Sousceyrac

Located in the middle of Haut-Ségala Lotois (Ségala: country of rye) in the North-East of the department of the Batch, in extreme cases of the Cantal and Corrèze, with the crossroads enters the mounts of the Cantal, and the valleys of Quercy (15 km of St-Céré, 40 km of Figeac, 25 km of the valley of the Dordogne, 60 km of Brive).

Plate where a scrap-metal pasture dominates which the exploitation is primarily turned towards l' bovine breeding (milk-meat), where curve of many populated brooks of trouts and on the slopes of which from the forests (beeches, oaks, chestnuts, birches extend) and where many varieties of mushrooms push.

Small laughing, green and picturesque city, hospitable city, restoration and hotel trade have great place, as there a calm camp-site ** and arranged well.

Our area preciously preserves in its old borough charged by the history and in its villages, the testimony of the last one: old mills, old laundrettes, fortifications of the Middle Ages, beautiful churches and remarkable country, well preserved houses.

The activities of leisures are numerous: swimming pool, 2 tennis, horsemanship, fairs and demonstrations. The temperature is soft in summer, the forests make vivifying office there. Very pleasant to visit (guided visits: to address in Tourist bureau), its old strengthened village was defended by a castle-extremely currently disappeared.

Come to discover the principal curiosities in Sousceyrac

• The Sousceyrac old man: " Carreyrat"
• The Notre Dame Door
• The door Saint Antoine: vestiges of the old fortifications of XIIrd century ( * Frontage of XIIème century: Romance bay.
• Frontage and window of XVth century.
• "Ostal del Patje": XIVth century, old post office with horses (antique dealer).
• Old houses
• Fount Bieilho: fountain of the XVIIth century.
• The Old Laundrette " Sivières"
• The Roumieu Bridge at 1 km of the borough, Roman vestige.
• The castle of Grugnac: on the road of Comiac, does not visit itself.
• The Large Communal one: Forest of 250 hectares and its 2 ponds of fishing to 5km on D 140 route du Rouget; Forest of the LUZETTE, botanical Path .

Hiking guided on Sousceyrac and neighbourhood.

Information and folders of the hiking in tourist office
Tennis: 2 grounds.

Fish: pond in the forest of Luzette.

Game of bowls: contest amateurs every Friday evenings.
3 official contests in July and August

• The GR. 652:

Throats of Cère. 30 km it can carry out in the 2 directions: Laval de Cère-Laroquebrou. Return by the train or partly only by borrowing the point d' arrèt of Lamativie.

• The Jump of Vieyres:

Route labelized PR by the French Federation of Excursion

- 6 km
- A cascade
- The cave of Hermit
- Ruins of 2 water mills
- Furnace with glass
- Superb forest walk in the wild throats of the Escaumel.

• The botanical path of Luzette:

7,5 km length circuit in a very rich main forest - 90 species trees or shrubs were indexed - terminals comprising a plate screen printed colors give the principal characteristics.

• Circuit of the Large Jump:

Very picturesque, very wild, in the throats of Cayla.

• Circuit of Cayla:

In the middle of wood, fields, around Sousceyrac. Crossing of 5 typical hamlets.

Hiking roads VTT: at the beginning of Sousceyrac:

• 1. The turn of Sousceyrac: 15km
• 2. Forest of Luzette: 20km
• 3. The culminating point of the Batch: 24km
• 4. The mill of Fournols: 17km
• 5. The circuit of Cayla and the 4 bridges: 19km
• 6. The circuit of the 5 brooks: 25km

Several circuits for tourist-cycling or automobile walk from 30 to 90 km through the canton of Sousceyrac.

You will apprehend the Garden of Ségala, with the diversity of its flora and its fauna, the innumerable brooks with the limpid and fresh water. Mysteries of its stones, its history. The inhabitants who breathe the authenticity and which will make you share their art of living.

You will discover there his considered gastronomy, its coloured markets, its festivals champètres, its traditions. In the middle of this garden, Sousceyrac and its canton, paradises of the hikers and sportsmen, will be an ideal vacation resort for in love ones with the country holidays