With more than 80 volcanoes lined up over 45 kilometres, the UNESCO-listed Chaîne des Puys offers one of the best-preserved volcanic landscapes in Europe, with scoria cones, domes and old craters.
This selection brings together the most emblematic sites of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Nature Park, from the Puy de Dôme to the curious Tuilière and Sanadoire rocks, remains of volcanic chimneys.
About forty kilometres of volcanic alignment gather a hundred cones and domes inherited from intense eruptive activity. Inscribed as UNESCO World Heritage since 2018, the Chaîne des Puys forms one of the most singular landscapes of the Massif Central.
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The Puy de Dôme is a dormant volcano of the Chaîne des Puys, in the Massif Central. It is about fifteen kilometres from Clermont-Ferrand and gave its name to the Puy-de-Dôme département.
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Highest point of the Massif Central at 1,885 metres, the Puy de Sancy overlooks the Monts Dore with its volcanic silhouette. Reached by gondola from Le Mont-Dore, it offers one of the widest panoramas in Auvergne.
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The Lemptégy Volcano, a 100% natural site, unique in Europe, welcomes you all year round.
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The Volcans d'Auvergne park is a French regional nature park, created on 25 October 1977 in the Auvergne region, in the heart of the Massif Central.
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In the deep, wooded cirque of the Chausse, two great monoliths spring up, the Tuilière and Sanadoire rocks.
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This glacial valley, protected since 1991, holds rare flora and discreet fauna, including chamois, at the foot of the Puy de Sancy. Its spectacular relief, bristling with volcanic pinnacles, makes it one of the most popular nature reserves in Auvergne.
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The Puy de la Vache and Lassolas are two twin volcanoes with breached craters. Fluid lava flows carried away half of the craters.
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In this village, whose origins are said to go back to Celtic times, stands the most important fortress of Basse Auvergne.
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