ESSENTIAL PLACES TO BE VISITED IN HAUTE-LOIRE

Chateau de la rochelambert Forteresse de polignac Chateau de lavoute polignac

                Cloitre roman lavaudieu

   

   Les Sucs volcaniques de Meygal

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2 km away from our establishement (on foot) 

Local curiosity "The Crouzilhac druidic rock"

Roche druidique de Crouzilhac à Tence

Millenial rock where druids made sacrifices

Cupules taillée dans la roche             Cupules à saignées

More information: La roche druidique de Crouzilhac

 

The touristic steam train "La Galoche"
 
Velay express

Starting from Tence http://www.velay-express.fr/

 

Within a 15 minutes drive

La base nautique de Lavalette

The dam and the beautiful Lavalette Lake with it's nautical base and beach
(it can be circled on foot, mountainbike on a marked hiking trail)
Lake, bathing, canoes and sailing school in Lavalette

 

Lac bleu

The blue lake and it's miniature park
http://www.auvergne-miniature.com/


The Devesset lake and it's beach (Ardéche)
http://www.lac-de-devesset.fr/

Templar Commandery of Devesset (Ardéche).
 

At 20-30 minutes ...

The St Bonnet-le-froid village and its famouse mushroom fair on early November,
and also its 3 stars restaurant with Chef Régis Marcon.
 http://www.regismarcon.fr/prepage.php

 

Massif du Meygal, vue au sommet du Testavoyre

Meygal volcanic massif at 20 minutes
http://www.auvergne-paysdumeygal.com/spip/spip.php?article13

 

Les Sucs volcaniques depuis le sommet du Lizieux

 The Lizieux 1400m peak and its botanical route and orientation table, 
amazing view on the Alps and the Velay volcanic landcapes
http://www.altituderando.com/Pic-du-Lizieux-1388m-Volcan-du

 

Les Sucs volcaniques de Meygal

The Meygal volcanos(young Pelean volcanos)
http://www.office-de-tourisme-des-sucs-aux-bords-de-loire.fr/je-decouvre/nature-paysages/les-sucs-ces-volcans-endormis/

 

Le village de Queyrières

The typical Queyrières village buit on the foot of an old volcano with basaltic orgues
http://villagesdefrance.xooit.fr/t313-Queyrieres.htm

The Testavoyre volcano and the pierres du Villaret river
 http://www.altituderando.com/Le-Testavoyre-1436m-Massif-du

40 minutes away ...

Around St Front
 

The Bigorres and Moudeyres thatched cottages

 

La ferme des frères Perrel à Moudeyres

The Perrel brothers farm


 The St Front Lake
Auvergne's highest volcanic crater

The Narces and the Chaudeyrolles waterfall (high place of Fin Gras)
http://www.cg43.fr/Les-Narces-de-Chaudeyrolles.html

 

Le Mont Mezenc 1753 m

The Mezenc mountain massif at 40 mn:
The mount Mezenc ascension at 1753 m

http://www.altituderando.com/Mont-Mezenc-1753m
 

45 minutes to 1 h 15

Vue du Puy en Velay

The Puy-en-Velay town designated World heritage site by the UNESCO
http://www.ot-lepuyenvelay.fr/histoire-et-patrimoine/soyez-les-bienvenus.html

The Estables typical village
Highest central massif hilltop village at 1400m high and it's ski station
http://lesestables.unblog.fr/2008/04/14/localisation-acces/

The Couteaux troglodyte village

The Corboeuf ravine
(Haute-Loire's thumbnail colorado)

Gorges de la Loire
(recreational zone, canoe...)
departure at Puy-en-Velay to Aurec sur Loire.

Rochelambert castle in Saint-Paulien
http://www.chateau-de-la-rochelambert.com/index.php

The Polignac fortress
http://www.forteressedepolignac.fr/index.php/fr/

The chibottes trail
(five dry stone bories)
near Puy-en -Velay.

La pinatelle du zouave
(pine forest)
near Puy-en-Velay.

more than 1 h 15 away

Mount Gerbier-de-Jonc and the Loire sources 1 h 15
http://www.altituderando.com/Mont-Gerbier-de-Jonc-1551m-tour-et

 The Ray-Pic waterfall 1 h 30
http://www.ardeche-evasion.com/cascade-du-ray-pic.php

Lavaudieu roman abbey and cloiter
http://www.abbayedelavaudieu.fr/

Bouchet lake
Crater lake at 1h15.

Allier gorges by touristic train

Rafting and canoe dans in the Allier gorges

Gévaudan Beast museum
and the Saugues village 1h45

Arlempdes ranked on of the most beautiful villages in France
"First Loire castle"
The Arlempdes site