Comps Church

Les Ancizes-Comps

Dogs allowed

Distance 8.5Km

Duration 2h30

Hiking route BOUCLE

Marking Yellow

In pictures

Route description

This walk in the heart of the Combrailles region takes in the Fades reservoir, the largest lake in the département, offering a host of water-based pleasures. There are numerous viewpoints over Les Fades, the Chaîne des Puys and the Sioule gorges.

Trail highlights

– 12th-century Romanesque church.
– View of the Sioule gorges.

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : From the start sign at Place de l’Eglise (12th-century Romanesque church), turn right onto the first road opposite the war memorial. Continue to a calvary and take the path on the right. Go straight on down to the road. Follow it to the right as far as the middle of Sagne (view of the Les Fades lake).

Step 2 : Go left down the grassy path towards the lake to the road. Follow it to the left as far as the second hairpin bend.

Step 3 : Turn left onto a path (wooden barrier at the start), then climb up into the woods on the winding path (halfway up, information and view of the Sioule gorges). At the T-junction, turn right. Continue uphill on the main path. Once on the plateau, continue straight ahead (view of the Chaîne des Puys). At the entrance to the village of La Brousse, at the fork in the road (large lime tree), turn left onto the Chemin des Plagnaux as far as the bus shelter.

Step 4 : Go left as far as the intersection. Take the left-hand path down into the woods. At the next crossroads, turn right down the main path, then left at the hairpin bend. Before the end of the descent, turn right onto a path which crosses a stream and leads slightly uphill into the woods. Continue downhill to another stream. Continue upwards, crossing the stream several times. Turn left away from the stream and climb up to the road.

Next step

Step 5 : Turn left down the road, then take the first path on the right. Go straight up to reach a fork (wooden cross), turn left and continue to the road. Go left, then 20 m further on, ignore the road on the left and rejoin 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, Presence of livestock and guard dogs

Access

From Pontgibaud, head for St-Ours-les-Roches on the D941B, then the D943. In Saint-Ours-les-Roches, turn left towards Les Ancizes. In this village, turn right onto rue des Fades as far as Comps. Parking in front of the church.

Downloadable :

GPX – ITI000218_2023