The Causses du Quercy Regional Natural Park is an intimate and fragile territory, it extends over 185,000 hectares between Cahors and Figeac, from the south bank of the Dordogne to the foothills of the Garonne basin. A land of contrasts, the Causses du Quercy are a composition between the limestone plateaus and the deep notches of the Lot and Célé valleys. Stone is omnipresent in the landscape: cliffs, lapies, caves and chasms, phosphate mines, but also losses and resurgences, underground rivers ... A remarkable geological heritage, recognized by UNESCO which awarded the "Global Geopark" label to the Park in 2017. Man has always woven a very strong bond with stone: from the cave paintings of the Grotte du Pech Merle to the round cazelles (shepherd's shelters) and dry stone walls, including the many dolmens, it is a remarkable heritage that can be discovered here. The emblematic dry lawns of the causse are home to rare flora and fauna: ocellated lizard, stone curlew, orchids ... These open landscapes are maintained by the extensive grazing of herds, in particular the Causses du Lot sheep, a native breed recognizable by its black-ringed eyes. The Causses du Quercy are home to the exceptional sites of Rocamadour and Saint-Cirq-Lapopie, hilltop villages and major tourist attractions. Several variants of the Way of Saint James cross the Park and allow you to discover all its riches.