THE WATER IS HERE AT HOME

Waterfalls, lakes, rivers, torrents, the water is at home in Auvergne. It is her that dug throats, drawn meanders and the valleys … It is her that gave her energy in cutlery industry and to mills with paper, it is still her that led Auvergne's people to Paris … Today, she is at the same moment a book of History, a space of adventure and a magnificent excuse in the idleness …

Leisure activities in the course of the water
Sign of times, today in Auvergne, the water is almost exclusively dedicated to leisure activities. Everything is possible, the sports of lively waters, the activities of beach and all the fishing of sweet water. The amateur has only the embarrassment of the choice. In the throats of Haut - Allier and those of the Loire, on Sioule and the Lot, the canoe and the kayak, the rafting or the canyoning is practised. Crossed landscapes are unforgettable.

Each has his own lake
The Regional Natural reserve of the Volcanoes of Auvergne is the country of the volcanic lakes. Aydat (L 7), in the doors of Clermont-Ferrand, and Chambon (M 6), in the massif of Sancy, are rather happy and domestic. Guéry (L 6), near the Mountain Mont-Dore, is distinguished by its bucolic and soothing character. Pavin, perfect oval fixed in the box of spruces (N 6), remains more mysterious.
Many other lakes and held water enamel Auvergne, all various, all surprising. The summer, nothing replaces the days that one can spend between boating and idleness on their banks, in the shade of forests or exposed to the sun of the beaches.
The plans of water of the Fades (I-J 5), of Bort-les-Orgues (M-N 4), Saint-Etienne-Cantalès (2), Grandval (7) or Grangent (N 15) are examples of sites outside the common for nautical leisure activities, boat trips or fishing. The Lake of Allier in Vichy (An hour 9-10) was made more urban along elegant parks in the English way where it is good to promenade. Information with the Local Committees of the Tourism.