Perched atop a formidable rocky outcrop within the Dordogne Valley, Rocamadour is essentially the most searched-for French village on the Web, in response to a examine by trip rental comparability website Likibu.

The examine regarded on the variety of Google queries made by vacationers seeking to go to France by analyzing the phrases ‘what to do’, ‘what to see’ and ‘what to go to’. The outcomes put collectively a listing of the 30 most searched-for villages in France to discover, and Rocamadour was, for the third yr in a row, the highest sought-after vacation spot with 110,000 search queries inside a month, together with 12,870 from vacationers.

The examine was accomplished between March 29 and April 3, 2023 and included all villages in France with lower than 2,000 inhabitants – a complete of 30,037 websites!

Positioned within the coronary heart of the Dordogne Valley, within the Causses du Quercy Regional Pure Park, Rocamadour is known for its pilgrimage website and its function as a stopping-off village on the way in which to Santiago de Compostela. Constructed into the aspect of a cliff, greater than 120 meters above a valley, the medieval city is scenic and listed amongst French cities. In addition to the beautiful villages. Vacationers flock to Rocamadour to see its many church buildings and chapels, climb a whole bunch of steps to succeed in the fortress on the prime and stroll alongside the cobbled streets earlier than tasting the native cheese of the identical title.

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Giverny, largely often known as the house location of Claude Monet, got here in second with 8,170 requests for tourism. Full of artwork galleries, tea retailers and wonderful eating places, the small village of Normandy attracts a minimum of 500,000 to 700,000 vacationers a yr, drawn by the Impressionist artist’s luscious gardens.

One other artistically inclined village got here third with 4,630 tourism requests. Les Baux de Provence, in Bouches-du-Rhône, is greatest recognized for its Carrières de Lumières – a former quarry that hosts multimedia artwork exhibits, displaying pictures on white stone partitions. Nestled within the coronary heart of the Alpilles Mountains, the charming village has boutique resorts, craft retailers, museums, eating places, and loads of heritage websites to get pleasure from all yr spherical.

The following locations had been – on this order – Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port within the French Basque Nation, Provencal Gordes, Saint-Florent in Corsica, vineyard-rimmed Sancerre within the Loire Valley, Yvoire, on the banks of Lac Leman in Haute-Savoie, Biana, in addition to in Corsica and at last Vezelay, with the UNESCO-listed basilica in Burgundy.

You’ll be able to see the total examine outcomes at Likibu website (in French).

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