Milan Cross

Villossanges

Dogs allowed

Distance 8Km

Duration 2h15

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Yellow

In pictures

Route description

Leaving from Villosanges, this is a pleasant woodland walk that skirts the Verne-Labouesse lake and passes through hedgerows and forests.

Trail highlights

– The Mission Cross (1924).
– The Milan Cross (1959).

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : From the start sign in the square behind the church, walk down to the war memorial and turn left onto the D60. Turn left after the town hall, then take a small grassy path opposite. Cross the stream and climb up to the hamlet of Chauvence (Croix de Mission – 1924). After the cross, turn left. Go straight ahead at the crossroads. Follow this wide path along the edge of the wood to another crossroads.

Step 2 : Turn left and continue straight ahead on the main road until you reach a T-junction. Turn right onto the main road, ignoring the right-hand uphill path for a few metres. Continue to an intersection near a pond.

Step 3 : Turn left, skirting the pond and ignoring the path opposite the weir. At the next intersection, go left. At the crossroads, go straight ahead to a small tarmac road (Croix de Milan – 1959).

Step 4 : Take the track opposite the cross. Follow it to an intersection. Go left to an iron cross.

Next step

Step 5 : Turn right, and at the fork in the road at the entrance to the village, turn left. Keep left to reach the starting point.

Proposed and managed by the Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme – PDIPR.

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Opening hours

All year round 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

In the country, Forest location, Presence of livestock and guard dogs

Access

From Pontaumur, 45 km west of Clermont, take the D206 to the right in the middle of the village, towards Landogne. At the hamlet of Les Isserts, take the D60 to Villosanges. Parking lot behind the church.

Downloadable :

GPX – ITI000202_2023

Updated on 29 May 2026 by Conseil départemental du Puy-de-Dôme