The Walking Pilgrim

Modern Routes - Route Details

Voie Littorale
Soulac, Bayonne, Hendaye

Route map

a coastal alternative to the Tours route through the Landes, from the Pointe de Grave at the mouth of the Gironde to the Camino de la Costa at Irún. A leaflet for the section through Gironde La Voie de Soulac is available from the Conseil Général. There's an overview of the Landes section on the Landes Amis de St Jacques website, and the Pyrénées-Atlantiques Amis describe their section on their website. See VTT Compostelle site for a guide to the complete route with detailed mapping.
There are three link routes from this route to the Tours route/Camino Francés:

Confraternity of St James produces English: guide | factsheet

Detailed mapping for sections (compare with list above):

  • Soulac-Hendaye
kmcumul kmview on map
Le Verdon-Biganos137.41137.41
Biganos - Sanguinet25.27162.68
Sanguinet - Parentis18.61181.29
Parentis - Mimizan25.83207.12
Mimizan - Lit et Mixe24.79231.91
Lit et Mixe - Vieux Boucau40.40272.31
Vieux Boucau - Capbreton20.66292.97
Capbreton - Bayonne22.22315.19
Bayonne - Irun40.63355.82
vVariante marcheurs11.6411.64
vVariante marcheurs56.5368.17
vItinéraire par le Moutchic7.5775.74
vItinéraire alternatif23.5399.27
vAlternative9.31108.58
Section overviewAll sectionsIndividual section (select above) *
IGN (France) view view view
OpenStreetMapview view view
Bing mapsview view view
Google maps**view view view

- opens in separate tab/window
- viewing all sections may take long time to load on slow lines and/or machines
- OpenStreetMap/Bing/Google cover all countries; national topo maps only sections in that country
- * display of individual section does not work in popup on route overview page
- ** initial load of Google maps takes longer

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