#rocamadour

Located in the Causses du Quercy Regional Park and a short distance from the Dordogne Valley, is Rocamador or Rocamadour (in Occitan Ròc Amador), a French town and commune located in the Lot department, in the Midi-Pyrenees region. The view from Hospitalet, erected on the Alzou ravine, from where you can see the houses built on the rock, the castles and churches, is truly impressive, crossed by a single street topped by fortified gates.

To access the place you can take a small train or the elevators and there are not a few pilgrims who ascend the stairs on their knees and provide themselves with the sportelle, a pilgrim badge. The various sanctuaries arranged around the esplanade form a city to which since the 12th century pilgrims have come to honor and raise their prayers to Notre Dame de Rocamadour, the Black Virgin that houses the Notre Dame chapel.

The visit of the place allows you to appreciate its walls, mills, fountains, stone walls and all the traditional rural architecture, as well as being able to access the Lacave cave, the Cave of Wonders and the Padirac Abyss. There are many attractions that Rocamadour offers, both in the city and in the surroundings, such as the Monkey Forest, the Magic of the Railway, the Peñón de las Águilas, the Casa de las Abejas, the Old Toy Museum, and the night show «tell me, Falco».