GUIDED & DIGITAL TOURS

    The Tourist Office of Conques welcomes you

     everyday 9:30-12:30 and 14:00-18:30 (April-September) ; 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:30 (October-March)

    The Treasure is open every day

    9:30-12:30 and 14:00-18:30 (April-September) ; 10:00-12:30 and 14:00-17:30 (October-March)

    The museum J-Fau opens from MAy to early November.

    Guided tours of the site are with a previous reservation (at +33. (0)5 65 72 85 00).

    email : contact@tourisme-conques.fr

    05 65 72 85 00 (Office of Conques) - 05 65 71 13 18 (office of Marcillac)

    ST. FOY ABBEY-CHURCH AND THE MEDIEVAL TREASURE OF GOLDSMITH ART

    This major guided tour will bring the group through the history and arts of Conques, from its Romanesque Abbey-church to the medieval Treasure of goldsmith art. Come and listen to the one thousand-year old story of this jewel of architecture, built by the medieval workers. Your guide will unveil you its secrets. Discover a unique jewel in France, the famous medieval Treasure of goldsmith art and its rich collection of sacred objects, among which stays the world-known “Majesty” of St. Foy. .

    • Time: 1h30. Accessibility: Access ramp, lift in the Treasure Room, touch booklets for visually impaired visitors.
    • Group Fee/person:  5€ child; 9€ adult.
    • Modality: All year round after a previous reservation. Payment: Cash, CB.
    • Languages for group tours: French, English, Spanish. Previous reservation required
    • The ticket of the Treasure allows you to visit the Museum Joseph-Fau (remains of the cloister and Renaissance furniture) open from May to early November.

      ST. FOY ABBEY-CHURCH AND ITS TYMPANUM OF THE LAST JUDGMENT

      Discover the architectural wonder of St. Foy abbey-church and the 124 figures that adorn its tympanum. Your guide will unveil all their mysteries. Raise your eyes towards a few hundred capitals and contemporary stained-glass windows... This tour is an essential visit to approach Conques and its thousand-year-old history.

      • Time: 45 min. Accessibility: stairs. Touch supports for visually impaired visitors
      • Group Fee/person: 4.50€ adult; 2.50€ child
      • Modality: All year round after a previous reservation - Payment: Cash, CB.
      • Languages for group tours: French, English, Spanish. Previous reservation required

        THE CHURCH UPPER-GALLERY AND ITS ROMANESQUE CAPITALS

        This guided tour offers the exceptional chance to reach the upper-gallery (Tribunes) of the church very close to the sculpted capitals and the stained-glass windows by Pierre Soulages. Your guide will unveil the skills of the medieval “image-making” artists who carved the capitals’ baskets with interlaced patterns, story-telling subjects, religious or secular themes... This up-high gallery offers one of a kind perspective on the abbey-church architecture.

        • Time: 45 min. Accessibility: stairs – For safety reasons, access on your own is not allowed (information at the Service Patrimoine / Tourist Office)
        • Group Fee/person: 4.50€ adult; 2.50€ child - Access possible from 12 years old.
        • Modality: All year round after a previous reservation. Payment: Cash, CB
        • Languages for group tours: French, English, Spanish. Previous reservation required

          THE STAINED-GLASS WINDOWS BY PIERRE SOULAGES

          From the upper-gallery of the abbey-church, your guide invites you approach at close hand the creative process of Pierre Soulages for his 104 contemporary stained-glass windows inaugurated in 1994. While strolling through the gallery at close hand of the glass windows with opalescent reflection, we will lead you towards the discovery of this unique glass technique where everything is rhythm and light…

          • Time: 45 min. Accessibility: stairs - For safety reasons, access on your own to the upper-gallery is not allowed (information at the Service Patrimoine / Tourist Office)
          • Group Fee/person: 4.50€ adult; 2.50€ child - Access possible from 12 years old
          • Modality: All year round after a previous reservation. Payment: Cash, CB
          • Languages for group tours: French, English, Spanish. Previous reservation required

            The medieval village

            Come, wander and learn with us through the medieval village of Conques in a colourful presentation, its history, civil architecture and human activities while strolling along the streets and lanes. Your guide will reveal the secrets of this village, once a fortified medieval town, and nowadays classified among the most beautiful villages of France. This commented walk will make you travel through time from timber-framed houses to lauzes covered roofs, from bread ovens to chestnut driers called sécadou... Come and share with us the key events in the village history, listen to the anecdotes that make the fame of this village.

