Hidden among moss and rocks lies this medieval castle. Quiet, mysterious, and almost swallowed up by nature. What many people don't know: beneath these ruins lies an ancient underground passage …
What you don't see when you walk here: this lake exists thanks to sheer stubbornness. When the La Joyante River was dammed in the 1970s, no one believed the lake …
The path is paved all the way to Vallon-en-Sully, then suitable for road bikes. It features multiple wooden sections. The atmosphere is peaceful as soon as you leave Montluçon.
You hear it before you see it: the water rushing past the rocks far below. The dam itself isn't a thing of beauty, but the contrast with the still lake above is precisely what makes it special.
There are two beautiful listed 13th century monuments in this small Bourbon town with a feudal past: the Romanesque church of Notre-Dame and the donjon de la Toque, the remains …