Our pickPuy Mary
Rated 4.8 out of 5, 1,389 reviews
Le Claux
- 15 min to 45 min
- Free
- Outdoors
1,783 m at the end of a 30-minute climb from the Pas de Peyrol, and seven glacial valleys fanning out beneath your feet.
🌄Viewpoints in Auvergne
Viewpoints in Auvergne: the Travel in Auvergne selection, picked by hand. A local voice, firm opinions.
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Panoramique des Dômes
Rated 4.6 out of 5, 17,892 reviews
Orcines
- 15 min to 45 min
- Outdoors
The Puy de Dôme rack railway. 15 min to the summit, a 360° view over the UNESCO-listed Chaîne des Puys.
Lac Pavin viewpoint
Rated 4.8 out of 5, 265 reviews
Besse-et-Saint-Anastaise
- 15 min to 45 min
- Free
- Outdoors
Lac Pavin seen from above, from the rim of its crater: the deepest of Auvergne's lakes, 92 m deep. You walk up via a detour off the lake loop.
Col de Guéry
Rated 4.8 out of 5, 90 reviews
Orcival
- 15 min to 45 min
- Free
- Outdoors
A viewpoint at 1,268 m at the Col de Guéry, facing the Roche Tuilière and the Roche Sanadoire, two phonolite pinnacles. The Lac de Guéry is just below.
FindDent de la Rancune
Rated 4.7 out of 5, 15 reviews
Chambon-sur-Lac
- 15 min to 45 min
- Free
- Outdoors
The Dent de la Rancune, a 90-metre dyke standing in the heart of the Chaudefour reserve. You can admire it from the Chaudefour path, or climb it roped up.
