Chemin du Puy/Stage 7 of 29

Chemin du Puy · Stage 7 of 29

Saint-Côme-d'Olt to Estaing

Gronze calls Estaing one of the prettiest towns on the route: a château on a bend of the Lot, open May to mid-October.

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
12.8 miles20.6 km
Climbing
1,360 ft up
Difficulty
Moderate
Beds in Estaing
10 placesPlenty

Map of the stage

Places to stay in Estaing

Also, not on the map: Gîte d'étape communal; Gîte Chez Aurélie; Two hotels and two chambres d'hôtes

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 Estaing

10 places · Plenty

Six gîtes, two chambres d'hôtes and two hotels. Only Chez Aurélie says it's open all year.

Communal gîte · dorm

Gîte d'étape communal

Inside the Saint-Fleuret chapel on Place du Foirail. 22 beds in five dorms, dorm €17. Open 1 March to 31 October.

Booking
Directly with the town; check-in 15:00 to 18:00

Confirmed October 2026

Pilgrim house · dorm

Hospitalité Saint-Jacques

Welcome run by families living in community since 1993, in the old town. Dorm €17, half board €40. Open 1 April to early October.

Confirmed October 2026

Gîte · dorm

Gîte Chez Aurélie

Old town. Dorm €20, half board €45. Open all year.

Confirmed October 2026

More places

Two hotels and two chambres d'hôtes

Hôtel Aux Armes d'Estaing and the Auberge Saint-Fleuret. Chambre d'hôtes Chez Jeannot has doubles at €53 to €55.

Confirmed October 2026

The walk

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

Along the way

  1. Espalion
    10 places to stay (early in the day)

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.