The tourist office is on the left at the beginning of rue du Majou (Jan, Feb, Nov & Dec Mon–Sat 10am–noon & 2–5pm; March–May & Oct Mon–Sat 10am–noon & 2–6pm; June & Sept Mon–Sat 10am–noon & 2–6pm, Sun 10am–noon; July & Aug Mon–Sat 10am–7pm, Sun 10am–noon; tel 05.65.27.52.50, www.quercy.net/quercy/gourdon), and has lists of B&B options in the area. Bikes can be rented from Nature Évasion, 73 av Cavignac (tel 05.65.37.65.17), out on the west side of town.For an overnight stay, the Hôtel de la Promenade, on the northwestern side of the ring road at 48 bd Galiot-de-Genouillac (tel 05.65.41.41.44, www.lapromenadegourdon.fr; €30–40), is a cheerful place with immaculate rooms and a decent restaurant (closed Sun; menus from €11.10). On the opposite side of town, near the post office, is the agreeable Bissonnier, 51 bd des Martyrs (tel 05.65.41.02.48, fax 05.65.41.44.67; €55–70; closed Dec & Jan), with a good restaurant serving such local specialities as confits and stuffed duck's neck (closed Sun eve & Mon lunch Oct–April; menu from €14). There's a well-equipped municipal campsite, Ecoute s'il Pleut (tel 05.65.41.06.19, fax 05.65.41.09.88; closed Oct–May), 1km north on the Sarlat road. For a pleasant independent restaurant, try the Croque-Note on the corner of rue Jean-Jaurès and boulevard Cabanes on the south side of the old town (meals from around €11).
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