Camino Photo of the Day: Variants
After Figeac, the Camino splits into three different routes, all meeting up again in the city of Cahors. You can take the “official” route, which is about three days. If you prefer panoramic river valley views and don’t mind the constant climbs and descents—and you can afford an extra day—you might try the Célé Valley alternative. For an extra two days, you can instead take the variant to Rocamadour, a spectacular site of medieval pilgrimage built into the side of a cliff. Although it meant losing much of my Camino family, I decided to take the longer route to Rocamadour.
Meanwhile, after a leisurely breakfast with a cohort of fellow pilgrims, I had late start – 9:30! The weekly market had already been set up as I walked out of Figeac.
Date: 30 August 2023
Place: Figeac, 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.
