Ain Tourisme

This approximately 14-kilometer loop is an ideal family hike. It combines history, paleontology, and scenic beauty. From La Plagne, near Dinoplagne, you can decide to start by visiting the world's largest sauropod trail (open only from April to October - €12 admission). You can also decide to book this

This hike is reserved for good walkers. You should plan to be on the trails for a good part of the day. Don't forget your picnic or some snacks.



Starting from the Étang des Lésines car park, you follow the Vaux marshes, then enter the village of Cormaranche-en-Bugey. Take the opportunity to observe the

This hike gives pride of place to the Rhône as well as a very beautiful historical monument: Fort l'Écluse. Every year, this fortified and listed site hosts concerts and events.



Built on the mountainside, its surrounding walls are impressive. There are actually two forts which are connected by 1165 steps

We invite you to discover part of Revermont during this splendid loop. This micro-territory is largely encompassed by Ain.



During this day's walk, the route overlooks the Ain gorges. Departing from Cize, a typically karst landscape, the Jarbonnet rocks, is revealed. The lookouts over the canyon below

Going to meet Lake Armaille, the paths of this easy hike allow you to discover the forests of southern Bugey. The departure is located at a place called Les Granges, south of the village of Thoys and just 10 minutes by car from the town center of Belley.



It is halfway along the route and after a slight

This splendid hike of almost 15 kilometers takes you along the Valserine. This river is as if alive as it takes different forms. Sometimes impetuous, sometimes peaceful, its flow when it rushes into bottomless chasms leaves no stone unturned. It can also be calmer and more bucolic when it enters the

This loop of just ten kilometers offers you the opportunity to combine the pleasure of strolling along the edge of a beautiful glacial lake and exploring wild landscapes.



Departing from Nantua, start by following the banks of the body of water, then gradually reach the high limestone cliffs overlooking

The banks of the Saône are home to well-known towns such as Mâcon, Chalon-sur-Saône or the Romanesque Tournus, but it also welcomes less famous towns between two meanders.



Equally pretty, Montmerle-sur-Saône and Guéreins are perfect examples of this singularity. It is after seven kilometers of paths without

Welcome to the land of a thousand ponds. This is how Dombes is nicknamed. This part of the Ain territory offers hikers a landscape that is certainly flat, but also changing and unexpected.



This very easy hike from Saint-Nizier-le-Désert takes you to some notorious bodies of water.



It is the first freshwater

The trails of this hike take you through three of the best kept secrets of Ain. From the parking lot at the start of the route, you come across the Thurignin gorges, the Cerveyrieu waterfall, and the Fierloz massif. In less than fifteen kilometers, the landscapes diversify and surprise.



Halfway, you pass