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Le chemin du Bost
Description
A choice circuit starting from the beautiful granite village of Ceilloux and its priory. Followed by the fortified farm of Le Bost, the stone huts of Dourbias, the château des Martinanges and the thatched cottage of La Cissartie. Beautiful views of Forez and Thiers.
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Additional information
Tips
View of Forez and Thiers.
Updated by
Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - 02/07/2026
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 the town of Cunlhat, take the D 225 towards the village of Alleyras. In the village, turn off onto the D997 towards Clermont-Ferrand. After 3 km, turn right onto the D 304 towards Ceilloux.
Contact
Phone : 07 85 96 70 89
Email : sylviane.echalier-tronchon@vacances-livradois-forez.fr
Website : https://www.auvergne-livradois-forez.com
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 at the entrance to the village. Start opposite the Ceilloux church: turn right in front of the inn, then right at the gîte communal until you reach the road. Turn right, cross the stream and take the road on the left to Tissonnières (view of the Forez mountains). Turn left, go through the hamlet and then down the track to the right at the stream. Continue uphill through the woods to Le Bost.
2/ Turn left around the fortified farmhouse at Le Bost. Immediately turn right and go straight up (view of the Monts du Forez and Thiers). At the crossroads of four paths, continue straight ahead through the woods. Cross the road and go straight ahead.
3/ At the crossroads, at the corner of the wood, turn right onto a track leading to the Pradelles farm. Go past the barn, turn left between two low walls and take the road on the left for 50 m. At the end of the hamlet, turn right across a farmyard and continue along a path between low walls to the road. At the D997 (dry-stone hut behind the reservoir: 200 m A-R), turn right for 50 m (view of the Forez mountains). Cross the embankment and take the old road.
4/ In Dourbias, follow the track to the right. Cross the road and go straight ahead. After 100 m, turn right and then left towards Echinlet. At the crow's-foot (A-R Château des Martinanches: 3 km), follow the path to the right. At the end of the woods, turn right down a sunken track towards the hamlet of La Cissartie. Cross the hamlet and take the road to Ceilloux.
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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