Le Puy-en-Velay, France Hotels, Vacations, Tourism

Right in the middle of the Massif Central, 78km from St-Étienne and 132km from Clermont, LE PUY-EN-VELAY , often shortened to Le Puy, is one of the most remarkable towns in the whole of France, with a landscape and architecture which are totally theatrical. Slung between the higher mountains to east and west, the landscape erupts in a chaos of volcanic acne: everywhere is a confusion of abrupt conical hills, scarred with dark outcrops of rock and topknotted with woods. Even in the centre of the town, these volcanic thrusts burst through. In the past, Le Puy enjoyed influence and prosperity because of its … more »