The Loop Le Grand-Praz

Grand-Praz is a hamlet which dominates Beaufort and the valley of the Doron, perched over a rocky ridge and surrounded by a big meadow, the "Praz", in dialect.

On the way up, you cross the Dard district, where they used to work as a tanner. Along the alley, the houses are narrow, high with balconies on different levels. At the waterfall begins a wide, steep and carefully paved path that leads to the upper hamlets. Beautiful shaded walk from where you will discover the habitat and farms with a nice view from the Cours and a return to the edge of wood.
The brook of the Dard (name of pre-Romanesque origin which designates a waterfall) crosses in cascade a rocky bar, then channeled along the path.
Higher at the turn of the road, turning, we overlook the village of Beaufort.
The church of Saint Maxime was built, sheltered from the floods of torrents, on the rocky promontory that dominates the Confluent of Doron and Argentina. Around its square bell tower, solid as a keep, the Châtelard quarter is the oldest in Beaufort. The oldest houses date from the early seventeenth century. To the left of the bell tower is the round tower, topped with a conical roof, a house of notables. Along the Doron, on the right bank, a trading quarter developed in the early nineteenth century.