Circular Étang de Lavaux in Saint-Préjet-Armandon

Park in the car park near the Lavaux pond.

(S/E) From the car park, follow the wide track until you reach a crossroads.

(1) Turn left, then right, cross the road carefully and keep to the right towards Gaillardon. Pass the hamlet and continue to the next crossroads.

(2) Turn right (Route du Chaussé) and head towards the first houses in La Gougeat.

(3) At the crossroads with the fountain, turn left and continue until the road bends to the right.

(4) Continue straight ahead on the path, ignore the path on the left and continue on the track through the woods, which descends to the Ruisseau des Bounes stream.

(5) Cross it, go back up and arrive at the entrance to Cubelles.

(6) Turn right (Route de la Croix) towards Saint-Préjet-Armandon. Pass the hamlet of Tronchère and the Ruisseau des Bounes stream again. Cross the village and, at the crossroads by the church, take the D207 for just under 100 metres and find a path on the right.

(7) Follow this path, cross a stream, ignore the D207 on your left and you will come to a road.

(8) Turn right (Chemin des Vignes) and head towards the first houses in Le Cougeat.

(4) Turn left and cross the village.

(3) At the crossroads with the fountain, continue straight ahead along the street and reach the crossroads you passed earlier.

(1) Cross carefully and, following the same route as on the way there, return to the car park near the pond (S/E).

Communal oven in La Cougeat. Dry stone wall in Cubelles. Panoramic view of the Auvergne mountains in Cubelles and Tronchère.

Church in Saint-Préjet-Armandon.