Camping Ile de la Ronde: Discover Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

Just a stone's throw from the heart of Saint-Pourçain, a unique path along the banks of the Sioule. Nature walk aroud the city center of Saint-Pourçain 6km

Walk Villemouze 8km walk around Villemouze pond

Come and visit the 10 circuits of the Varennes territory. You will go up to the small garden of the Impasse des Pyrénées with a view on the back of the Hôtel-de-ville. Then you will take the Chemin de la Bourdonne to find yourself in the Varennes countryside. You will go back down the Rue du Bourbonnais before reaching the shovels of the Moulin de Jean Chaume and going back up the Passage de la Poterne.

This walk, accessible to all, plunges you into the beautiful old oak forest of the Abbaye-Marcenat. The various parcels of woodland that make up this 1,145-hectare forest originate from the royal estate and ecclesiastical holdings seized during the French Revolution.

This "royal" walk offers exceptional views of Chantelle and its abbey, once a fortified castle. Not forgetting the gorges, with their polished pebbles, locks and unchanging river murmur...

This itinerary guides you through Billy's medieval past, through the former lands of its lords. After enjoying the narrow streets of the village and its impressive castle, this itinerary guides you through crops and hamlets, over hillsides and along the banks of the Allier.

From the banks of the Allier, the paths take you up to the limestone hillsides, offering lovely views. After exploring the village, take a few steps up to see the impressive remains of the Billy fortress, built on the banks of the Allier in the 12th century.

The Heritage Loop offers a diversity of landscapes, from alluvial forest to gravel pits, shallows, meadows and hillsides, each home to its own flora and fauna, where animals still graze. Here and there, vestiges of a vernacular heritage emerge, bearing witness to the daily practices of an intense past life. Riding along the ridge offers a panoramic view of the Montagne Bourbonnaise to the east and the Chaîne des Puys to the west. A real treat for the eyes! The Heritage Loop is also a journey through time. The Saint-Martin site, in the commune of Creuzier-le-Vieux, offers a vast and eclectic historical chronology, which is being revealed as studies and research continue. A Merovingian necropolis - of exceptional interest according to the experts - a Romanesque church dedicated to Saint Martin, a 15th-century seigniorial dwelling and a more recent burial site occupied by renowned figures all coexist on this small site. Crossing Saint-Germain-des-Fossés leads to a number of remarkable sites. To the south of the town, a Cluniac priory stands alongside a painted Romanesque church dedicated to Notre-Dame, 12th-century convent buildings and a 17th-century dovecote. In the center stands the Notre-Dame basilica, with its choir featuring a stone representation of the Miraculous Virgin and magnificent stained-glass windows. A little further north, you'll find the majestic Parc des Épigeards, with its many tree species. At the northern end of the town, overlooking the River Allier, the Billy fortress is a closed-court castle, listed as a heritage site by the Sires de Bourbon in the 13th century. The painted church of Saint-Cyr-Sainte-Julitte, on the site of a 6th-century priory, covers an 11th-century Romanesque crypt. Along its 22 km - punctuated by escape routes - the Heritage Loop offers an alternating immersion in natural and historical heritage, to better appreciate the richness of our environment.

Located in the vineyards of Saint-Pourçain and the Bocage bourbonnais, this loop leads you to discover the castles and chapels of the region, nestled in their green setting. This 14,3km long loop is recommended for children over the age of ten, occasional cyclists and cycling enthusiasts. Starting from Bresnay, cross the village and take your time to admire its beautiful romanesque church, then take the small roads that cross the landscape of the Bocage Bourbonnais, which is made of large pastures separated by hedges and with isolated oaks. Join the pretty little Vernusses chapel, the only current testimony of the old monastery that once housed many monks. Continue on your way and enter the majestic wood of Bresnay. Then take the path that leads you to the entrance of the beautiful stone "Écossais" castle. The architecture of this castle, built in the 15th century and surrounded by beautiful ponds, is characteristic of the style of the Bourbon fortified houses.

This itinerary takes you gently upwards, offering lovely views over Vichy and the Creuzier hillsides. At the halfway point, the brick-built Tour de Rollat stands on a hillside. The only vestige of the castle of the Lords of Rollat, it gives an idea of the size and importance of the castle and its lords.

