Things to see and do Puy-De-Dôme

This street, characteristic of the medieval period, was once the home of the butchers' guild. It is paved and has kept its central gutter. Beautiful half-timbered houses, whose floors are sometimes built in corbelling, are built on both sides. Large basket-handle bays open onto the street and recall its commercial vocation. The Butcher's house (^15th century) and the Dean's house (^16th century) have kept their stone stalls. At the bottom of the street, you can see the Romanesque door of the Boucheries, a vestige of the first enclosure.

Located in the authentic dining room of one of the finest palaces in the city, a beautiful exhibition of minerals, fossils, jewels and objects in fine stone, and funny machines…

Bought by the municipality in 1876, the building housing the town hall was once a convent welcoming the nuns of Saint-Ursule. The statue of Michel from the Hospital stands in the courtyard. The stone stairs of Volvic are modern construction. Its belfry, built in 1771, houses a jacquemart to three characters of the th century and the old bells of Notre-Dame church.

Water Mother is a little frequented stream that descends from the Monts Mountains, where it winds in very wooded gorges. Downstream of Sauxillanges, the river widens to 5 m, and flows lazily in the middle of the meadows, alternating with smooth lengths lined with roots, with little little currents. Its bed, covered with sand and gravel, is often bordered by large trees, which can make the practice of fly fishing delicate. Upstream of Sauxillanges, where the river is bordered with conifers, trout are numerous but often small. On this route, on the contrary, trees leave the place to pasture and trout, whose density remains important, reaches more interesting dimensions. This very rich water also houses a good wall population, while the chevesnes are only starting to show up from Saint-Rémy-de-Charniat.

Take the road on the left at the exit of Saurier - previously if you wish to climb at the peak of Brionnet, see its chapel and its basaltic organs. Gradually the valley tightened, the Couze is even more savage, faster, the aulnes on its course, the beech that climbing the mountain leaves this and there beautiful granitic pointements. The forced driving that runs above the bed of the river by following the road gâche the site somewhat, especially in autumn, when these gorges are the most beautiful. In Courgoul you could have a stop to seeing the return of young people to the pailhats, these walls which retain thin strips of land, called elsewhere bancels or faïsses and which allowed hard work to maintain a small living mixed polyculture and thereby the maintenance on the ground of the people. From the Valbeleix we are now rolling on the casting of the Mont-Cineyre volcano - splendid lake at the foot of the volcano with its black lapilli beaches - access takes place after Compains where we end our getaway. Possible return by Besse in Chandesse for a substantially identical kilometre is just under 40 km.

The th century church with a unique nave, it depended on Saint-Michel-de-la-Gorges abbey. Its plan and proportions recall buildings built at the same time in Billom or Montferrand.

A pond surrounded by trees serves as a framework for this church. According to tradition, Red Lake would have been soaked in the blood of the martyrs at the time of barbarian invasions. This does not detract from the beauty of the building, built in the th century. The presence of various influences is noted in some elements. The cannelés pilasters and the polylobés arches, a common formula in the Bourbonnais, remind the Burgundy. Plutôt and foliage rinceaux would be a wink to the Limousin. Tents about daily life are interesting. In the courtyard of the old priory, a door is surmounted by a carved eardrum representing the Meal at Simon the Hypocrisy. Inside, there is a statue of white stone of the th century.

With the evolution of the automobile and mechanization of agriculture, the place of the yuan in rural society had been reduced as a matter of grief. It's not enough to think of a garage today to leave its tyres, pistons and valves… to build or restore wheels… wooden! And yet Alain Montpied and his wife made this choice and regret it. In a workshop whose tools and achievements would not have déparé a workshop early in the century - from the xxth century - Alain Montpied takes on board the ancestral gestures, the techniques that these craftsmen have been handing over to generations of apprentices, companions and masters. But who may want to make or redo a wooden wheel? It is hard to imagine a market for this kind of product, or rather for these art objects! And yet, roues wheels, first cars, horse cars of all kinds with their country, old drawn pieces of artillery… interest nowadays more and more private collectors or museums, in short you will have understood more and more of them. Alain Montpied's masterpiece as we were saying in the job: the wheels of the famous Fire reconstructed by Michelin for the centenary this year of the Gordon-Bennett Cup. So, Charron in the st century? It is a roule affair!

It was the glaciers of the quaternary era that covered the lava flows of the Cézallier. They created creux where they came to shelter lakes and bogs. In these wetlands, sphagnum, hypnes, sedge, drosera… It is through the partial decomposition of this flora, the fossil coal. The Tourbières and Cézallier House invites us to discover this particular environment in a museum space and an outdoor site with a pontoons. Tours, thematic tours are organized.

Cunlhat is an ideal tourist destination for nature lovers. The region's varied landscapes are ideal for hiking and biking. Visitors can also discover local craftsmanship by visiting the workshops of local artisans. Cunlhat also boasts a rich historical heritage with its castles and remarkable towns. For those looking for unique experiences, you can take a hot-air balloon ride, rejuvenate in a forest bath or create your own jewel with an Auvergne amethyst. Last but not least, the town also offers numerous events throughout the year, such as the international knife festival in Thiers, the pottery market in Bort-l'Étang and the festival de musique sans frontières in Vollore.