Along the Sentier François Péron, information panels explain the Bocage landscape and the connection between nature and local history. The 3.1-kilometre circular trail passes through the area surrounding the town centre of Cérilly.
Anyone wishing to visit the Sentier François Péron, the Massif de Tronçais and the Église Saint-Martin may be considering renting a holiday apartment in Cerilly.
Nature
At the Sentier François Péron, the Font Rousse serves as an observation site for biodiversity and conveys the importance of wetlands. The Sentier des Merrandiers runs between the Bocage and the Forêt de Tronçais, near the Font de la Goutte d’Argent.
The Boucle des étangs (partie ouest) passes through the Massif de Tronçais, which contains five ponds created through human intervention. The circular route starts in Cérilly and is 37.3 kilometres long. The Massif de Tronçais also contains large ponds, adjacent marshland, numerous streams and rivers such as the Marmande and the Sologne, as well as around forty springs and fountains.
Trails and activities
The Circuit du Label is a 3.4-kilometre mountain biking circuit starting in Cérilly at the Rond de Thiolais. There are Forest'Art sculptures and a picnic area there. The Circuit du Rond de Thiolais provides insights into the traditional lives of forest workers – charcoal burners, sawyers and lumberjacks – as well as forestry traditions.
The guided tour “Il était une fois Tronçais, Chênes et Légendes” leads to several notable oak trees that are several centuries old, as well as to the Fontaine de Viljot.
Culture
The Musée Charles-Louis Philippe was restored in 1994 and received the “Maisons des illustres” designation in 2012.
The Église Saint-Martin comprises a nave with five bays and aisles dating from the 12th century; in the 15th century, four chapels were added to each long wall. The church also contains a limestone depiction of the Entombment from 1691, with life-size figures.
The Vieux cimetière of Cérilly preserves the history of the town; the graves around the Église Saint-Martin were transferred there after the French Revolution. The Église Saint-Martin can be visited independently with the aid of an explanatory document.
Further destinations: Ronnet, Contigny, Vernusse, Doyet, Avermes, Chazemais, Toulon-Sur-Allier, Beaune-d'Allier.
