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La Saunade
Description
From the church in Landogne, follow the River Saunade for a pleasant walk through the unspoilt countryside of the Combrailles. After ‘Les Vialles’, along a pond, you can enjoy a 360° panoramic view of the Combrailles and the Chaîne des Puys.
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Starting point
Steps
Additional information
Tips
- Church and 17th century bell.
- Chabre mill.
- Cross dedicated to the shepherdess Marie Girodon
- View of the Massif du Sancy, the Chaîne des Puys, the Sancy, Landogne and the Combrailles.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Open period
All year round daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
At Pontaumur (40 km west of Clermont-Ferrand), take the D987 (towards St-Gervais-d'Auvergne), then the D206 (towards Montel-de-Gelat) and the D206A to Landogne. Parking at village entrance on left.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 85 80 94
Email : contact@tourisme-combrailles.fr
Website : https://www.combrailles-auvergne-tourisme.fr/
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/OfficeTourismeCombrailles/
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/ Place de l'église (church and 17th-century bell) down the main street. After leaving the village, take the first path on the right to join the GR4 at a footbridge over the Saunade.
2/ Stay on the left bank and follow the Saunade valley up to the Chabre mill. Before the bridge, turn right onto the asphalt road, cross the hamlet of Viallevelours and continue to the T-junction.
3/ Turn left and leave the GR4 (cross dedicated to shepherdess Marie Girodon, view of the Sancy massif). Descend to the Saunade and, at the crossroads, cross it on a small bridge. Go up and through the hamlet of Saunade, then take the first path on the left to the intersection with a small road at the entrance to the village of La Cassière.
4/ Cross the village following the tarmac road and, 150 m after the last houses, take a track on the left (view of the Chaîne des Puys). Go down into the woods, cross a stream and go up to the left. At the crossroads in the woods, turn right to reach the hamlet of Les Vialles; cross it to reach a pond. Go back up through the woods to reach a crossroads of five paths.
5/ Turn left (GR4) on a wide track (views of the Chaîne des Puys, Sancy, Landogne and Combrailles) to La Borderie. Keep left for 100 m, then left again on the path that winds down through the woods. Cross the Saunade (footbridge) back to point 1. Turn right to return to Landogne.
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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