At the heart of the Bourbonnaise Limagne the Beauverges castle is an architectural jewel from the XIIth century.
The wheeled hurdy-gurdies made by the stringed-instrument makers from Jenzat are known by all European experts.
At the junction of the Bourbonnais and Auvergne, Gannat gathers both regional cultures symbolized by the oïl language and the oc language.
On the edge of the Montpensier forest at Biozat, you will find a beautiful monument from the Auvergnat Roman art in Saint-Symphorien church, and farther the XVIIth century castle of Effiat and its garden in the French style with an outstanding nymphet.
The Montpensier hill towers the village of Aigueperse a fortified place which keeps nobility hotels.
Through a picturesque road you will reach Ebreuil after having visited the Roche castle, a feudal manor and Michel de l’Hospital’s birth place in the XVI th century. Then you will reach the gorges of the Sioule and their major sites : Roc Armand, Pont de Menat, fortified castle of Chouvigny.
Châteauneuf-les-Bains is a spa town perched in the vicinity of a granite wooded spur surrounded by a superb twist of the Sioule. You will leave the valley of Sioule through Saint-Gervais of Auvergne and you will reach the plateaux which overlook the valley of Cher.
Famous since Antiquity for its beneficial waters, Néris-les-Bains harbours remains from the Roman and Merovingian age.
You will cross the verdant valley of Lamaron to reach the stopping point.
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