Busséol

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step :

Étape 1 : From the start sign, head up rue du Guichet towards the château. Stairs lead up to the church. From Place de la Molle, take Rue de la Grande Charreyre to Place Jean-Domat (Volvic stone cross).

Étape 2 : Opposite, rue de la Conche, towards the school. Take rue de Chalendrat, rue de la Thioule, then rue Sous-Chalendrat, and chemin de Busséol to the D117 at the entrance to Busséol.

Étape 3 : Turn right downhill to take the Chemin des Combes (view of the château and church). In the village, after a bend to the left, pass the lavoir (wash-house and fountain), cross the D117, and head for Saint-Georges-es-Allier on the D759. Leave Busséol on Rue des Grangias, below the church. At the end of the village, after the crossroads, take a path on the left and climb up to the fork (at the top, panoramic view of the château de Busséol, Lignat, Billom, Cournon and the châteaux of Mauzun and Montmorin).

Étape 4 : Descend to Saint-Georges-es-Allier. Take rue Montfoulhoux, past the church and town hall, turn right and pass under a porch. Turn left into rue de la Garenne, then right into rue des Tours. Go left up rue du Sentier, past the fountain (higher up, view of the Chaîne des Puys, Cournon and Pérignat). Ignore the streets to the right and left and continue to the crossroads (Croix de Saint-Verny).