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Description
Lac d'Aydat offers a wide range of water-based activities, with a beach and water sports center. Views over the Chaîne des Puys provide a glimpse of the Auvergne landscape: lakes, volcanoes, villages, megaliths and agricultural valleys.
Technical Information
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Additional information
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Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 24/11/2025
www.auvergne-destination.com
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Tips
- Panoramic views of the volcanoes.
- Lac d'Aydat (825 m): volcanic dam lake formed by a flow.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 79 37 69
Email : aydat@clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Website : https://www.clermontauvergnevolcans.com
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Environments
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
1/ From the start sign, descend 10m, then turn left onto the Chemin de Papianilla, asphalted at the beginning. At the road, turn right for 200m to a track on the left. Follow it up to a road. Cross it and, opposite, in a hamlet, follow the Chemin des Plaines to a fork. Go right, between the houses, then follow the street to the left until you reach a road.
2/ Follow it to the right as far as a watering place, then turn left (Chemin de Charmont); at the intersection, turn left. At the next crossroads (another PR), go right up into the undergrowth, then, at the fork, continue uphill to the right, ignoring the side paths. The main path curves to the right, skirting the puy Charmont while remaining level, then gradually descends to a wide path in a clearing.
3/ Follow it to the left, staying on the main path, skirting woods and meadows, ignoring side paths and footpaths. At the last wood, go straight on for 200m and turn onto the second track on the right (view of the Chaine des Puys). Continue to a T-junction. Go right for 400m until you come to a path on the left in a meadow,
4/ Follow this path along a broom hedge up to a road. Follow it to the left for 40m, then turn left onto a wide track. Ignore two paths on the left and reach a road. Immediately afterwards, turn left (information sign, parking lot) up a stony path to a picnic area.
5/ Climb to the left to reach the summit of Puy de Combegrasse at the first orientation table. Continue on to the second orientation table and back (panoramic view). On the way back, take the path on the right (signposted return parking area), always straight ahead, until 50m from the picnic area. Turn left onto the wide path. At the crossroads, turn left along a grassy track to a small road. Turn left and go straight on to a crossroads. Turn right and continue straight ahead. At the houses, go down the Chemin des Puys to a fork (cross).
6/ Go right downhill and at the road, continue right to a large road, cross it, go right for 50m, then turn left (iron cross). Go straight downhill. At the electrical cabinet, keep left. At the road, go straight ahead, passing houses and arriving opposite Chemin des Roussoux, which leads downhill. At the road, turn left to return to the starting point.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.
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