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Menhir and Arboretum of Bois des Brosses
Description
On this walk through the Bois des Brosses, you'll discover a menhir and the arboretum circuit with its many species of tree.
Technical Information
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Additional information
Updated by
Office de Tourisme des Combrailles - 24/08/2026
www.combrailles-auvergne-tourisme.fr/
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Open period
All year round daily.
Contact
Phone : 04 73 52 72 72
Email : accueil@paysdesainteloy.fr
Location complements
On the D987, heading for the D2144, 200m after Les Beauforts, turn right towards
‘Bois des Brosses, Arboretum, Menhir’. After 900m, reach the start sign and car park on a track.
Reception complements
For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on the weather conditions, some routes 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 paths. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your rubbish.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Start: Opposite the car park, walk around the menhir on the arboretum trail, which features 27 different species of tree
. Turn left at the signpost. Continue for 150
m until you come to an inconspicuous intersection (hairpin bend) with a forest path.
1 - Take this on the left. Continue along the main track, ignoring the side paths, until you reach
where 4 paths intersect.
2 - Continue on the track opposite. Continue along the main path through the coniferous forest.
Go through a fence. Go as far as the carriage road.
3 - Turn left onto the track. At the crossroads, go straight ahead. Go through a barrier.
Follow the main road until you come to a sharp bend on the left.
4 - Go straight ahead along a path bordered on the right by deciduous trees and on the left by conifers. At
, at the junction with a carriage road, turn left to return to the starting point.
Animals
Yes. Dogs must be kept on a lead
