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The Longevette and côtes cirques
Description
This walk takes in the magnificent village of Saint-Saturnin and the southern slopes of the Montagne de la Serre, with their low walls and century-old dry-stone or short stone huts, vestiges of a rural world where man has left his mark.
Technical Information
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Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 03/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Mountain view
Village centre
Overview on river
Open period
All year round daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 79 37 69
Email : aydat@clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Website : https://www.clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Location complements
How to get there: From the A75, exit 5, head for Saint-Amant-Tallende and join Saint-Saturnin on the D8. Departure sign and parking on Place du 8-Mai, near the town hall and tourist office.
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
Puy-de-Dôme
Reception complements
For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on weather conditions, certain itineraries are not recommended in bad weather (fog) or are not practicable, or even forbidden, during the winter season.
Some sites are fragile, so stay on the marked trails. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your garbage.
Animals are not allowed on some routes.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
1/ From the start sign, follow the avenue of lime trees, passing between the town hall and the tourist office, then go straight on to a road. Turn right for 40 m, then left and straight ahead on a wide track to a crossroads. Continue left, past the Vocan property and straight ahead. At the crossroads, turn right and rejoin the road.
2/ Cross the road and go straight ahead for 400 m. Turn right onto a grassy path between two fields, which continues onto a footpath. Turn left onto a track leading up the hillside. Pass Les Côtes (vineyard ton and reconstructed low walls) and continue uphill. Ignore a path on the left and continue up to a fork. Follow the balcony path to the right (PV1: view of Saint-Saturnin castle and Romanesque church, Saint-Amand-Tallende, Monton, Corent plateau, puy Saint-Romain). Descend to the D 213 road and follow it to the left until you reach a crossroads. Caution: there are no pedestrian facilities on this stretch of road, so you need to be especially vigilant with children, especially when crossing the crossroads.
3/ Turn right down the D96 and cross the Veyre. After the Saint-Saturnin sign, turn right onto the Chemin de Saint-Verny, then take the first turning on the left. At the crow's-foot, turn right onto chemin de la Pierre-Froide, pass the dovecote and immediately take the small road on the right as far as rue du Marché (PP1: old house on the corner of chemin de Laspouze). Turn left into Place du Marché (PP2: well, shoeing machine, weighbridge, cross), cross the road into Côte Gros-Jean, then Rue des Farges, and return to Place du 9/Mai.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Pets allowed on leash only.
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