Guidebook for Mainsat
Entertainment & Activities
Vulcania
2 Rte de MazayesHi-tech theme park featuring rides, games, and ‘5D’ films.
Our nearest swimming lake with a playground for children, pedalos for hire and an excellent cafe / bistro. Feel free to take the dinghy and kayak from the house along with you
7 locals recommend
Étang de la Naute
Our nearest swimming lake with a playground for children, pedalos for hire and an excellent cafe / bistro. Feel free to take the dinghy and kayak from the house along with you
Sightseeing
Great kayaking, fishing, parcours, mountain biking, a sculpture garden and even a skate park!
118 locals recommend
Lac de Vassivière
D3Great kayaking, fishing, parcours, mountain biking, a sculpture garden and even a skate park!
Range of extinct volcanos, including the world-famous Puy de Dôme with the remains of a Roman temple at its summit. You can reach the top on foot or via a new funicular railway.
Monts Domes
Range of extinct volcanos, including the world-famous Puy de Dôme with the remains of a Roman temple at its summit. You can reach the top on foot or via a new funicular railway.
The pretty, historic market town of Aubusson, around 40 minutes’ drive south, is recognised by UNESCO as the world centre of tapestry making, and visitors will find many galleries and museums celebrating the craft.
74 locals recommend
Aubusson
The pretty, historic market town of Aubusson, around 40 minutes’ drive south, is recognised by UNESCO as the world centre of tapestry making, and visitors will find many galleries and museums celebrating the craft.
Gigantic balancing granite boulders. Kids' parcours course adjacent
9 locals recommend
Les Pierres Jaumatres
Gigantic balancing granite boulders. Kids' parcours course adjacent
Beauty spot on the river en route to the Lac de Vassiviere. Stop for a picnic lunch!
6 locals recommend
Rigole du Diable
Beauty spot on the river en route to the Lac de Vassiviere. Stop for a picnic lunch!
Oradour-sur-Glane
Memorial site of martyred WWII village. Very moving experience
Arts & Culture
Chãteau de Villemonteix
Chãteau de VillemonteixMediaeval chateau
musée départemental de la tapisserie d'Aubusson
Rue des Artshttp://www.cite-tapisserie.fr/
Everything Else
Château de Boussac
Château de BoussacMediaeval chateau
Essentials
Mainsat
http://www.casino-proximite.fr/vival/route-dauzances-mainsat/magasin-e0350.html
https://www.intermarche.com/home/magasins/accueil/creuse/auzances-08141.html
7 locals recommend
Auzances
https://www.intermarche.com/home/magasins/accueil/creuse/auzances-08141.html
Shopping
Montluçon
Best market in the area each Friday.
Annual folk festival each summer, which in 2017 runs 2-6 August.
23 locals recommend
Felletin
Best market in the area each Friday.
Annual folk festival each summer, which in 2017 runs 2-6 August.
Clermont-Ferrand