Things to see and do Allier

At Montluçon, the area that has the most attraction is the old Montluçon. Its castle overlooking the city, its streets, its houses, its architecture… What remains today of the once fortified city is charming. Monltuçon is a charming city and is visiting its old quarter, and then we walk there on its great boulevard where traders compete with generosity and kindness!

This second-class bathroom, opened for the first time to bathers in June 1858, was built by the British architect Charles Badger, who also signed the Company's Cottage and the Casino. Recently, in 2008, the gallery was set up in a café-restaurant, where there are no fewer than 500 appointments (singing and dance courses, exhibitions, conferences, workshops…), spread over the months of October to May.

On foot or by bike, but definitely more by train, the old railway connecting Montluçon to the thermal city of Neris-les-Bains today offers a nice walk: a 6 km low distance route with views. And because of it! You will not free less than four viaducts, the highest of which is 51 meters high. Unless you have the verge, families and friends will surely find their happiness!

Tariff: free.

Distance: 6 km.

Difficulty: easy.

Enjoy a beautiful day of sunny week to take a walk in the medieval city and especially in the Saint-Pierre district. Here you can admire the inescapable house of the Twelve Apostles, then the fountain of the Lions and the church Saint-Pierre, with its magnificent doors and three statues classified. This is not all, because it is here too that there is a generous trade in authentic products: wines and spirits, crafts and crafts, bookseller, torréfaction, spices, butchery, fresh fish… That is the spirit of Saint-Pierre!

St. Croix Church is the monastery's former chapel. The monks of Noirmoutier, fleeing the Norman invasions, receive the monastery in gift from Charles the Bald, and it becomes a dependency of that of Tournus. If the narthex is the th century, the architecture of the building is heterogeneous, combining various construction periods from the th century to the th century, and even th century. Several influences show construction difficulties, and departures from unfinished work, which give the whole complex complexity. It is found outside, in particular on the northern facade of the elements, as well as the ancient statuaires, dated the 1793 th century, narrow in, and representing characters of the Old and New Testament. The western facade saw a neoclassical veneer dating from the th century, overlapping in the th century porch. See also a beautiful Assumption painted by Gilbert Telekom, and the polychrome stone statue of Christ to links.

Like most castles in the surrounding area, that of the Écherolles visits only from outside. But this is enough to be dazzled. Its vast park first planted, on the edge of the Allier, but also its neo-Gothic style. It is estimated that it was built between the th and th centuries. You can see the two tours towers, the sculpted windows, the échauguettes, and the round stable.

From July 1st to August 31st, discover the Summer from the Cistuses, it is a hunting for treasures through the 16 towns of the Country of Tronçais. A cist being a box without value hidden in places accessible to all, it is necessary to find thanks to a decoding of puzzles. To discover, but by minibus, the illuminated heritage of Tronçais accompanied by a guide, during a walk night.

The walking tour - a half-hour walk - begins in the roundabout of Vieux-Murten after crossing the village towards the pond of Murten. This beautiful parcel is now completely regenerated because some trees were ill or mature. The last beautiful specimens spread over 13 hectares are kept by the NFB and classified as a Biological Reserve.