A sacred city, a breathtaking city, Rocamadour carves out in limestone a fabulous human and spiritual history. From the Hospitalet, an impressive viewpoint over the Alzou canyon, you will discover this mythical place which has remained, throughout the centuries, a symbol of faith and hope.
A popular nursery rhyme describes this surprising architecture: The houses on the rock, the churches on the houses, the rock on the churches, the castle on the rock.
A single street crosses the medieval city, marked off by fortified gates.
There are ways of discovering the site (small train, lifts), even if it was on their knees that the pilgrims had always climbed the Grand Escalier (Great Steps) and received the "sportelle", the pilgrim’s insignia.
Around the square, in the hollow of the rock, the shrines form a city. Since the 12th century, numerous pilgrims have come to venerate and pray to Notre Dame de Rocamadour, the Black Virgin, who is found in the chapel of Notre Dame.
Rocamadour, in the heart of the Regional Park of Causses du Quercy and two minutes from the Dordogne Valley, nestles in a green setting.

The visit of the site, the city walls, the village, the shrines and of the Art museum may extend into the canyon to discover a typical rural architecture: mills, fountains, wash houses, gariottes (stone shepherd huts), the lakes of St Namphaise, dry stone walls,… but also to encounter the underground world (Lacave cave, the Padirac chasm, the Merveilles caves,…)
On the plateau and in the city, numerous events will surprise the curious visitor: the Rocher des Aigles (Eagles Rock), the Forêt des Singes (Forest of the Monkeys), the Maison des Abeilles (Bee House), the Féérie du Rail (Rail Spectacle), the Musée du Jouet Ancien (Antique Toy Museum), Préhistologia, the night show "dis-moi, Falco",…
A rich gastronomy: after having visited all the cultural gems of the region, small gourmet inns and restaurants will entice you with their cuisine based on the products of a region rich in flavour: truffles, mushrooms, foies gras, "le Rocamadour" goat's cheese, free-range lamb from Quercy...