Restaurants, Activities & Tourism

Eating

We do not provide dinner… but it is possible to have dinner very easily and for all kind of prices in our area.
Depending on your wishes, a pizzeria (The Florent) and a restaurant (Le Bistrot Comtois) are accessible by foot in two minutes.

For gourmets, other tables are available within less than 10 minutes by car:
– Ó Detour, a warm and relaxed restaurant (we love) in a charming square at the top of the medieval village of Montpeyroux (04 73 96 69 25)
– “Mon Auberge”, Avenue de la Gare, at Parent
– “L’Armoise”, at Longues/Vic le Comte (www.restaurantlarmoise.com)
– Au Fil de l’Eau, at Corent (www.aufildeleau-restaurant.com)
– Le Bistrot Zen at Montpeyroux (http://lebistrotzen.com/) ; you are at Cyrille Zen…, book in advance!

Finally, at about 15-30 minutes:
– Un Toit pour toi, at Orcet (www.toit-pour-toi.fr)
– Origines, à Issoire, fraîchement étoilé… (https://restaurant-origines.fr)

Tasting Wines

Our region lives a renewal era of growers and wines, with excellent red “pinot noirs” or white “chardonnay”. Here are some good adresses:

Thierry Sciortino, the wine grower of our village
1, chemin du Domaine – Lachaux – 63270 Vic-le-Comte – France
Ph: +33 6 64 18 48 84 – www.vignerons-auvergne.com/domaine-de-lachaux

Le Caviste de Billom Wine Cellar, Michel Bellier, our partner and lifelong friend
14, place de la Halle – 63160 Billom – France
Ph: +33 4 73 73 33 39 – lecavistedebillom@orange.fr

La Cave de Saint Verny, a resourceful cooperative of growers
2 route d’Issoire – 63960 Veyre Monton
Ph: +33 4 73 69 92 87 – www.saint-verny.com

Outdoor activities

– Hiking on site. The hiking trail named “PR Le Basin de Vic le Comte” passes by our house (page 38 of the CHAMINA guide “Le Puy-de-Dôme”)
– Horse riding (on site) ; swimming pool (2 km) ; fishing (2 km) ; canoeing, kayaking (3 km) ; rock climbing at Chadieu (3 km)
– Adventure Park Crapa’Hutte: canoeing, zipline, via ferrata, fishing… (63500 Orbeil – 04 73 96 10 10 – www.crapa-hutte.com)
– Swimming pool “la Comté”, at Longues, 2 km down Vic le Comte (+33 4 73 70 66 99; www.allier-comte-communaute.fr/index.php?contenu=presentation)

Information

Mond’Arverne Communauté
https://www.mond-arverne.fr/