Circuit N°17 - 120 kms
Montains and Lakes
LANARCE
:
1 185 m. Peyrebeille inn: Also called “Red Inn”
because of the crimes committed by the owners from
1807 to 1833 which have inspired the film “L’auberge
rouge” with Fernandel. 12th c romanesque style
church typical of the Vivarais with its lantern
tower. The village is encompassed with fir tree
forest, pastures, rivers –the Espezonnette is the
France second river for trout fishing.
ISSANLAS
: 1180 m. St Clair Chapel. Church and
presbytery, nice Gothic steeple. Rural village, pine
tree and fir tree forest -Mushrooms - Trout and
clayfish fishing.
COUCOURON
: 1139 m. 11th c Church with a romanesque façade and
an arch bell tower. The Montlaur tower. Coucouron
lake. Dairy which can be visited. "Musée de
l'outillage et des techniques traditionnelles de la
taille de pierre" –Museum of tools and traditional
technique of stone cutting.
LACHAPELLE
GRAILLOUSE : 1120 m. Exceptional view over
the mountains and the Lac d'Issarlès.15th c church
with its portal and arch bell tower. Fortified house
at Villeneuve. Wild mushrooms and berries picking.
LAC D'ISSARLES
: 997 m. Set in an extinct volcano, 5 km of
circumference and an area of 91 acres. With its 138
m, it is one of the deepest lake in France. A path
allows you to walk around the lake. Troglodytic
caves. "Le Cherchemuse" -extinct volcano. Belvedere
over the Gage and the Loire.
ISSARLES
: 1180 m. St Clair Chapel. Church and presbytery,
nice Gothic steeple. Rural village, pine tree and
fir tree forest -Mushrooms - Trout and clayfish
fishing.
