Auvergne remains the best family holiday we’ve had.
We stayed in a small village above Issoire – great when the second week was a heatwave, so much cooler on the hill.
Endless villages, walks, hill top churches, castles, rivers and mountains to explore.
We took the canoes, and it’s lovely floating down warm rivers in 30*c heat, looking forward to a lunchtime swim and an end of day ice-cream. We also visited a few lakes ( eg Chambon sur Lac) and just sunbathed/canoes/swam the day away in amongst French retirees…
We did some biking at SuperBesse, uplifted, but it’s limited if you’re used to the Alps. Other local rides were all of the XC-VTT, with a load of odd climbs and field edge descents.
Gravel and road touring would be ace.
There’s not as much English spoken, it’s a very much more local French holiday destination.
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