Chemins de Compostelle : Nasbinals - Conques

Reception for the walking tour takes place at the first hotel, the evening before your first day’s walking. You can leave your car in front of the hotel or in the small square close to the hotel.

BY TRAIN : Arriving: Gare SNCF of AUMONT-AUBRAC (tel: 04 66 42 80 30) (Aumont-Aubrac railway station). Line: Paris – Clermont-Ferrand - Béziers

Then take a taxi from Aumont-Aubrac to Nasbinal :

Taxi GERVAIS at Aumont- Aubrac (tel: 04 66 42 80 17)

Or Taxi MONTIALOUX at Nasbinals (tel: 04 66 32 52 80).

Please book these yourselves at the earliest possible date. We cannot take responsibility for ordering these taxis and their price will not be included in the overall price of the walking tour.

BY CAR : Nasbinals is in the department of Lozère. Leave the A75 Clermont-Montpellier by D 987.

Carte Michelin (Michelin Map) No 76 Fold No 15.

You can leave your car at the public car park in Nasbinals, in front of the hotel. Parking is free, but not secured.

BY PLANE :

There are 2 ways:

- Aéroport HEX ' AIR Le Puy/Loudes Tèl : 04 71 08 62 28 (Le Puy airport) (tel: 04 71 08 62 28) Then take a taxi (see taxi details above).

- Aéroport de Rodez – Marcillac (Rodez airport) (free parking) (tel : 05 65 42 20 30)

Email : aeroport-rodez-marcillac@wanadoo.fr

There are direct flights to Paris and Lyon and cheap flights to and from the UK.

Your walking tour ends the morning after your last day’s walking, after breakfast.

RETURNING HOME :

Train : There is a bus service between Conques and Rodez (38km):

Autocars Verbus:tel : 05 65 77 10 55 (does not run everyday)

Alternatively you can take a taxi from Conques to St Christophe Vallon (18km)

Taxi LAMPLE (tel : +33 (0)6 07 75 93 32 or +33 (0)4 71 49 95 55)

Or Taxi ALARY (tel: 05 65 44 53 34 ou 06 08 26 91 30)

Tourisme Aveyron Car (tel: 05 65 72 64 56)

You can then take a train home from the station at St Christophe Vallon: Gare SNCF de ST CHRISTOPHE VALLON (tel: 05 65 72 71 55).

Please book these yourselves at the earliest possible date. We cannot take responsibility for ordering these taxis and their price will not be included in the overall price of the walking tour.

Car : Return shuttle : Transfer Conques / Nasbinals

Travel from Conques to Nasbinals you can book a return to Nasbinals from Conques By this method the journey from Conques to Nasbinals costs 25€ per person.

Please book these yourselves at the earliest possible date. We cannot take responsibility for ordering these taxis and their price will not be included in the overall price of the walking tour.

Plane :

- Aéroport de Rodez – Marcillac (Rodez airport) (free parking) (tel : 05 65 42 20 30)

Email : aeroport-rodez-marcillac@wanadoo.fr

There are direct flights to Paris and Lyon and cheap flights to and from the UK.

Suitable for everyone; 3 to 8 hours walking per day.

Gentle slopes.

You can occasionally contact certain taxis to shorten certain stages that are too long:
- Taxi MONTIALOUX in Nasbinals: 04 66 32 52 80 or 06 86 67 36 31
- Taxi AUGUY in St Chély : 05 65 44 25 26
- Taxi CLOTZ in Espalion : 05 65 48 23 15
- Taxi d'OLT in Espalion : 06 77 99 90 31
- Taxi BERTHIER in Estaing : 05 65 44 40 03
- Taxi ALARY in Entraygues : 05 65 44 53 34 or 06 08 26 91 30
- Taxi LAMPLE in Conques : 06 07 75 93 32
- Taxi NICKEL in Decazeville : 05 65 43 09 07
You can also contact directly the tourist offices of the stages concerned or the accommodation.

We do not take care of booking these taxis and they are not included in the price of the tour.

Compostel'Bus : Daily bus service between Le Puy en Velay and Conques, from mid-April to mid-October. Stops at all the stages of the route, on reservation.
Timetable and prices: 04 71 02 43 23 or www.compostelbus.com

Hotel */ **/ ***and gesthouses. Showers and WC may be on landings or on the next floor in certain establishments.

NB : Bedrooms will only be available after 4pm.

When two hotels are full, we will have to arrange for you to pass two nights at the same establishment and organise transport for the walk. (This will not change the route of your day’s walk.) Details of this kind will be noted on your booking confirmation, should they be necessary. You may be asked to pay a supplement.

INFORMATION:

Gone for a long time, some stink bugs have come back in varied types of accomodations (mountains or close to the sea as well). They are brought by walkers themselves or travelers who carried them on their bag or clothes... (it has nohing to do with hygiene). Some accomodations far from mountain trails face the very same issue. These bugs sting like mosquitoes when sleeping and sometimes cause allergies. To prevent bites, an association picked an envrionnement and health respectful insecticide 100% natural and Eco certified. We advise you to protect your luggage and equipment before leaving on your trip with a proper spray. You will be able to find this lightweight product while hiking or when arriving to your accomodations (not everyone). Use it essentially in and on your stuff.

Find it here as well: http://chemindecompostelle.com/punaisedelit/index.html

FOOD

Breakfasts will be traditional (often taking the form of buffets) and are served at around 8am. If you want an earlier breakfast than this, talk about it to the hotel-keeper the evening before to find out if it is possible.

Dinner is usually served from 7.30pm onwards. It usually consists of the meal of the day. Most hotels do not offer a choice of menu unless you pay a supplement.

MIDDAY MEAL

Packed lunches are not included in our prices.

You can order them directly from the hotel the night before (by paying around 10-15 € for each person, depending on the establishment. Alternatively you can buy food in the villages, where there are shops etc.

Your baggage will be transported between each of the places where you spend the night, either late in the morning or during the course of the afternoon.

A supplement may be payable for the transportation of baggage after October.

NB: We ask you to put your bags in the hallway/lounge of each hotel every morning at 8am. We also insist that each person has only one bag of belongings for transportation, and that no bag must weigh more than 13 kg. If you have more than one bag, or if your bag weighs more than 13 kg, the transporter can either demand a supplement at the end of the walking tour, or simply refuse altogether to carry your baggage if it is too cumbersome. You are advised not to take ordinary suitcases, but to use a strong, solidly-made travelling bag.

You are advised to take a small day-sack or rucksack to carry your personal belongings during the day’s walk.

If you are part of a group, we require you to show clearly on your luggage labels the name of your group leader (i.e. the person who booked your walking tour).

1 person and more

To enable you to follow the route successfully we will send you, on receipt of payment for the holiday, the official guidebook: le topo guide Sentiers de St Jacques, GR 65, Réf: 651. There will be one guidebook supplied for 1-4 people. (An English translation of the route directions is also available on request.)

- a small rucksack for your packed lunch and anything else needed for the day’s walk

- basic first aid – eg plasters, antiseptic fluid, alcohol for feet etc

- a good pair of walking boots or shoes, suitable for hill walking. Beware of new boots - test them or break them in first.

- sun-glasses, sun-cream and sun-hat

- waterproof garments

- light shoes for the evening

- water bottle; it is important to drink 1.5 to 2 litres per day

- a knife

- torch (optional)

- binoculars (if desired)

- paper handkerchiefs

- needle, thread, safety pins