Hiking and walking
Do you like hiking, alone, with family or friends? On foot, on horseback or by mountain bike? So you have chosen the right destination: 800 km of paths are available to you in the Brive-la-Gaillarde region.
A new hiking guide
In collaboration with Editions Glénant, the Brive area unveils two precious keys for lovers of walking and nature: a topo guide and Roaming card. These new features come at the right time to highlight the outdoor activities, real major assets of this destination.
This booklet presents 26 short hikes, perfect for family outings or walks lasting a few hours. For adventurers looking for greater challenges, the “Causse loop” offers a magnificent escape through landscapes characteristic of the region. The 11 large loops and the “Chemin de St-Jacques” variant from Brive to Turenne will satisfy long-distance enthusiasts, in search of spirituality and surpassing oneself.
Buy the guide Emilie's trails to the'VISITOR CENTER.
Hiking: a gaillard and responsible activity!
- Blend into nature and discover the fauna and flora that surrounds us in this Natura 2000 area of the Causse
- Respect this natural wealth and adopt eco-friendly gestures: stay on marked trails, do not pick up plants, collect any waste you can spot, etc.
- In summer, take advantage of the Libeo shuttle to get to the start of the Saillant and Causse hikes
- Meet local producers: like the cheesemakers around Lac du Causse or the winegrowers at Le Saillant.
Hiking to discover the Brive region
Hiking is undoubtedly the most beautiful way to discover our fine environment. Located at the crossroads of regions with very varied climates, the Gaillard land perfectly meets the expectations of all hikers. No matter your level of practice and whatever your preferred hiking ground is, lace up your hiking shoes and awaken the Gaillard personality in you!
Hiking trails for all levels
Do you want to follow short, easy and easily accessible hiking routes? The Brive region offers a great diversity of paths and trails suitable for family walks.
Are you an experienced hiker looking for longer, more demanding and combinable routes? While you won't find the altitudes of the great mountain ranges of France, our region does offer some fairly fun and challenging routes, with interesting cumulative elevation gain, some nice "climbs" and sloping sections to satisfy you completely!
A rich marked network
Take advantage, in the Brive region, of a rich network of marked routes ideal for hiking experiences of all kinds:
- accompanied or roaming and independently;
- family, sporting or thematic – which adapts to all your desires!
Make Pays Gaillard a “custom-made hiking destination”: choose the route that suits you best, explore circuits with very varied surfaces, beautiful landscapes and panoramas and hike entirely according to your desire!
Nordic walking in Gaillarde land
Outdoor sport from Scandinavian countries (the affiliation which is often made with cross-country skiing is therefore anything but a coincidence!), Nordic walking combines ground work, or fundamental endurance, and upper body muscle strengthening. The practice found the perfect territory with an adapted natural and architectural environment in the Brive region!
The “Nordic Walking in Corrèze” association based in Donzenac, offers weekly discovery and practice outings to Nordic Walking enthusiasts... So, get your hands on your walking sticks!
Our tip Causse's Love
Here you are, at the top of Mont Pelé, the aptly named. Well done ! Although it is not an Everest, the highest point of the Causse nevertheless allows you to admire the village of Chasteaux located right below, and the hanging vines. Remember that the sheep you will come across during the hike provide exquisite milk from which the best cheeses are made and you will appreciate taking one out of your bag in case you get hungry...
On the other side of the Causse lake, take your kids for a hike on the Fournet plateau: the little world of the Causse awaits you with its cicadas, its crickets, its stunted oaks, its fragrant violets... On arrival, Notre-Dame-des-Champs, perched on an enormous cone of perforated stones, towers dignifiedly over the Corrèze Causse.
19600 Chasteaux and Le Plateau du Fournet
+05 (55)24 08 80 XNUMX XNUMX
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