Gift ideas Haute-Loire

Imagine a 110^m2 space with a cosy, trendy atmosphere, featuring a wide selection of home decor, accessories and ready-to-wear for men, women and children. You're at La Chouette, the emblematic concept store in Le Chambon. Here you'll find only quality products, made in Europe, made in France, and even made in Haute-Loire. Pénélope and Damien's expert advice will help you choose from brands such as La Fée Maraboutée, IKKS, Des Petits Hauts, Scotch & Soda, and Moulin Roty for children.

It is within a stone's throw of the abbey that Jean-Yves Sicre, a graduate of Yzeure's glassware, has installed his workshop and glass engraving shop. His creations are fine and original, on any type of support: verre glass, whisky, water jug or wine, vase, etc. It is possible to suggest to Jean-Yves a special pattern for engraving, to personalize the object. It also works in stained glass, from opening doors to the bibelot to suspend near a source of light. Do not hesitate to browse the catalogue of its achievements, this can put you on the track of a gift to offer.

This atypical boutique has the particularity of having a vaulted room of the th century. There are historical or more fantastic medieval products. In collaboration with the medieval reconstruction companies, this trade is inevitable during the feast of the King of the Bird. Products made of leather, stone, tin, maps, jewellery, sculptures, games, books, wax and seals, weapons, decorative objects… which are mostly produced by artisans and the customer can ask to personalise. You will also find hypocras, mead, cervoise, époque and prepared dishes.

The former breakfast room with its large vaulted ceiling now offers a nice shopping trip to Tence. Installed in the former Hotel Placide, the hotel's boutique is a concept-store with a beautiful selection of products in a magnificent setting. Here you will find as much ready-to-wear as decoration, tableware... Inside, everything is beautiful, nicely arranged and delicately scented. Looking for ideas for a gift or a souvenir to bring back home? Don't hesitate to ask for advice, Pascale will help you with pleasure !

Store for scented candles with fragrances from Grasse and made from vegan soy wax. Enter a mystical universe, let yourself be bewitched by the Apothicaire collection, with its multiple scents and combinations of fine stones, by the magic powders neutralizing the bad smells of the vacuum cleaner, garbage cans, dressings. Available online and in stores, the melting burners and their particular aesthetics allow you to use your perfumed melts. Boxes to compose, designer jewelry, tea cups and semi-precious stones.

This small boutique, a few steps from the abbey, honours objects made by craftsmen from the region. Open only in July and August, this is the ideal place to make an original and authentic gift. Among them are Mad's pottery and Gérard Migliori, who have their workshop in a restored farm just a few kilometres away (Berbezit). They experiment with techniques, including cendre ash on porcelain. The shop also offers wooden, leather, glazed and stained glass objects, plus jewellery.