Sérandon: Apartments and Holiday Homes
Accommodation in Sérandon
The Gratte-Bruyère site is located in the municipality of Sérandon, at the confluence of the Dordogne and Sumène rivers. The viewpoint there offers views over the Haute-Dordogne gorges, with forests, rocks and the Dordogne below the viewpoint. The Haute-Dordogne valley near Gratte-Bruyère is considered a UNESCO Biosphere Reserve and is part of the Natura 2000 network. The site is also suitable for observing birds of prey, including peregrine falcons, booted eagles and red kites.
Renting a holiday apartment in Sérandon can be part of your personal travel planning.
Nature
Jardin Grelinette et Pinceaux offers a free self-guided tour through a rural garden with landscaped and wooded areas, water features and paintings.
Hiking
The Route des Ajustants is an easy, 21.0 km linear route in Sérandon that begins at the Gratte-Bruyère viewpoint. It follows the valley through native deciduous forests and past small, cascading streams. It also crosses the Pont des Ajustants and the Pont de Saint Projet in a historic area of the Resistance.
The Sentier de Tony is a moderately difficult, 8.0 km hiking trail in Sérandon. It passes through a wild natural landscape in the Triouzoune gorges, through typical rural villages and with views of the Monts d’Auvergne. The ruins of the former Moulin de Tony are located along the Sentier de Tony.
The Sentier des gorges is a moderately difficult, 14.0 km circular trail in Sérandon. It first leads into the Dordogne gorges and then across an agricultural plateau through Vernéjoux, Enval and Monange. There is also a more difficult variant of this trail that descends to the banks of the Dordogne.
The Gratte-Bruyère site forms part of the sixth stage of the multi-day hiking route La Dordogne de Villages en Barrages. La Dordogne de Villages en Barrages is a multi-day hiking route that, among other destinations, reaches the Gratte-Bruyère site.
Culture
The Eglise de Sérandon is a Romanesque parish church with a portal decorated with symbolic figures and animals. The Eglise Sainte-Radegonde in Sérandon has a single-nave layout dating from the 12th century; in the 15th century, it was divided into three aisles and vaulted.
Water
Lac de la Triouzoune lies between the towns of Neuvic, Liginiac and Sérandon. The lake can be explored by canoe, boat and rowing boat.
More local pages: Ambrugeat, Beynat, Liginiac, Sadroc, Les Angles-Sur-Corrèze, Saint-Yrieix-le-Déjalat, Saint-Bonnet-la-Rivière, Chamboulive.
To the higher-level travel overview: Corrèze.
