The Puy de Mur tour

Departure: from the departure sign (Fontaine-lavoir), go left towards the village via rue de la Croix de Laire Basse then rue des Noyeraies. Take successively rue de la Paix, rue Marchidial, the stairs and rue de l'Ancienne Église. At the fork, go up to the left to reach the top of the mound (Chapelle) and the orientation table (view of the Chaîne des puys and Limagne). Cross the  park, and go down the grassy path. Take rue de la Croix de Laire Haute on the right for 200 meters and turn right onto the first path to join the road (rue Chatel Vieux).

1. Go left for 50 meters then turn right onto the first path. Continue straight on until the road. Cross it, go straight on, then at the crossroads. At the end of the woods, leave the path on the left and continue (view of Limagne and Pont du Château) on this wide path for approximately 2 km until you reach a road. Take it on the left for 100 meters and take the path on the right (view of Sancy and the Chaîne des Puys) up to the first house.

2. Go up left; at the next intersection continue straight ahead. Rejoin the road, take it to the right for 100 meters and turn right onto a path (water reservoir). Follow it along the balcony and go up to the return point at the T-intersection. Turn left and left again into the clearing. Reach the top of Puy de Mur by a path on the left, which continues with stairs then with a second staircase on the right. (360° panoramic view).

3. Go back down 300m by the same path; At the end of the round trip, continue opposite towards Mezel, leaving the path on the right. At the first houses, take Chemin du Trat then opposite Rue du Chemin de Ronde; At its end, turn left onto rue Guyot Dessaigne. At the cross (view of the Val d'Allier, the Sancy and the Chaîne des Puys) go up this street on the left towards the top of the village (on the right, church and castle (12th – 16th century) up to rue Marmondieu. (On the left, at the corner of the car park, Departure from Mezel sign).

4. Follow this street and turn right onto rue de Font-Grande. Just before the roundabout, go left and immediately right. At the dovecote, at the fork, turn right. Continue on this path, go down towards the road and, just before it, turn left. At the intersection go down right. At the road, go right to reach the starting point.