Chemin du Puy/Stage 9 of 29

Chemin du Puy · Stage 9 of 29

Espeyrac to Conques

A short day with the afternoon free. After the abbey's community dinner there's a short organ recital in the lit church, and the upper galleries are open from May to September. The next stage climbs straight out of the valley.

Short day: free afternoon

Basic details only. The Chemin du Puy’s stages haven’t been researched in detail yet, so this page has what the trail page held: the places to stay, the day’s distance and climbing, and the planning notes.

Distance
7.5 miles12.1 km
Climbing
930 ft up
Difficulty
Easy
Beds in Conques
10 placesPlenty

Map of the stage

Places to stay in Conques

Also, not on the map: Chambre d'hôtes L'Alcôve

The walk12Places to stay: green for dorms, blue for rooms

The line is the waymarked route as OpenStreetMap has it. Places to stay are where OpenStreetMap has them, matched by name; the ones it doesn't have are listed beside the map, without a marker. Tap a marker for details; the numbers match the cards below.

Where to sleep in Conques

10 places · Plenty

Four gîtes, four chambres d'hôtes and two hotels. The abbey alone has 45 dorm beds and 20 private rooms.

Religious house · dorm and rooms

Accueil Abbaye Sainte-Foy

Run by the abbey's Premonstratensian community with volunteers. 45 dorm beds in four dorms, plus 20 rooms of one to four beds. Dorm €14, single from €31, double from €44, community dinner €16. Open all year except the first two weeks of January.

Booking
Directly: +33 5 65 69 89 43 or [email protected]

Confirmed October 2026

Gîte · dorm

Gîte d'étape Chez François

At the town entrance, on the route. Dorm from €30, half board from €49.

Booking
Booking.com

Confirmed October 2026

Chambre d'hôtes · private room

Chambre d'hôtes L'Alcôve

Old town. Single €75, double €88 to €94.

Confirmed October 2026

Hotel · private room

Hôtel Sainte-Foy

Old-town hotel. The Auberge Saint-Jacques is the other.

Booking
Booking.com

Confirmed October 2026

The walk

EasyRated from the distance and climbing alone; this stage hasn’t been researched in detail yet.

Maps and route guides

Notes

Confirmed October 2026. Each place to stay shows when its own details were confirmed. Phone numbers, prices and opening seasons change from year to year, so confirm them before you rely on them.