Tourism and Leisure in Volvic, Vulcania and Puy de Dome
Amateurs of sports and culture: Create your own stay as you like, thanks to a multitude of activities which our region offers you.
Sporting Activities
- Mountain biking : from the hotel, about 317 km of marked trail in Volvic countryside. Map available in hotel.
- Horseback riding: accompanied excursions. Riding schools nearby: Riom and Châteaugay (10 km).
- Ballooning : hot air balloon flights over the mountain chain of the Puys (depending on weather forecast).
- Hiking : “Espace Rando Volvic” is open for everyone and organizes accompanied walks in summer.
- Golfing : Orcines golf course 15 minutes from the hotel, at the bottom of Puy-du-Dôme.
Cultural discovery
- Volcanos of Auvergne: Puy-du-Dôme, Pariou… the open air volcano.
- Vulcania: European centre of volcanism, situated at 10 min. from “La Rose des Vents”.
- The crater lakes
- “Gour de Tazenat” and “Lac de Guery”.
Roman art in Auvergne
- Riom : town of art and culture, Tournoël castle, Chazeron castle, Mozac Abbey…
Crafts
- Lapidaries
- Enamellers
- The Volvic lapidary house