Confraternities

These are the five Confraternities of Saint James that each support part of the Vézelay Route (the numbers refer to the parts of the route on the map):

• Amis et Pèlerins de Saint-Jacques de la Voie de Vézelay (1, from Vézelay to Crozant)
   
• Amis et Pèlerins de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle du Limousin-Périgord (2 & 3, from Crozant to Port-Sainte-Foy-et-Ponchapt)
   
• Amis de Saint-Jacques de Compostelle en Aquitaine (4, from Port-Sainte-Foy to Captieux)
   
• Société Landaise des Amis de Saint-Jacques (5, from Captieux to Sault-de-Navailles)
   
• Amis du chemin de Saint-Jacques en Pyrénées-Atlantiques (6, from Sault-de-Navailles to Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port)

On their websites you will find additional regional information and information about the preparation of your journey, the pilgrim passport, the organization and activities of the Confraternities, etc..

At the beginning and at the end of the Vézelay Route there is a pilgrim office:

• in Vézelay: 24 rue Saint Pierre, tel. 03 86 32 38 11,
• in Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port: 39 Rue de la Citadelle.

On the Vézelay Route there is a lot of non-commercial accommodation, managed by municipalities, religious institutions, Confraternities of Saint James, and private persons. The Confraternities manage hostels in (the numbers refer to the map above):

• Ainay-le-Château and Bouzais  (1, variant via Nevers)
• La Coquille (2)
• Sorges and Périgueux (3)
• Saint-Ferme (4)
• Vialotte / Saint-Gor, Roquefort and Mont-de-Marsan (5)