Camino Photo of the Day: Walking into Lacapelle-Marival

At about 3:40 PM, we walked into the village of Lacapelle-Marival, our stop for the night. It’s a fairly substantial village of almost 1,300 people that may owe its name to an 8th-century martyr known as Marie del Val. To the left, you can see the château, as well as the Église de l’Assomption-de-la-Sainte-Vierge, both of which date back to the Wars of Religion in the 16th century. Our gîte, as well as a lovely restaurant with outdoor seating, is across the street to the right, just out of view. More on all of those in the coming days.

Date: 30 August 2023
Place: Entering Lacapelle-Marival, Lot Département, Region of Occitanie, France

Maps!

The site I’ve been using for my daily maps, Gronze.com, while otherwise great, unfortunately doesn’t have maps for this variant. So here’s a map from my book Practical Pilgrimage showing the entirety of the three main variants and larger sub-variants. I walked the GR6 from Figeac to Rocamadour and the GR46 on to Cahors.