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The Courcourt Tower
Description
The Limagne landscape is well represented here, with its extensive plains and crops. Here and there, promontories offer beautiful views of the surrounding area, such as the puy de Courcourt, on which the cylindrical tower of the same name was built.
Technical Information
Altimetric profile
Starting point
Additional information
Distinctions
Listed PDIPR
Tips
- The puy de Courcourt and its cylindrical tower.
- Small heritage sites: typical Limagne dovecotes.
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
Open period
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Contact
Phone : 07 85 96 70 89
Email : sylviane.echalier-tronchon@vacances-livradois-forez.fr
Website : https://www.auvergne-livradois-forez.com
Location complements
From Pont-du-Château, take the D2089 towards Lezoux.
After Chignat, turn right towards Seychalles.
Parking place de l'Église.
Type of land
Ground
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 church square parking lot in Seychalles. Take the road to the left of the Mairie and turn right at the crossroads. At the Square, turn left towards the cemetery.
2/ Take the first turning on the left. At the "patte d'oie" (crow's-foot), turn right onto the main track and follow the wood. Then reach the Courcourt tower (panoramic view of the Puys chain, the Sancy massif, the Forez and Livradois mountains, the Limagne plain, Clermont-Ferrand, Billom, Thiers, Beauregard l'Evêque, Pont du Château and Riom, as well as the Mauzun and Ravel castles...).
3/ Pass the tower (Conseil Général desk) and continue on the main road. Turn right at the wooded area. At the crossroads, 100m further on, turn right again.
4/ At the T-junction, as you go downhill, turn left, leaving two paths on your left (possible shortcut: take the second path on the left and go down to Seychalles). Descend to the SNCF bridge; cross it and pass in front of the Châteauneuf estate; continue to the road.
5/ Turn right onto the D104, then immediately left onto the first track. At the next intersection, fork left to reach a level crossing. Cross the crossing and immediately turn right onto a good track; continue until you reach the road. Turn left along the soccer pitch. At the fork, take the left-hand road, then immediately a left-hand track. At the next intersection, turn right. Enter Seychalles and reach the church parking lot.
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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