La vigne du puy de Loule

1/ From the signpost at Place de la Croix, walk up Rue des Combrailles and immediately right into Rue de la Fontaine (wash-house), which continues along a grassy path. At the first crossroads, turn left and, at the next crossroads, go straight ahead until you reach the T-junction.

2/ Bend left (view of the Puy de Dôme). Continue straight ahead through vineyards and orchards until you reach a tarmac road. Turn right for 50 m (view of Combronde) and turn right onto the first track. At the crossroads, continue straight ahead as far as the fork.

3/ Go up to the left. At the T junction, turn right. At the crossroads, continue uphill and take the first track on the left. Turn right and walk 50 m to the top of the Puy de l'Oule, along the same slightly sloping path (panoramic view of the Puys chain, the Combrailles, the Limagne plain, the Montagne Bourbonnaise, the Livradois-Forez and the Gergovie plateau). Turn right again. Ignore the track on the right, pass under the high-voltage power line and continue to the next T-junction opposite the orchard.

4/ Turn right onto the grassy track and then turn left onto the first track. Continue downhill, ignoring the two paths on the right until you reach a T-junction. Bear right. At the crossroads, go straight ahead to rejoin point 1. Turn left and return to the starting point in the opposite direction.