![]() On the far side of the village near the carpark, a lookout provides magnificent views down towards the canal and out to the cultivated fields and vineyards beyond.Ĭhâteauneuf-en-Auxois is located 165 kilometres (104 miles) along the Burgundy Canal and is my recommended stop on the eighth day of walking. Over the next 450 years, the château changed hands several times before it was donated to the state in 1936. Built in the twelfth century, the château stayed in the same family for nine generations until 1456 when the last heiress, Cathérine de Châteauneuf, was burned alive as punishment for poisoning her second husband. Visible for several kilometres from the canal, the towers and turrets of Châteauneuf-en-Auxois perched high on the hill are too intriguing to walk past. ![]() Take a closer look around Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port and find a comprehensive list of accommodation.Ĭhâteauneuf-en-Auxois (Burgundy Canal) Châteauneuf-en-Auxois (Stage 2: Pouilly-en-Auxois to Saint-Jean-de-Losne) ![]() (If you follow the Célé variante, which passes through Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, the total distance walked will increase to 760 kilometres (476 miles).) Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is located 740 kilometres (463 miles) along the Chemin de Saint-Jacques du-Puy and is my recommended stop on the forty-second (and final) day of walking. From the impossibly pretty Rue de la Citadelle, lined with chambre d’hôtes and gift shops, to the magnificent views from Chemin de Monde (which may just convince you to keep marching across Spain to Santiago de Compostela), Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port is the perfect end to an epic walk! Take your time to savour the moment and soak up the magical delights of the village. If a long-distance walk has to end, there can be no more beautiful place to complete your journey than Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port. Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Chemin de Saint-Jacques du-Puy) Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port (Stage 5: Eauze to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port)
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