Cycling and Mountain
Biking in the Livradois Forez Regional Nature Park: Our gîtes make a
perfect base.
The
gîte is ideally placed to make the most of cycling in the Auvergne.
The excellent scenery and terrain of the Livradois-Forez Nature Park
is on the door-step and many routes can start and finish at the
house. Others, including the quite different terrain of the
volcanoes in the Chaine des Puys, are a short drive away.
Everyone
who likes trail riding or mountain biking will find something to
their taste in the Auvergne, whether you're out for a leisurely
family ride, some tougher hill riding or some serious down hill.
There are literally thousands of kilometres of off road, signposted
trails suitable for mountain bikers as well as the miles and miles
of gentle quiet country lanes better suited to those who prefer more
leisurely cycling. The terrain is very varied from the flat plains
and valleys to forested hillsides and much steeper mountains and
volcanoes.
Marked
off road trail routes vary in length (from 1 hour to one day),
scenery and difficulty. An ingenious colour coding system (with
paint marks on trees and stones along the way) allows you to follow
a circular route easily using one of a number of published guide
books. We have found the best guides to be those published by
Chamina. They include Guide Chamina : Parc Naturel Livradois Forez à
VTT and Puy-de-Dôme à VTT. This is a really great way of exploring
the local countryside in a most beautiful part of the world.
The
gîte is ideally placed to make the most of cycling in the Auvergne.
The excellent scenery and terrain of the Livradois-Forez Nature Park
is on the door-step and many routes can start and finish at the
house. Others, including the quite different terrain of the
volcanoes in the Chaine des Puys, are a short drive away.
Everyone
who likes trail riding or mountain biking will find something to
their taste in the Auvergne, whether you're out for a leisurely
family ride, some tougher hill riding or some serious down hill.
There are literally thousands of kilometres of off road, signposted
trails suitable for mountain bikers as well as the miles and miles
of gentle quiet country lanes better suited to those who prefer more
leisurely cycling. The terrain is very varied from the flat plains
and valleys to forested hillsides and much steeper mountains and
volcanoes.
Marked
off road trail routes vary in length (from 1 hour to one day),
scenery and difficulty. An ingenious colour coding system (with
paint marks on trees and stones along the way) allows you to follow
a circular route easily using one of a number of published guide
books. We have found the best guides to be those published by
Chamina. They include Guide Chamina : Parc Naturel Livradois Forez à
VTT and Puy-de-Dôme à VTT. This is a really great way of exploring
the local countryside in a most beautiful part of the world.