Château d’Ambur, la Chazotte

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : From the start sign, take the road to Les Berthons. Turn right at the fork, then left at the next crossroads. 150 m after the Auberge de la Hulotte, take the left-hand path into a wood. Follow it to the edge of the wood, ignoring the side paths. Turn left onto a track between two low walls. Follow the wood, leaving a grassy path on the right (view of the Chaîne des Puys, the Sancy massif and the Ordanche banne). Continue to an intersection at the entrance to Les Berthons. Go down a damp track opposite. At the asphalt road, turn left. At the crossroads at the end of the hamlet (equestrian center stables opposite), follow a track on the left to the first track on the right (GR).

Step 2 : Take this and descend into the woods on a wide gravel track for approx. 1.5 km. Turn left onto a track leading to the Chazotte leisure park. Take the road opposite up to the D121.

Step 3 : Turn right on the D121 for 250 m and climb left (view of the Fades reservoir) to the hamlet of La Chazotte. Cross the hamlet and continue straight on to the hamlet of La Barre.

Step 4 : Turn left along the couderc (cross, wash-house, drinking trough) and at the crow’s feet, turn left down the road. At the entrance to the La Barre sectional forest, follow a wide track to the left. At the fork in the road, go straight ahead and, at the junction of four tracks, go straight down. Cross the ruisseau des Côtes and climb up its right bank through a coniferous wood. At the T-junction, turn left along a wide forest track to the D61 (picnic area).