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Ponchet
Description
A loop from Bagnols in an environment of meadows, basalt boulders and glacial deposits offering a rich heritage: bread ovens, wells, fountains, Roman stone crosses featuring a Christ, basalt bridges over streams...
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Additional information
Tips
- Bois de Burols" sports trail.
- Panoramic views of the western slopes of the Sancy and Cantal mountains.
- Heritage: bread oven, wells, fountains, stone crosses, basalt bridges, Romanesque church.
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Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 03/06/2026
www.puydedome-tourisme.com/
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Environments
In the country
Forest location
Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Location complements
From La Tour-d'Auvergne (60 km south-west of Clermont-Ferrand), take the D47 to Bagnols. Parking and start sign behind the church.
Contact
Email : infostourisme@auvergnevolcansancy.com
Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/auvergnevolcansancy/
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 start sign, turn left towards "Four de Ponchet" and continue straight ahead on the small road as far as the four banal and the Templiers de Ponchet cross. After a farm, turn right on a gravel path. At the T-junction, turn left and continue to the D25.
2/ Turn left. After the first house, take the small road on the right "direction Greloux" and turn left immediately. At the crossroads, turn right, pass a farm and continue on a wide track. At a bend in the road, turn left onto a path between low dry-stone walls that leads up to Beth. Turn right onto the tarmac road and descend to a small wooden cross. Leave the road and turn right. In the undergrowth, keep right. As you go downhill, ignore the left-hand path. After the stream, turn right uphill. Continue through the woods to a wide forest track.
3/ Turn left for 20 m, then right at a sharp angle. Turn left immediately. After a short, steep descent, follow the track halfway down the slope to the left as far as the sign for the "Bois de Burols" sports trail. Turn left, then right at the fork in the road and follow the path to the end of the wood. Continue as far as Antijoux. Pass the first house and turn right onto the path between the low walls. Cross the bridge and head towards the church to get back to the start.
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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