Hiking trail - Montsalvy Riols
Description
Hiking trail "Montsalvy - Riols".
A village overlooking the Truyère Gorge and the Lot Valley, Montsalvy offers you a hiking route starting in the heart of the medieval village. This route will allow you to appreciate many remarkable views of the region: the Lot Valley, Aveyron and the Aubrac Plateau.
This fact sheet is one of 55 available individually (€0.50) at each Visitors Bureau of the Châtaigneraie Cantalienne or to be downloaded from the Cantal Rando & Découverte app.
Technical informations
19 km
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max. 824 m
min. 312 m
707 m
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Altimetric profile
Starting point
Points of interest
Medieval village of Montsalvy, Petite Cité de Caractère®
A medieval town founded in the 11th century by the monk Gausbert, who established a sauveté surrounded by 4 crosses, which guaranteed ecclesiastical immunity to those who took refuge there.Montsalvy, a Petite Cité de Caractère® almost a thousand years old, has retained the austere atmosphere of those ancient fortified villages, huddled in on themselves and still imbued with their medieval splendour.
Mouminoux Bakery
Bakery, pastry shop, delicatessen, wood-fired bread baking, groceries and gas. Wood-fired cooking on Thursdays and Sundays.
Spar supermarket
Grocery, organic and regional products, fresh drinks, bread shop, dairy, early vegetables.
Additional information
Type of land
Ground
Hard coating (tar, cement, flooring)
Not suitable for strollers
Contact
Phone : 04 71 46 94 82
Email : info@chataigneraie-cantal.com
Website : chataigneraie-cantal.com
Facebook : www.facebook.com/otchataigneraie.cantal
Open period
All year round.
Subject to favorable weather.
Updated by
Office de Tourisme de la Châtaigneraie Cantalienne - 21/03/2024
www.chataigneraie-cantal.com
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Environments
In the country
Lakeside or by stretch of water
Forest location
Mountain view
Village centre
Waterside
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