Open-air quarries and a monumental statue of the Virgin mark the trail on Châtelard hill above Châteauneuf-sur-Isère. The walk follows a protected natural area with views across the Isère. Local history accompanies the route between these landmarks, and walking shoes are recommended for the hill trail.
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Pont-Salomon Heritage Geocaching Walk
Pont-Salomon’s heritage becomes the subject of a geocaching walk during Mois de la Rando. The route covers roughly four to five kilometres through streets and paths. An accompanying guide demonstrates how to find a cache before participants search for the others. Clues collected along the way help solve small riddles when the group gathers again for refreshments.
Montluçon’s Medieval City Guided Tour
A guide traces the history of Montluçon through the buildings of its medieval old town. Narrow lanes wind around the château des Ducs de Bourbon, passing timber-framed houses and other surviving landmarks. The walk requires advance booking and goes ahead with a minimum of four participants, with reservations handled by Montluçon Tourisme.
Culture et Gastronomie in Taulignan
Culture et Gastronomie pairs the Musée de la Soie with Le Café de la Soie. Visitors can tour the museum independently or with a guide and see La marquise s’invite au musée. A specially devised Madame de Sévigné menu continues the visit over lunch or dinner. The programme commemorates the writer’s birth, with the museum visit and meal also available separately.
Dieulefit Ceramics Walk
A former pottery and three old firing kilns are the stops on Dieulefit’s guided ceramics walk. The route examines the town’s inherited pottery skills and their renewal through the places where the craft was practised. Visits are arranged on request for groups of up to twenty, with commentary available in French, English or German.
Lyon dans la Résistance
Lyon dans la Résistance traces the clandestine networks of the Presqu’île and Croix-Rousse. Guides explain Jean Moulin’s role and the work of underground newspapers and printers, alongside resistance within political, military and religious circles. Accounts of rationing, curfews, anti-Jewish laws and roundups show the conditions in which Lyon’s inhabitants lived and resisted.
Saint-Vallier Heritage Walk
Saint-Vallier unfolds through a guided walk led by Histoire et Patrimoine de St Vallier. Medieval lanes and public squares trace the shape of the town associated with Diane de Poitiers. Its Art Deco theatre and market halls add later layers to the route. The visit also includes the local museum space, bringing architecture and the town’s historical collections into the same exploration.
Visite du musée Yvon Guéret
The Musée Yvon Guéret welcomes visitors as part of Pierrelatte’s Christmas market programme. Archaeological objects share its collections with palaeontological material and mineral specimens, the museum’s three principal fields of study. The visit is offered in French, and admission to the collections is free.
A toue cabanée to a wild island of the Loire
Escapades Ligériennes arms the toue cabanée that casts off from the Port de Combleux and lands its passengers on a wild island. A nature guide names the edible plants growing there, each by taste, property and use. Eric, the pilot, spends the crossing on the history of the marine fluviale and on the fleuve royal seen from its own current. The walk closes with a tasting, and the boat takes twelve people at most.
Beauce legends with Sandie Chapiseau
Sandie Chapiseau leads a nocturnal storytelling walk through Chartres. Dressed as a witch, she shares Beauce legends passed down through generations. The route follows the city’s narrow streets and the banks of the Eure. Mischievous devils, talking animals and buried treasures populate the tales. These popular stories bring the region’s oral traditions into the streets of Chartres.