Rocamadour - stock photo

Each year the small village of Rocamadour (population around 600), in the Parc Naturel Régional des Causses du Quercy, receives more than a million visitors. Partly because the village is an important pilgrimage destination, and has been for 1000 years. Built on the site of a shrine to a Madonna, the shrine became famous for its healing powers, and soon became a stop on the pilgrimage path to Santiago de Campostela. Also because of the beautiful and dramatic setting of the village, climbing up a cliff side. Rocamadour is one of the Grand Sites of France.