Pailhats de Courgoul : cultivated terraces
Courgoul
Located in the Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d’Auvergne, between Sancy and Cézallier, the Association des Pailhats de Courgoul is enhancing the site and telling the story of a landscape of dry stone terraces (pailhats) and the people who created it.
In the gorges at the entrance to Courgoul, the pailhats tell the story of the know-how and courage of the valley’s inhabitants, as well as the richness of this natural and landscaped environment. Committed to the European Charter for Sustainable Tourism, a refuge for the French League for the Protection(…)
Spoken languages
Opening hours
From 01/01 to 31/12/2026 from Monday to Friday.
Free tours all year round. Guided tours by appointment and every 3rd Sunday of the month between May and October. RDV at 10 a.m. salle des Pailhats route des gorges . Duration approx. 1h30.
Prices and payment methods
- Free access.
- Group rate available for 15 people or more.
- Free self-guided tours, free guided tours for schoolchildren and adults, paying tours for adult groups : 30 Euros.
Comfort, facilities and services
- Activity
- Car park
- Children’s entertainment
- Educational visits
- Guided group tours on request
- Guided individual tours on request
- Guided tours
- Meeting room
- Parking nearby
- Pets welcome
- Picnic area
- Product tasting
- Public WC
- Temporary exhibition
- Tour free of charge
- Unguided group tours available permanently
- Unguided individual tours available permanently
Pets welcome
Dogs allowed
Location
Environnements
In the country, Isolated
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Updated on 7 May 2026 by Auvergne Pays d’Issoire