Conques is on the list of “Les Plus Beaux Villages” (the most beautiful villages) in France and you’ll get no argument from us. Not from 7 years ago when our Way of St. James ended in Conques nor now, as we began walking again.

Its original medieval layout still surrounds the Abbey for over 12 centuries in a wide semicircle with steep, narrow streets. old, Timber-frame and stone houses line the length of Rue Charlemagne, the street travelled by the pilgrims on their way to the abbey.

Little villages like Conques just have to be visited to be believed…

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