ridges, small valleys, and streams, the Camino goes through an intensively farmed region to Lectoure, former episcopal see and one of the oldest villages in the area.
Distance: 24 km. (15 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 4: Lectoure – La Romieu • 18 km. (11 mi.)
On well-marked tracks, forest paths or asphalted roads, you will hike today from Lectoure to the beautiful village of La Romieu, which houses an interesting collegiate church with a lovely cloister.
Distance: 18 km. (11 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 5: La Romieu – Condom • 16 km. (10 mi.)
After leaving La Romieu behind, you continue your pilgrimage along tracks through a beech grove. With increasing frequency, you will now pass vineyards that shape the heartland of Gascony, the Armagnac region. You reach Condom, a typical small town of Gascony.
Distance: 16 km. (10 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 6: Condom – Montréal-du-Gers • 17 km. (11 mi.)
You will walk through the Armagnac region and its vineyards, groves, fields of melons, sunflowers, or cereals. Up on the hills are the typical bastide villages, such as Montréal-du-Gers, today’s stage destination.
Distance: 17 km. (11 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 7: Montréal-du-Gers – Eauze • 16 km. (10 mi.)
Just like the previous day, you will hike again through a diverse landscape and past the Ténarèze reservoir to the historic Eauze, the main town of Armagnac, which has some old and well-preserved townhouses.
Distance: 16 km. (10 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 8: Eauze – Nogaro • 20 km. (12 mi.)
The gently rolling landscape is characterized by vineyards that alternate with cornfields and groves. You will hike to Nogaro, whose name derives from a walnut tree plantation.
Distance: 20 km. (12 mi.) | Difficulty: Easy
Day 9: Nogaro – Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour • 26 km. (16 mi.)
Through mainly tracks and forest paths, and small oak and sweet chestnut groves, you will hike through the Gers region and approach the Adour river plain.
Distance: 26 km. (16 mi.) | Difficulty: Moderate
Day 10: Depature from Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour
Farewell, Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour; farewell, Camino – and safe travels on your journey back home or to your next adventure! Or, here is another option well-worth considering: to continue onto our part 4 of the Via Podiensis, from Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port.
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Tour Combination Options
Our Via Podiensis: Self-Guided Tour 3 can be easily combined with:
Via Podiensis:
Self-Guided Tour 2
Concques ⇒ Moissac
Starting from € 860
Duration: 12 Days Total / 10 Days Walking
Distance: 207 km. (129 mi.)
Difficulty: easy/moderate
Via Podiensis:
Self-Guided Tour 4
Barcelonne-du-Gers/Aire-sur-l’Adour ⇒ Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port