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Exploring Velay
Le Puy-en-Velay is at the crossroads of major hiking trails. Here you can set off in the footsteps of Robert Louis Stevenson along a route taking in volcanoes, hills and valleys, and where you can meet literature fans, but many other people besides!
You will see the Velay’s vast volcanic plains right from the start. At the sources of the River Loire and the Allier, Velay features striking mountain panoramas on the way to Coubon and Le Monastier-sur-Gazeille.
The Stevenson Trail
The Stevenson Trail
The Stevenson Trail
Hiking in a
field of volcanoes!
The Stevenson Trail gives energetic hikers a wide range of breathtaking geological features to enjoy. Between the Devès mountain range to the west and Mont Mézenc to the east, the volcanic history of the region is plain to see. Rocky peaks, basalt lava flows, craters – the past is present at every step.
Lake Bouchet is not to be missed. Imagine a lake in a 300,000 year-old crater with a circumference of 3 km: a huge, perfectly outlined volcanic circle at the limits of the pine forest.
Essential
The IGN (Institut National de l’information géographique) map, description of the route, a list of available accommodation, restaurants, a wide range of practical services, introduction to the landmarks and landscapes and a topographic guide. A light and easy map to carry in your bag, and the essential guide to guarantee perfect peace of mind!
I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel’s sake. The great affair is to move; to feel the needs and hitches of our life more clearly; to come down off this feather-bed of civilisation, and find the globe granite underfoot and strewn with cutting flints.
Robert Louis Stevenson – Travels with a Donkey in the Cévennes
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