Camino Photo of the Day: the Endless Stairs of Rocamadour

Apologies! I was ill yesterday, but I’m feeling a little better today – so here’s yesterday’s photo. From the medieval town, there are more stairs upwards, ever upwards, to the shrine churches. There are several here, and in the coming days, we’ll explore them. Meanwhile, you can get a pretty good idea of just how steep these steps are by the expression on the faces of the tourists. It was only when I reached the very top that I discovered that there was also an elevator.

Date: 01 September 2023
Place: Rocamadour, 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.