Tasting cellar featuring Saint-Pourçain reds, whites, rosés and sparkling wines. Gift store. Free tasting. The only cooperative in the vineyard, with nearly 40 cooperative winemakers. Cellar for tasting where the different red, white and rosé wines as well as traditional method are presented. Shop. Free tasting. Only cooperative of the vineyard bringing almost 60 cooperative winegrowers together. Gallery with a view on the vats and with a game of scents.

The hotel Le Relais de la Route Bleu, at the edge of the RN7 offers a menu with the terroir products Comfortable and quiet hotel between Moulins and Vichy, bordering the RN7, five minutes from Varennes-sur-Allier. the Relais de la Route Bleue offers a menu with local products. Large private parking. Wifi

The Saint-Jean-Baptiste church dates from the XIIth century. The church has the particularity of having a truncated belfry Free tour with leaflet and information panel or as part of the guided tours of the village. The church of Saint John the Baptist dates from the twelfth century and was once part of the fortifications of the medieval city. It has the particularity of having a truncated bell tower whose mystery is finally elucidated.

If you want to try out a fun, easy-to-access sport, go for it!

Craft brewery offering a dozen different organic and local beers. The store is open late afternoon on weekdays. Full tours and tastings by appointment. our beer: organic, craft, natural beer, no additives, no technological aids.The Brewery is located in the ancient commons of the Château de L'Anglard, a 15th century building that features a medieval painted chapel representing the Last Judgment and which gave its name to the brewery.

The Club Nautique de Vichy is an association under the French law of 1901, and comprises three sections: Sailing, Water Skiing and Wakeboarding and Stand Up Paddle. Three sections: - Introductory and advanced sailing from age 4, as well as free practice (rental). - Water skiing and classic wakeboarding, slalom and baby skiing from age 4, - Stand-up paddle, for free practice, supervised practice or as a walk from age 11. Situated on a 100-hectare lake in the heart of the town, the water sports center also offers towed buoys. All activities are supervised by qualified, registered staff. Approved by the French Ministry of Education and the Allier Departmental Directorate for Social Cohesion and Population Protection.

Close to Vichy, this 18-hole, PAR 72 (5,893 m) course lies in the heart of a forest of hundred-year-old oaks, and has a teaching structure suitable for all. Slightly undulating, enhanced by water features, the course will appeal to the most demanding golfers. Club House (bar; 7/7 lunchtime restaurant).

Do you like to travel through time and history? Discover Vichy at the pace of Françoise's prestige car. You'll be delighted by the different options and themes on offer. Do you like to travel through time and history? Discover Vichy to the rhythm of the "Rive d'Allier" horse-drawn carriages, on a refined and elegant tour guided by Françoise, a professional coachman and former student of the Ecole du Louvre in Paris. The 8-seater prestige carriage - which can be privatized - will offer you comfort and an intimate atmosphere. The tours on offer will enable you to discover the Queen of the Spa Towns in a personalized way, with the option of exploring in greater depth the themes of Vichy's spa industry, the Second Empire or the 1940/1944 period. Tours can last 35 minutes or one hour. Commentaries are available in French, English and, by prior arrangement, Spanish or German. Les Calèches "Rive d'Allier" also makes its other carriages available for groups (by reservation), weddings, or any other event (village festivals, Christmas markets, company or family celebrations...). Les Calèches "Rive d'Allier" has been awarded the "Qualité France Energie Animale" label for its horse-drawn services (respect for regulations and animal welfare). Depending on climatic conditions (heatwaves, etc.), services may be subject to modifications, in order to respect animal welfare.

Today, the complex offers 14 clay courts, 4 of which are covered, in a privileged setting close to Vichy town center, near the golf course and along the redeveloped banks of the lake.

A theme park dedicated to paleontology, Paléopolis, the dinosaur hill in Gannat (03), tells the most fascinating story of all: the evolution of life. In 2025, the park will present 5 new large animated sculptures of prehistoric animals! Located in a preserved natural environment, Paléopolis is a theme park dedicated to palaeontology. A trip of 4 billion years is waiting for you with exhibitions, workshops, animations… Through exhibitions, you will discover the whole evolution of life with more than 300 fossils of species which inhabited the Earth with the famous T-Rex as a star. Varied workshops are offered to children to wear the shoes of a palaeontologist. Exhibitions with an important scientific content, a cinema, life-size dinosaurs, virtual reality and an optical theatre will provide you a unique experience. Novelties: the movie "Le monde perdu de la Limagne" offers a trip 23 million years ago, when the Limagne was a tropical land, and "Retour vers le passé", a 3D movie offering you a trip between past and present, sea and land, T-rex and Mosasaurus...

