Bourelles Wood
Orcival
Dogs allowed
Distance 7Km
Duration 1h45
Hiking route BOUCLE
Marking Blue
In pictures
Route description
A pleasant hike in the cool Bourelles woods, starting from Orcival and its basilica.
Trail highlights
– Orcival and its basilica.
– Near Orcival : Cordès castle.
Guidebook with maps/step-by-step
Step 1 : From Place de l’Eglise, take the road towards Les 4 Routes, alongside the “Ajasserie” hotel. At the stop sign, cross the D27 and take the road opposite to the Notre-Dame chapel.
Step 2 : Take the left-hand path beneath the chapel to the hamlet of “La Croix”, which you cross. At the end of the road, turn right onto a wide track that follows the GR 30. Continue straight ahead until you reach a crow’s-foot.
Step 3 : Go right up to a wood. Walk alongside it (view of the Chaîne des Puys on the left). Descend on this wide track along the edge of the wood to a T-junction.
Step 4 : Climb to the right (leaving the GR), and right again at the next crow’s-foot. The path skirts the puy de Gravenoire and arrives on the plateau perpendicular to a wide track.
Next step
Step 5 : Turn left on this track and, at the first crossroads, turn left again on a wide path through the forest. Continue straight ahead to the edge of the wood (view of the Chaîne des Puys). Enter the forest again, following the path to the right. At the T-junction at the end of the wood (view of the Tuilière and Sanadoire rocks on the left), turn left down the wide track to the road.
Step 6 : Follow this road to the right for 100 m, then fork right again onto a track below. Go down to a farm and follow a tarmac track and then a road to the right until you reach the D27. Cross the road to reach the starting point.
Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme – PDIPR.
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Opening hours
From 01/01 to 31/12 daily.
Subject to favorable weather.
Comfort, facilities and services
- Pets welcome
Additional information
For your own safety, always take a bottle of water, a hat, warm clothing and footwear suitable for walking.
Depending on weather conditions, certain itineraries are not recommended in bad weather (fog) or are not practicable, or even forbidden, during the winter season.
Some sites are fragile, so stay on the marked trails. Avoid picking wild flowers and disturbing wildlife. Pick up your garbage.
Animals are not allowed on some routes.
Dogs allowed Dogs must be kept on a leash due to the presence of herds.
Environment
Forest location, Mountain location, Presence of livestock and guard dogs
Access
From Clermont-Ferrand, follow signs for Tulle on the D941 to Orcines, then the D942 to 4 routes de Nébouzat ; take the D216 to Saint-Bonnet-d’Orcival, then the D27 to Orcival. Parking available behind the church.
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Photo credits : Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme
Updated on 29 May 2026 by Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme