La Tour-D'auvergne: Holiday Apartments and Holiday Homes

Lac de La Tour d'Auvergne is an artificial body of water created in 1969 in a natural setting at an altitude of 940 metres. The Tour du lac de La Tour d'Auvergne is a circular trail slightly more than one kilometre long that runs around the lake. It offers views of Natzy Hill with its statue, as well as of the village of La Tour d'Auvergne, situated on a promontory.

Nature

An orienteering course begins at the Plan d'Eau in La Tour-d'Auvergne; it opened in 2014 and was recognised by the Ligue d'Auvergne. The Espace Sport Nature de la Stèle is located on the western slope of the Puy de Sancy in the municipality of La Tour-d'Auvergne.

Anyone planning a stay in La Tour-d'Auvergne may wish to rent a holiday apartment for this purpose.

Culture

The Église de Saint-Pardoux is classified as a historic monument and is known as the “little cathedral of the fields”. It consists of a Romanesque base, a portal and a nave dating from the 12th century, as well as a Gothic structure from the 13th century. Guided tours of the church are offered during the school holidays.

The Notre Dame de Natzy Chapel was built after a healing considered miraculous on Natzy Hill north of the village of La Tour-d'Auvergne and was completed in 1870. The booklet “Le tour de La Tour vaut le détour” offers narrated walking tours of the village lasting 30 and 50 minutes.

Leisure and Local Life

Lac de La Tour d'Auvergne offers supervised swimming throughout the summer. Trout and carp can be caught in the lake. A food and craft market takes place every Saturday morning on the Place de la mairie in La Tour-d'Auvergne.

Other places: Auzelles, Saint-Jean-Saint-Gervais, Murat-Le-Quaire, Chambon-Sur-Lac, Saint-Julien-La-Geneste, Puy-Guillaume, Saint-Genès-Du-Retz, Picherande

To the higher-level travel overview: Puy-De-Dôme.