Tourist circuit of the massif du sancy

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Scénomusées "La Toinette and Julien" Toinette's House and Barn tell Julien colors, smells, sounds and emotions of people's lives in our mountains of Auvergne in the nineteenth century ... see also, Feni (presentation 'old tools).

Ordanche of the Banne (1515 m) summit just a short walk (half hour). Orientation table, panoramic view on the summits of the Massif du Sancy, Vallée de la Haute Dordogne and Bournemouth, the Chaine des Domes. Site Aeromodelling (free practice all year).

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The Village (tiled roofs and buildings of character), Lake Pre Cohadon, the goat-Monts Dore (milking, herd nutrition, bottle for kids ...), the workshop of leather Banne, the market Daffodil artisans and shop the world.

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The Salt Fountain Valley: a reserve of natural beauty including bogs, grazing summer pastures, beech forests, springs ...

Puy de Sancy: Station Chastreix-Sancy, you can access on foot, at the Puy de Sancy (1886 m). A yellow signs will lead you along the ski lifts and the Col de Run (1722 m), where you can follow the paths of ridges (panoramas over the valleys of the Salt Fountain, Chaudefour, Upper Dordogne and beyond the Monts du Cantal).

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The Gothic church of the thirteenth century, the Rock of Courland, cascades of Creve heart and Little Nasse.

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Sancy ... by cable car: an easy and fun to discover the highest peak in the Massif Central (1886 m). After the cable, the ascent continues with a wooden staircase with tables showing the orientation volcanoes, wildlife and local flora

The sources of the Dordogne: at the foot of Sancy, two small streams "Dore" and "Dordogne" join to give birth to the Dordogne.

The Spa: Neo-Byzantine, partly classified as "Historic Monuments". Remains of Roman baths: a guided tour.

The Funicular Capuchin: Built in 1898, is the oldest electric funicular de France (machinery classified Historical Monuments).

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Great Cascade, lapidary Sancy, the workshop of enamel on washes, Lake Guery, Parc du Mont-Dore Aventures

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Lake Chambon developed lake for swimming with two supervised beaches (July-August) and boating activities. Fishing allowed. Walk around the lake in about 1:30.

Valley Chaudefour: protected natural site classified nature reserve to protect its remarkable flora, fauna (sheep, chamois, marmots ...) and its mineral springs. Climbing site with its two sharp dykes: the tooth of the Grudge and Rooster Ridge.

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cascades Voissières, Perugia and Biche House Nature Reserve Chaudefour, Dent Marsh (cliff above Lake Chambon magnificent panorama), pottery, honey houses and farms.

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Castle of Murol. You can also visit the castle of the Building to Chanonat: guided tour by the "Companions of Gabriel" in suits who experience life in a castle-thirteenth century.

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House painters from the School of Murol (s), Park Prélong, the chapel, the caves of Rajat, the authentic sites (cellar Beaune-le-Froid: natural caves arranged for the refining of Saint-Nectaire ovens, bread and Groire Chautignat mills, Beaune-le-cold Chautignat), the village of Murol, the Archaeological Museum (July-August), the volcano Tartaret church.

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The church of Saint. Diéry High, restored in the original style, lime, lava stone and slate roof.

The fairy chimneys at Cotteuges: This amazing geological formation is in the form of a clay column, topped with a block of hard rock.

The source of ferruginous Pont-de-la-Chèvre

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Bread ovens to Concha and Lyns, the stone cross or wrought iron, fountains, watering and washing in the villages of Cotteuges, Roussat, St. Diéry Netherlands, San Diéry High, The Cheix, Lyns, a chapel and oratory Cheix at the farm of La Chaux (trafficking in estive to 16h), the farm of Renlaigue, the cabinetmaker Art Moulin Neuf.

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The medieval and Renaissance: a visit to explore the cobbled streets lined with stalls, the Church of St. Andrew, Bailiff's Castle, the belfry tower of the Manor of St. Mary Walls, fountains Renaissance ...

Lake Pavin: the deepest volcanic lake in the Auvergne and the youngest, is also the most fascinating. It is also one of 10 lakes in France where you can fish for Arctic char.

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The house of the bee, the ski museum, the house of water and fishing, the Museum of Boinchoux.

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Panorama Puy de la Perdrix: magnificent panorama of valleys and ridges of Sancy, viewpoint. Access by gondola.

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Lake Stoats (relaxation, relaxation, fitness, sports).

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Home cheeses of Auvergne (Parc Naturel Regional House of the Volcanoes of Auvergne) to discover the secrets of the manufacture of five cheeses of Auvergne, of Appellation of Origin Controlled (Saint-Nectaire, blue Auvergne, Cantal, Fourme d'Ambert, Salers).

The Church of Austremoine: the Romanesque church of the XII century, appearing in the supplementary inventory of historic monuments, presents 22 great capitals. Magnificent polychrome paintings.

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The school house (big house built in 1911), sanctuaries Egliseneuve Entraigues and Font-Sainte, waterfalls and the Bois de Chaux Entraigues, Lake Entraigues

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Lac Chauvet volcanic crater lake that provides visitors a quiet calm and serene.

The cascade of Barthe: ideal for cooling the senses, this easy walk, 2 km long, is traversed in 30 minutes round trip. The start is located between Super-Besse and Picherande, between Bridge and Lake Clamouze Chauvet.

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The track rollers, around Lake Gayme and the Romanesque church of Saint Quintiens (fourteenth century).