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La vallée des Rouets - Léa and Tino's walks
Description
A signposted path along the Durolle, where generations of grinders and representatives of the cutlery guild worked, has become a Mecca for industrial museology.
Technical Information
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Starting point
Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- The Rouets valley and its mills.
- Nearby: Thiers and its cutlers, the cutlery museum, Le creux de l'Enfer.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/07/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 80 65 65
Email : contact@thiers-tourisme.fr
Website : http://www.thiers-tourisme.fr
Topo guides and map references
Topo guides references :
2013 - Randonnez-vous - Discovering the Puy-de-Dôme - Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme
Type of land
Ground
Location complements
From Thiers, follow the D2089 towards Chabreloche. In Château-Gaillard, turn right towards the Vallée des Rouets.
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 reception building, turn left to spinning wheels nos. 1 to 10. At the crossroads, continue down to the left to reach the Durolle river and spinning wheels nos. 1, 2 and 3. Follow the path along the river to spinning wheels nos. 4 to 10. Cross the footbridge to the left of the Chez Montagnac and de la Broche spinning wheels.
2/ Chez l'Ane, do not climb the stairs, but continue along the Durolle. Then pass Chez le Rouge, Chez Picot and Chez Pianti.
3/ At the Chez Dumas-Miolho spinning wheel, follow the path upwards. At the crossroads, keep going up to the left and continue straight ahead to return to the starting point at the end of the Rouets Fourniot circuit - 20 mins.
4/ Back at the reception building, you can extend your walk by taking the 40-minute round-trip section marked "vers rouets n°11 à 18" (towards spinning wheels n°11 to 18) on the "colline des Boules" spinning wheels circuit.
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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