Tierra del Fuego, water kingdom
the heart of the Auvergne volcano park, the Sancy was born there 20 million years. Its volcanic formation and glacial offers hikers breathtaking landscapes, mixing gentle slopes, cliffs and torn deep indentations.
Three peaks over 1800 meters and are all scenic headlands. At their feet, four valleys radiate: high Dordogne saw the birth of this famous river, Chaudefour houses a nature reserve straddles the couze Chambon, Fountain salt is the sanctuary of hikers on the couze Pavin, it comes from the more young volcano in Auvergne, 6,000 years old.
Tradition host heritage of quality and taste of terroir
The thermal activity of Sancy was a haven since antiquity.
Then, from the nineteenth century, luxury hotels, casinos and "bathroom" give cities the water mass, The Bournemouth and Mont-Dore, their stamp is outdated charms and scrolls down memory lane. In the early twentieth century, the novelty comes from the winter sports of interest to cities and water but also Besse Picherande.
In 1937, Mont-Dore's first cable car. In the 1960s, born stations Super-Besse, Chastreix and Chambon des Neiges.
Heritage Massif du Sancy is as original as its landscape.
Thus the traditional houses are built of volcanic rock, including the roofs covered with large scales of slate. The awe-inspiring castles: dark and imposing, they are planted on volcanoes. But it is in the magic of the Romanesque stone mineral exceeds its nobility. All volumes and sometimes enigmatic sculptures, churches Orcival and Saint-Nectaire are from this point of view, compelling.
As men and women in this high country, their history is told at the Museum of the Quaire Toinette Murat, sounds and lights, and museum of rural life of local Chastreix.
farming has attracted the rural population, the guardian of meadows and farmhouses that makes every day on the farm or in local dairies, the Saint-Nectaire Fourme, Cantal and Bleu d'Auvergne plateau des fromages d'Auvergne AOC-labeled.
the inns and restaurants, the taste of the country persists in stews, truffles, blue trout and delicious desserts with blueberries and raspberries.
During your visit, so join the festivities of the country, fair and weekly markets for cheese producers premises.
water born of fire
Lakes, rivers, waterfalls, couze, streams and springs abound. Hot springs, crater lakes, the geology is present everywhere and visible.
Here, even rainwater acquires acclaim. It can cross the porous layers of lava, from top to bottom and holes up to spring cold or hot, and we offer benefits. Since time immemorial, the water here was glorified by the Celts and the Romans who left us the practice of spa treatments.
Did you know that the Dordogne is born in the Massif du Sancy? At 1350 meters, it is a small mountain stream that rushes between gentian and sheep before joining the valley which is named for him.
waters of Sancy, in lakes and rivers, they of couze and streams are covered by trout and char to the delight of anglers and demanding gourmets.
Scientific proof of purity if it is: bottled water Mont-Dore is the first in France have obtained very valuable label "mountain spring water." A guarantee of quality and pure authenticity. The Sancy is a land of fire and water kingdom!
Legends in countries Sancy
Vassivière The Black Madonna: The little black virgin Vassivière was early object devotion. The Bessards, convinced of its miraculous powers, the church settled in Besse. The next day we found it in his "chapeloune" in Vassivière, instead of farmhouses from which she watched over the flocks and the source. Unable to keep her in town. A compromise was then reached. On 2 July of each year, the Virgin is mounted to its solemn oratory: the Montada. Then at the end of summer, winter it descends to the church. His "Davalade" is a holiday. She returned to the village, carried by the crowd, preceded by gunshots fired into the air through the windows.
Lake Pavin: At 1200 meters, 92 meters deep, the lake occupies a maar Pavin. He was born 6000 years ago, the explosive wedding of lava and water. It takes its name from the Latin "paveo" ("I fear"), a legacy of his birth or pretext for a sensational legend that is in its waters, a city cursed for her daughters arms.
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