Golinhac to Conques
Stage 9 · Le Chemin du Puy
Golinhac → Conques
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Golinhac to Conques · 23 km · up 750 m, down 840 m
The path descends through increasingly dramatic terrain to Conques, one of France's Plus Beaux Villages and a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The approach reveals the village gradually: a cluster of slate-roofed stone houses clinging to a steep hillside above the Dourdou River.
The Abbaye Sainte-Foy houses the most important collection of medieval reliquary art in France. The 9th-century reliquary of Sainte Foy, a golden statue encrusted with gems, is displayed in the treasury. The abbey's Romanesque tympanum, depicting the Last Judgement with vivid carved figures of the saved and the damned, is considered one of the masterpieces of medieval sculpture.
Conques is magical at dawn or dusk, when the tour buses have gone and the village belongs to pilgrims and residents.
Terrain: Ridge paths, steep forested descents, river valley trails, medieval village cobblestones
The day, stop by stop
- 0km
Golinhac
villageA small village above the deep Gorges du Lot in the Aveyron, with the gite d'etape L'Oree du Chemin in a restored barn. An epicerie and cafe are 2 km away in the village centre.
View town guideRestaurantCafe - 8.5kmView town guide
Espeyrac
village - 11.4kmView town guide
Sénergues
village - 23.2km
Conques
villageOne of France's most beautiful medieval villages and a UNESCO World Heritage site, famous for the Romanesque Abbey Church of Sainte-Foy with its spectacular Last Judgement tympanum and the Soulages stained glass windows.
View town guideRestaurantCafeGroceryATM
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