On the road of your holidays, near VULCANIA, in the park of Auvergne Volcanoes, Maï and Marc USCLADE welcome you for one night or more at Gîte LE SOLEIL.
Marc musician and Maï singer and painter, have made their home a place conducive to beautiful meetings and sharing.
Located 900m above sea level, at the northern tip of the Chaîne des Puys, the village of SAUTERRE enjoys an exceptional setting in the heart of unspoiled nature.
This cottage, adjoining the owners' house, has an independent entrance, a private garden with trees
Attached to the house of the owners, the cottage Le Soleil, with a capacity of 15 people, consists of:
• on the ground floor :
- a spacious and bright common room with large farm table and seating area
- American kitchen equipped with traditional oven, mini oven, microwave, dishwasher, fridge-freezer ...: use in free management
Complete bedding in all our rooms: sheets, duvets, pillowcases
Our bathrooms are equipped with hairdryer
On site: small meals at the Arthé Café: tea room, theme nights
Natural sites
- discover the many marked hiking trails PR - GR
- orientation table at the top of LA ROCHE SAUTERRE (in the immediate vicinity) one of the oldest volcano in Auvergne and culminating point of the Combrailles. This privileged space with geological information panels (presence on this site of basalt with inlay of OLIVINE semi-precious stone) and botanical offers you an exceptional panorama on the Chaîne des Puys, the massif of Sancy and the Forez.
- GOUR DE TAZENAT (10 min): this lake of crater and character thanks to its legend and its crystal clear waters offers you one of the most beautiful excursions of the area (swimming and fishing)
- Family walk at the ETANG GRAND DE PULVERIÈRES (5 min) arranged and marked by the Bird Protection League: observatory stations at your disposal during the ride
- Canoeing on the LA SIOULE river which offers a large number of activities: trout fishing, canoeing, climbing sites ...
- Meander of Queuille (at 15 min)
- The Puy de Dôme (20 min): great site of France: ascencion on foot or rack railway, the giant of Auvergne
- The Sancy Massif (45 min): hiking, ski resort downhill and bottom
activities
- VULCANIA (European center of volcanism) and the open air volcano LEMPTEGY (15 min)
- VOLVIC: visit of the HOUSE OF STONE: live the adventure of a descent in the heart of a lava flow ... Visit of the House of the Water
- hike on the CHEMIN'ART, lined with monumental sculptures (more than 20) by local sculptor Gilles Perez.
- Venomeum THE MANOR OF VEYGOUX
- windsurfing, sailboat, power boating on the lake Les Fades Besserve (60 ha)
- Fishing in the immediate vicinity of the cottage in the ponds of: Laschamp, Barbots
- accrobranche in Châtel-Guyon (Ecureuil Park)
- equestrian centers: The stables of Ambur - Ayat Cheval - Chazeron. Arrival of riders at the cottage Le Soleil
- karting and BASTER museum of motorbikes in Riom
- in autumn: picking mushrooms, many and varied in our undergrowth ... Autumn harvest at the cottage Le Soleil ... Crafts and culture
- Arthé Café: Caf'Conc rural (on the spot): musical and singing evenings - temporary and permanent exhibitions in the old barn ... programming of themed evenings
- The Rose Garden of Dourioux (5 min)
- Cinema La Viouze (15 minutes away)
- Many craft workshops: enamelled lava, sculpture on lava ... and the mills of Morge
- within a radius of 15 km you discover castles, thermal towns, Romanesque churches, petrifying fountains ...
Nearest towns: VOLVIC, RIOM, MANZAT and CLERMONT-FERRAND
Exhibition room painting, programming of musical evenings and poetry
Car park
Possibility to welcome riders (equestrian cottage labeled FRETE)
Supermarket in the village of Sauterre (500m) and shops 15 km
Green space (2 ha) with garden furniture, barbecue
WiFi internet connection