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Rocamadour and St-Cirq-Lapopie leave a lasting impression on any traveler who has the good fortune to visit these astonishingly beautiful villages, located in the northern Lot, one of the départements in Midi-Pyrénées. The medieval, hillside charm of Rocamadour is best captured by a saying well-known to locals: "Houses along the stream, churches above the houses, rocks above the churches, castles on the rock." Accordingly, a castle towers 420 feet above the Alzou River, dominating the village’s medley of old houses, steep streets, ancient churches, and tiny chapels terraced into a sheer cliff. During the 12th and 13th centuries, thousands of pilgrims on their way to Santiago stopped at Rocamadour to climb the 216 steps that lead to the seven sanctuaries around place St-Amadour. Today you can follow in their footsteps. St-Cirq-Lapopie rivals Rocamadour as the most picturesque place in France. Towering 265 feet above the Lot River, St-Cirq-Lapopie seems to rise out of the very rock it rests upon. Climb to the abandoned castle at the top of the town and look down on the amazingly intact 15th-century village. Stone houses topped with steep brown-tiled roofs and pierced with mullioned windows press up against narrow streets and the town’s fine church. Look again and catch the sight of the Lot, far below your ancient rock perch, as the calm river meanders across dappled fields and forests of emerald green. It is no wonder that this town, its architecture now protected by law, has drawn an interested crowd since Surrealist leader André Breton "discovered" it decades ago. Today artists and artisans have reclaimed and carefully renovated its houses, turning them into studios and workspaces.