Raised garden with flowers trees, shrubs Free access. Located on the edge of Sioule, The flowered and wooded park offers various activities: walk, games and pedal carts for children, equipped picnic area.

City garden with spring decoration from mid-April to the end of May, followed by summer decoration. Approx. 300 plant varieties. Participates in various events: "Jardin art et soin", "Rendez-vous aux jardins", "Journées Européennes du Patrimoine". Free entrance. City garden with spring decoration from mid-April to end of May, then summer decoration. Night opening some evenings during spring and summmer. Organisation of activities: concert, crafts fairs... Almost 300 vegetal varieties. Takes part in different cultural events: "Garden and care", "Appointment in the garden", "Heritage Days".

Exhibition and workshop of lithographs, paintings and sculptures. Program on the Facebook page. Conferences every first Tuesday of the month at Art Médias.

Once fortified, the town of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule grew up around an ancient monastery. Self-guided tour all year round, with tourist map or Wivisite app. Guided tours for groups by prior arrangement.

Unusual guided tour of the city of Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule, a brunch at noon accompannied with local products and St-Pourçain wines

Free visit all year round with document, tablet, or guided tour during summer. In the Romanesque-Gothic style, the former priory church required several construction campaigns from the 11th to the 15th century. Free visit all year round with document, tablet, or guided tour during summer. In the Romanesque-Gothic style, the former priory church required several construction campaigns from the 11th to the 15th century. This vast building houses works of art: the Benedictine monks' stalls from the 15th century, Ecce Homo scrupture from the 16th century. The off-centered heart is surrounded by an ambulatory with 4 radianting chapels with a high alter from the 18th century. MH.

Free or guided tour on request. Go into the world of the wine of Saint-Pourçain. Free or guided tour. Settled in the bailiff's house, the museum offers various series of old. Go into the world of the wine of Saint-Pourçain, understand the life of the winegrower, his work and his mentalities through 11 rooms.

Bourbonnais Route of the Painted Churches. Free audioguide visit with a flash-code with a smartphone or with a paper document. Guided tour upon request. Bourbonnais Route of the Painted Churches. Free audioguide visit with a flash-code with a smartphone or with a paper document. Guided tour upon request. Romanesque church (MH) with a 3-span nave, a rectangular apse, flat bedsides and stone spike from the 14th century. Its wooden porch, the "caquetoire", is from the 15th century. The capitals of the Eastern span's columns are decorated with heads emerging from green leaves (12th century). Murals discovered in 1927 date back to the period between the 12th and the 15th centuries and cover a large part of the church. They represent, inter alia, the legend of the "de-hung hangman", the 3 dead and the 3 alive, a triumpahnt Virgin, the Annonciation, the nativity... Free visit with document.

Flash-code guided tour. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries in Romanesque style, the church was remodeled and enlarged in the 14th century. Free visit with document. Guided tour with flash-code. The church (ISMH) is named in memory of Porcianus, child of Louchy, slave of Mangulfus, who was keeping his master's pigs at the end of the 5th century. According to the legend, he was freed by his master after having given this latter his sight back. He then became a monk and died in 532. Built in the 11th and 12th centuries in the Romanesque style, the church was renovated and enlarged in the 14th century. In the 16th century, a "caquetoire", reserved for chatting at the exit of the mass, was leaned against the façade. Inside, there is a funerary slab by Jacques de Montbrun, king’s knave and, in front of the altar, the tombstone of former parish priests. Note the polychrome wooden statues of Saint Donatus, Saint Pourçain and Saint Urbain as well as a God in Majesty from the 16th century. The restoration of the interior walls has uncovered four medieval paintings. The largest represents a very detailed Adoration of the Magi. From another stands out a saint that is resting in the church, as a Gothic text indicates. As for the representation of the penitent in the nave, it concerns an "Amende Honorable" scene..

Self-guided tour of the exterior with information panel. Saint-Georges church, a 12th-century building, has an octagonal bell tower with a square base and a spire dating from 1950. Guided tour of the interiors (by appointment). Free tour of the exteriors with information panel. The church of Saint-Georges, building of the twelfth century, has a nave of two bays covered in full-arched barrel on double arches. The crosses are arched in a transverse broken cradle. A dome on horns surmounts the frame. It falls on capitals with rinceaux, griffons or angels musicians. An octagon bell tower on a square base, finished by an arrow dating from 1950, surmounts the frame. An apse flanked by two apses completes the building to the east.

