The banks of the Sioule

Guidebook with maps/step-by-step

Step 1 : From the start sign, below the church, climb up the rout, passing the town hall and school. Join the D 216, follow it to the right for 150 m, then leave it for a path rising to the left. Continue up to the entrance gate to château de Polagnat (PP1 : château XVe-XVIIe c.).

Step 2 : Turn right up the road. After 200 m, turn left into the village of Polagnat. After the first house, turn right up the road. At the first sharp bend, leave the road to go straight ahead on a wide track for 500 m. At the fork in the road, turn right and continue (PV1 : view of the villages of Coheix and Olby and the Puy de Dôme) until you reach a crossroads in the forest.

Step 3 : Go left down the forest track and, after 50 m, turn right (GR) (PV2 : view of the Chaîne des Puys). At the junction with a small road, follow it in the opposite direction. Turn left at the fork, cross the bridge over the Sioule and continue along the road. Before reaching Monteribeyre, turn right onto the first grassy track below the village. After the first house, turn right onto an undergrowth path (PV3 : orgues volcaniques, coulée d’Olby), as far as the D 216, at the Pont des Eaux hamlet.

Step 4 : Cross the road and go straight ahead (direction Pradines). After the bridge, turn right into the impasse de la Sioule and, after the bridge, drive up to the road. Follow the road to the left for 100 m, then leave it at the bend to take the path to the right. After 400 m, leave it to go left on a grassy track in a pasture. At the intersection, go straight ahead, then, in the hamlet of Villejacques, take the second turning on the left. Cross the D 216 and stay on the road until you reach the entrance to the hamlet of Moulin de Villejacques.