City Tour Vichy and Clermont-Ferrand

On Sunday night we arrived in Vichy and slept at Sofitel Vichy Hotel. On Monday morning we started our week in Auvergne and Limousin with a visit of the town. Vichy is a nice old city, well known for its thermal baths and spa facilities. A majority of the buildings date from the end of the 19th and the beginning of the 20st century. A nice selection of neo-gothic, neo-renaissance and art nouveau architecture can be viewed here. Vichy is situated only half an hour drive from the airport of Clermond-Ferrand.

In the afternoon we left Vichy for Clermont-Ferrand. Clermont Ferrand is the prefecture (capital) of the Puy-de-Dôme department, Auvergne. Clermont-Ferrand sits on the plain of Limagne in the Massif Central. The city is famous for the chain of volcanoes, the Chaîne des Puys surrounding it. Most of the historic buildings we have seen on our tour were made out of dark Volcano stone: this material is very durable and characteristic of the region.

Clermont-Ferrand is also famous for hosting world's number one International short-film festival as well as Michelin 's corporate headquarters, the famous tyre company created more than 100 years ago in the city.

Al 2 reacties bij deze pin

• 2009-02-17 13:56:17

  vichy ziet er knus uit. Naast lekkere crème zijn er gelukkig ook de vloerboensloffen!
• 2009-02-18 22:13:55

  Ik wilde er al niet over beginnen :) Mooi hoor. Leuk voor volgend jaar!