Liberty Castle

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : Start from the Condat-lès-Montboissier church. Pass in front of the town hall, turn left and then right up the first tarmac track between two houses (view of the Sancy and the Chaîne des Puys on the left). At the first bend in the road, go straight ahead ; further on, turn left. Turn left. At the hamlet of Les Epines, take the track on the right. At the intersection, turn left onto a tarmac road. Cross the road and take the path through the woods.

Step 2 : Take the rightmost lane at the junction of five lanes (A-R Château de Meydat : 2nd lane on the right). 900 m further on, at the crossroads, turn left and follow the road straight ahead (view of the Sancy, the Chaîne des Puys and the Monts du Cantal). At Échaffoy, take the left-hand path downhill. Cross the stream and climb up to Bégande.

Step 3 : Cut the asphalt road and head downhill (view of the Sancy, Chaîne des Puys and Liberty castle). At Montcoudoux, 100 m after the transformer, turn right down the track into the fields. Cross the stream, walk along the ruins and reach Château de Liberty (private). Follow the driveway in front of the château (view of the Dôme and Sancy mountains). At the end of the driveway, turn left down the road. Turn right on the D39 for 70 m and follow the path down to the left towards the Boude ruins.

Step 4 : Cross the footbridge and follow an inconspicuous path that climbs to the left and then bends quickly to the right. Continue straight ahead across a field. 150 metres before Montmorin, turn left. Go straight on for 700 metres. Leave the path which climbs to the right and go down the undergrowth track opposite. After a bend, take the track on the right at the crow’s-foot. At the next junction, turn left down towards La Michinie.