Artisanal bakery, patisserie Artisanal bakery, patisserie. Possibility of eating on site: sandwiches, salads, gratins, coffees,

Homemade pizzas. Takeaway. Open 7 / 7 noon and evening. All information on the website and facebook page Homemade pizzas. Takeaway,open 7/7 noon and evening.All informations on the website and facebook page

Homemade bread,world wines,local products, no menu, all homemade . Cool, vintage, clasic frame..that happiness! Reservation required Homemade bread,world wines,local products, no menu, all homemade . Cool, vintage, clasic frame..that happiness!! Reservation required

Traditional French cuisine with fresh products. Bistro ambience. Terrace during summer. Traditional French cuisine with fresh products. Bistro ambience. Terrace during summer.

Traditional and terroir cuisine. Specialties: grenouilles, Charolais meat, pan-fried foie gras, homemade desserts... Traditional and terroir cuisine. Specialties: grenouilles, Charolais meat, pan-fried foie gras, homemade desserts…

The Auberge des Tureaux is both a bistro with 40 seats for the daily menu and a gourmet restaurant to take your time. Possibility of welcoming groups. Whether for the dish of the day or the seasonal menu, Didier Neboud is a fervent defender of local products and makes it a point of honor to serve only fresh products.

Small pub; feeling at home ambience. Good humor guaranteed. Musical nights on the last Thursday of each month.

Tea room - Homemade pastries - Sweets - artisanal ice creams. Tea room - Homemade pastries - Ideas for presents and decoration - Sweets - artisanal ice creams - great choice of teas. Little menus offered during summer (by reservation): speciality the "Charloise".

By historical N7. On the premises and to take away.

A cosy bar-restaurant where homemade food is king, right down to the charcuterie. Chef Benoît trained as a pork butcher and caterer.

The hotel Le Relais de la Route Bleu, at the edge of the RN7 offers a menu with the terroir products Comfortable and quiet hotel between Moulins and Vichy, bordering the RN7, five minutes from Varennes-sur-Allier. the Relais de la Route Bleue offers a menu with local products. Large private parking. Wifi

Camper park on campsite. campsite that accepts motorhomes.10 pitches

Maison Balady is located in the countryside and close to the Southern highway. The house is furnished with natural materials and with attention to detail. Marco and Marjolein offer meals and are ready to make you feel at home. In the natural stone house, Marco and Marjolein provide you with 3 spacious bedrooms with beautiful fireplaces, wooden beams and pretty decorations. Maison Balady invites you to take the time to live, to enjoy the calm. You have all the comforts for short and long vacations. You can enjoy the swimming pool and terraces, with beautiful views of the Bourbonnais countryside, or take a walk or bike ride on the trails and greenways, in natural spaces. Marco and Marjolaine offer table d'hôte with regional and organic products. Every day they offer a menu including a starter, a main course, cheese and a dessert.

Night parking possible. Sewage draining.

In a green setting of six hectares, on the edge of the forest of Colettes and near the Gorges of Sioule, this holiday village is suitable for groups, individuals and people with disabilities. In a green setting of six hectares, on the edge of the forest of Colettes and near the Gorges of Sioule, this holiday village is suitable for groups, individuals and people with disabilities.Meeting rooms, classroom, video room, two dining rooms, fireplace, bike wash station, repair workshop, bike garage, laundry, washing machine, playground, seminars. Departure of the hiking, mountain biking and equestrian circuits. Labeled FFCT. Wifi in the rooms and meeting rooms. Free management on weekends; Sports stays, family celebrations, seminars,youth holidays. Baby equipment (2 folding beds, high chairs and microwave). Wellness area: jacuzzi, sauna, indoor swimming pool (01/04/ to 01/11). Tourist tax.

Isolated house for a festive weekend.

15th-century renovated barn, authentic, which combines modern and old properties. It is surrounded by a flowered garden, with a viexwon the rolling countryside and a lake for fishing.

Well-equipped studio close to all amenities.

Quiet house with small garden and near shops, swimming-pool and sporting installations.

Near the town centre, this 1854-mill by the river Besbre welcomes an inn. Its rooms decoration and local and seasonal cuisine will seduce you. Fishing on site, walks and hikes from the hotel.