Discover the haute-loire department

Guided tour of the Benedictine abbey founded in the 11th century. The gothic style church attached to it houses magnificent Flemish tapestries and one of the 'Danse macabre' frescoes, the best preserved in France.

Bas-en-Basset is an old fortified town located on the banks of river Loire.

Saint-Julien-Chapteuil is a French town located in the department of Haute-Loire in the Auvergne region.

Sainte Sigolene is located in the east of Velay, in the department of Haute-Loire and the Auvergne region.

Things to see: 'Le musée de la Fabrique', 'la maison de la Béate', the neogothic church, the Villard castle.

Brioude is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in the Auvergne region in south-central France. It lies on the banks of the River Allier, a tributary of the Loire.

Things to see:

• Basilica of St. Julien, the largest Christian church in Auvergne. Built in the 11th-14th centuries, it has notable polychrome frescoes.
• Hôtel de la Dentelle
• Maison du Saumon et de la Rivière, now an aquarium-museum.

Le Puy-en-Velay is a commune in the Haute-Loire department in south-central France. Its most striking attraction is the Cathédrale Notre-Dame du Puy, dating from the first half of the 12th century and listed in the world heritage list by UNESCO.

Other things to see are the 'Musee d'art religieux', the cloister dating from the 12th century and the 'Haute-Ville'.

You will discover amazing landscapes: plateaus, Gorges du Lignon, the Loire Valley. Churches and castles dating from the medieval time and strongly influenced by the bishop of Puy-en-Velay.

Tence is a little town located in the mountains and surrounded by forests.