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Silencio Por Favor

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• Oct 15, 2018

• #1

Hi, we are limited to less than a week and seriously considering Conques to Cahors and curious if this is a good idea or there is possibly a better option? Thanks in advance for any feedback.

 

Kitsambler

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• Oct 15, 2018

• #2

Try Le Puy to Aumont-Aubrac, if you haven't done the Le Puy route at all yet.

 

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• Oct 16, 2018

• #3

Kitsambler said:

Try Le Puy to Aumont-Aubrac, if you haven't done the Le Puy route at all yet.

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Thanks Kitsambler, I will take a good look.

 

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• Oct 17, 2018

• #4

I loved Conques

 

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• Oct 18, 2018

• #5

Nasbinals to Conques

 

MichaelC

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• Oct 23, 2018

• #6

It's so hard to think of an ideal five-day stretch. Conques to Cahors would be fine, but I think four better options would be:

Le Puy to Aumont-Aubrac (or Nasbinals): Because it's always nice to start at the beginning.

Aumont-Aubrac (or Nasbinals) to Conques: You cross the Aubrac plateau, and stop in some wonderful medieval towns.

Figeac to Cahors via the Vallée du Célé. Just stunning. Lots of up and down, but it's worth it.

Lectoure to Eauze. You're in Gascony, the culinary heart of old France, and walking through Armagnac country here. That's enough

 

billmclaughlin

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• Mar 27, 2019

• #7

In addition to deciding which stages to walk, consider the fact that you don’t want to lose time getting to and from the route. Conques is notorious for poor transport connections, while the Figeac to Cahors section recommended above gives you decent rail connections at either end.

Much will depend on where you’re arriving from and headed to. For example, I left the route once at Aire sur l’Adour, took a noon the bus to Pau, and caught a very early morning train to Paris (via Bordeaux) that took under 5 hours.

Good luck!

Bill