HOLY - FLOUR

THEMATIC ROADS
VOLCANOS
Vulcania
European park of the Volcanism. Discovery of the universe of volcanoes and sciences of the earth. Pierce secrets of earthquakes, eruptions, torrents of lava, hot sources, fertility of soils, climatic influence…
The Dore Mounts
The Puy de Sancy (1885m) is the highest point of the center of France. Natural lakes of mountain as the lake of Guéry, the Pavin Lake or the Chauvet Lake…
Condat
Borough situated in the center of two natural well marked regions. To the west, the Artense (old rock trays, scattered erratic blocks, moraines,…). TO the East, the Cézallier (Streams of lavas stacked culminating to 1394m and valleys in hod).
Riom-és-mountains
Kingdom of the yellow gentian, flower symbol of volcanos of Auvergne, used in the manufacture of a local aperitif. To see: House of Gentian, church…
To vicinities: Menet, high place of the stone and geology (symposium thin July).
Valley of Cheylade / the Claux
Glacial valley where water is omnipresent (cascades, rivers and plans of water). To vicinities: Dienne with the rock of Laqueuille (volcanic neck) and the path of the Quirouxes (elevated stones as to mark a road, excellent landmark for pilgrims).

Puy Mary

Its Ascension at 1558m permits to have a panorama over the whole of the chain of the cantalien massive and valleys that radiates all around. Its environment makes the object of a classification as «Big National Site".
Valley of the Jordanne
Privileged setting for the visitor loving space, greedy to leave to the meeting of the wealth of these landscapes, its flora, its fauna and its traditional preserved and adapted habitat to the mountainous massif: the burons.
Aurillac
The museum of volcanoes is the centre of a scientific pole centred on the volcanism, geology and the ecology. Four rooms: «An agitated planet, the earth» (internal working of the earth and visible demonstrations); «the Cantal, an earth that changes» (regional geology); «of volcanoes and men» (volcanoes of the world and their relation with men); «the Cantal, distributed «volcano (assets of a vast volcanic building for the man and the environment).

BUT ALSO..
CITIES OF CHARACTER
Aurillac, a mind of nature,
District of mountains, millennial city, situated at the crossroads of roads coming from lower Auvergne, from Toulouse, from Montpellier,. Prefecture of the Cantal, Aurillac knew how to keep an authentic picture of city of the rural world. To the foot of volcanoes, it offers itself in multiple facets: Rooms of Stable exhibitions - National Center of the Photograph - Garden of the Carmeses - semi-pedestrian streets - Center Pierre Mendès-France that shelters the National school of Music and Dance - The Museum of art - The Castle Saint-Etienne. It is a territory, during one summer for tourists, where all is conceived there so that their stay becomes a pleasure.

Mauriac

Western door of the Regional Natural Park of Volcanoes of Auvergne, this old city situated at 700m of altitude, present Under-prefecture of the department, is a privileged tourism center, in limit of the basaltic tray and the valley of the Dordogne, opened on the exceptional panorama of the Sancy and volcanoes of the Cantal,: Puy Mary, Puy Violent…
Saint-Flour
High Earth capital, between mounts of the Cantal and the Margeride, some steps near from throats of the Truyère and the tray of the Aubrac, Saint-Flour, south door of the Auvergne, welcomes you for an ideal stay of discovery and détente. Perched on a spur of basalt, the historic capital of the High-Auvergne invites you to browse its medieval alleys and to discover walled doors and vestiges of battlements, cathedral and old Episcopal palace, house of consuls and particular hotels. Millennial heritage and culture of High-earths, activities of leisure or sports of plain nature: let your self be surprised by this enlivened and cordial city of character. Access Saint-Flour, city stage on national road 75: midway between Paris and Barcelona. 5.30hrs from Brussels - 4hr from Paris - 3hr from Lyons - 2.30hrs from Montpellier - 50mn from Clermont-Ferrand.