            Time: 45 min. Accessibility: sloping streets and paved streets. Touch booklet for visually impaired visitors.

            Group Fee: 4.50€ adult; 2.50€ child - Modality: All year round, after a previous reservation - Payment: Cash, CB

            Languages for group tours: French, English, Spanish - Previous reservation required

              THE MEDIEVAL TREASURE OF GOLDSMITH ART

              The Treasure of Conques is composed of many reliquaries with the famous “Majesty” of St. Foy as its masterpiece, and unique example of reliquary statuary from the first millennium. This treasure stands as one of the five greatest medieval goldsmith's works of art in Europe and the sole in France to display so many elements from the High Middle Ages.

              The Treasure is open every day including on Sunday (but closed on January, 1st and December, 25). It is located in the South aisle of the cloister. Groups may visit the Treasure all year-round on an open tour without reservation.

              • April 1st to September 30th:  (am) 9:30 to 12:30 and (pm) 2:00-6:30 (ticket booth closing at 6:15 pm)
              • October 1st to March 31st: (am) 10:00-12:30 and (pm) 2:00-5:30 (ticket booth closing at 5:15pm)

              Fee/person: 2.50€ child (7 to 18 years old); free (child under 7; blind visitor); 6.50€ regular adult fee; 4.50€ adult-reduced fee (group of 10 pers.+; partnership with Soulages museum); The ticket of the Treasure allows you to visit the museum J-Fau (open from May to October)

              • Accessibility: lift, touch booklets for visually impaired visitors.
              • Payment: Cash, CB

                CONQUES NIGHT SHOW - Lights and Polychromy on the Tympanum

                 

                REGULAR PROGRAMMING UNTIL OCTOBER 13, 2024

                • 21:00 : Presentation of the tympanum of the Last Judgment by a friar from the religious community of Conques (in French) 
                • 21:30 : Visit of the upper-gallery of the abbey-church (close to the Romanesque capitals and the contemporary glass windows by Pierre Soulages) - Access allowed from 12 years old ; fee 6€ 
                • 22:15 : Polychromy of the Tympanum - By night, the progressive revealing of the colours offer a revisited reading of the 12th century tympanum and its 124 sculpted figures. Composing the Last Judgment and depicting the celestial Court, the angels, the elected, the condemned and other devils come to life.

                Low Season:

                • From October 14 to 18: 21:00 Polychromy of the Tympanum
                • From October 19 to November 3: 21:00 Presentation of the tympanum ; 21:45 Polychromy of the tympanum

                • From November  4 to 5: 21:00 Polychromy of the tympanum

                A UNIQUE MULTIMEDIA EXPERIMENT

                a true historical immersion

                The digital IPads with audio invite you to discover Conques’ history, the abbey-church and its tympanum, the stained-glasses and the Romanesque capitals, the cloister and its Treasure, at your own rhythm. Follow the figures of the Past through the key points of our history. Supplement items are inserted (archives photos, maps, views from the sky, etc...) and sound effects are also part of the circuit.

                Circuit: All public (French, English, Spanish) and Youth (French and English)

                Rental and departure point: Museum J-Fau (open from April 4 to early November) or at the Tourist Office – Circuit time lapse: 1h to 1h30 (last rental possible 1 hour before closing time)

                Rental fees (Treasure entrance included): Adults 10 € - Teens (14-17 years old) 5 € - Children (7-13 years old) 1 €

                Groups on reservation prior to rental (max. 25 Ipads) - At  least one Adult IPad is required to rent a youth one – an ID paper is required on deposit as a warranty

                  booklet to download "The curious little ones discovering Conques”

                  This exercise booklet can be done alone, in groups or with the family and it will allow you to explore and discover Conques while having fun.

                  The English version of the Booklet is downloadable..

                  PARKING AREAS AND REGULATION

                  You come to visit Conques in a group and you arrive by coach?

                  Here are a few information regarding the access, the traffic route and the parking regulation in Conques.

                  Parkings have been re-organized. Conditions of parking have changed on 2019. Please, contact us for further details.

                    TOURISM & HANDICAP

                    Download here the PDF (French only) to prepare an accessible stay.

                    Do not hesitate to contact our team to accompany you in the preparation of your stay.

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