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Getting to Rocamadour without your own transport is awkward, unless you're prepared to walk or take a taxi the 4km from the Rocamadour-Padirac
gare SNCF
on the Brive-Capdenac line. If you arrive
by car
, you'll have to park in L'Hospitalet, 1.5km from Rocamadour (and with the best view of the town there is), or else in the car park, several hundred metres below the town. There are two
tourist offices
: the main one in l'Hospitalet (April-June & Sept daily 10am-noon & 2-5/6pm; July & Aug daily 10am-8pm; rest of year Mon-Fri 10am-noon & 2-5.30pm, Sat & Sun 2-5.30pm; tel 05.65.33.22.00, fax 05.65.33.22.01,
www.rocamadour.com
), and a second next to the HA?tel de Ville (daily: April to mid-July & Sept 10am-12.30pm & 1.30-6pm; mid-July to Aug 9.30am-7.30pm; Oct to mid-Nov 10am-noon & 2-5.30pm; mid-Nov to March 2.30-5.30pm; tel 05.65.33.63.26), on the main street.
Rocamadour's
hotels
are not too expensive but they're completely booked out in the summer and close for the winter months. If you ring ahead, you might get in at the
Lion d'Or
, Porte Figuier (tel 05.65.33.62.04, fax 05.65.33.72.54; 160-220F/a?¬24-34; restaurant from 68F/a?¬10.37), or
Le Terminus des PA?lerins
, at the bottom of the
Via Sancta
(tel 05.65.33.62.14, fax 05.65.33.72.10; 220-300F/a?¬34-46; restaurant from 70F/a?¬10.67), both closed from November to March. Up in L'Hospitalet,
Le Camp'hostel
(tel 05.65.33.73.50, fax 05.65.33.69.60; 220-300F/a?¬34-46; closed mid-Oct to March) has bright, modern rooms. They also run the neighbouring
campsite
,
Le Relais du Campeur
(tel 05.65.33.63.28; closed Oct-March). Other useful information
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