The Quartier forest

Tips

- 11th century church.
- Lake.
- Forest of Quartier.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

1/ From the start sign at Place Saint-Ménilie (11th-century church), head down Rue de la Poule-d'Eau and cross the dike; continue along the lake-side path and climb left to the D110.

2/ Cross the road and drive around the sports field below. Go straight ahead to the first track on the left. Take this and continue straight ahead. Pass two railroad tracks. At the road, at the entrance to Cité des Sapins, turn right into the woods and proceed to a clearing.

3/ Climb immediately to the left (very steep slope). After the wood, turn right at the first crossroads, and continue straight ahead on the road to the Youx church. Pass it and turn left into Rue de la Pêche. Leave a track on the right at a farm, and go down to a stream. Turn right, cross the hamlet of Malvette and continue right to a crossroads.

4/ Turn right and continue straight ahead, passing the Chevalot farm. Join a wide tarmac track which you follow to the D998.

5/ Go straight ahead (towards Montillet), then fork right into the Quartier forest. Follow this lane for 2 km. At the crossroads, take the second turning on the left, and continue straight ahead to exit the forest. Drive around a pond, up to a farm and then a small road.

6/ Go straight ahead. Leave a track on your left and go straight ahead along the edge of a wood. At the first intersection, turn right at an acute angle and, 10 m further on, follow the footpath rising to the left. Cross a small road and descend to Ladoux. At the D988, continue straight ahead past Bois Labbé. At the fork, 100 m before the mining towns, turn right. On Boulevard de la République, take impasse de la Bouble and, 20 m after the railroad tracks, fork left. Go down rue Jean-Duranthon, cross the D110 and follow the edge of the lake on the left to reach the starting point.

Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme - PDIPR.

Ouverture

All year round daily.

Subject to favorable weather.

Tarifs

Free access.

Contact et accès

Vieux bourg - Parking - Église
63700 Saint-Éloy-les-Mines
Puy-de-Dôme (63)

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