The tourist office is on the square beside the church (daily: April–Sept 9.30am–12.30pm & 2–6.30pm; Oct–March 10am–noon & 2–6pm; tel 05.65.72.85.00, www.conques.fr). For somewhere central to stay, the Auberge St-Jacques (tel 05.65.72.86.36, www.aubergestjacques.fr; €30–40), near the church, provides good-value, old-fashioned accommodation and also has a popular restaurant, with menus from €13.50 and plats du jour at €8–11. A good alternative is the Auberge du Pont Romain, on the main road below the hill on which Conques stands (tel 05.65.69.84.07, fax 05.65.69.85.12; €30–40; closed first two weeks Nov; menus from €12.20) – it's a twenty-minute walk from here to the church. A little way upstream, the attractive Moulin de Cambelong (tel 05.65.72.84.77, www.moulindecambelong.com; €70–85) offers more comfort – some rooms have spacious wooden balconies with great views of the river – and a first-rate restaurant, specializing in duck dishes (menus from €30).There's hostel-type accommodation at the Résidence Dadon (tel 05.65.72.82.98; under €30) directly above the abbey, and a gîte d'étape next door (Mme Guibert; tel 05.65.72.82.98). There are several campsites in Conques: try Beau Rivage, on the banks of the Dourdou, just below the village (tel 05.65.69.82.23; closed Oct–March), St-Cyprien-sur-Dourdou (tel 05.65.72.80.52) or Le Moulin, at Grand-Vabre (tel 05.65.72.87.28; closed Nov–March), 5km downstream.
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