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Description
La Tour-d'Auvergne, with its ancient buildings, lake and basalt organs, has a very special charm.
The views open out onto the Sancy and Cantal mountains, Saint-Pardoux and the Millevaches plateau.
Technical Information
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Starting point
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Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- Tour d'Auvergne lake.
- Natzy chapel.
- View of Artense and the Sancy massif.
- The Ayssard stream.
- The village of La Tour-d'Auvergne: church and fountain.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
Mountain view
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 65 89 77
Email : infostourisme@auvergnevolcansancy.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/auvergnevolcansancy/
Location complements
La Tour-d'Auvergne to the west of the Sancy massif.
du Sancy massif. Follow the lake. Parking above the lake.
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
2013 - Randonnez-vous - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du 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 parking lot, head down towards the lake and follow the fitness trail to the right as far as the first houses under the village exit road. Turn right, then immediately left up the stairs and left onto the D203. Cross the road and go up a grassy path to a crossroads with a cross on the right.
2/ Take the right-hand path up to the Natzy chapel (viewpoint over the Artense and Sancy Massif). Return to point 1 and turn right to a crossroads. Follow the path to the right as far as a fork. Climb to the left, cross the Ayssard stream and reach a crossroads. Go right up to the next junction with a small road. Follow this road to the right for 250 m until you reach a bend to the left.
3/ Go down a stony path opposite to the ruisseau d'Ayssard. Cross the stream and climb up to a crossroads. Turn left onto the D129. Cross it and head up a very damp path to a crossroads. Turn right and descend to the junction of the D129 and D213 roads.
4/ Head downhill to reach the entrance to the village of La Tour-d'Auvergne. Turn left as far as the foirail. Cross the foirail, pass a fountain and walk downhill to the church square. Turn left down a street to a fountain. Turn right, then immediately left onto a grassy path leading down steps marked with tires to the start opposite.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.
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