True source of the Loire River
This source is the official source stated on the cadastral survey n°87. It runs into a natural setting and comes out in a meadow under a flagstone bearing the inscription ''ici commence ma route vers l'océan'' (my journey to the ocean starts here).
Se rendre à l'abreuvoir "dans l'étable de mon grand-père", comme indiquera une jeune fille à son certificat d'études. La Loire prend sa source dans l'est du Massif central, au pied sud du mont Gerbier de Jonc, dans la commune ardèchoise de Sainte-Eulalie, à 1408 m d'altitude. La source géographique de la Loire : au départ un simple filet d'eau qui donne un des plus beau fleuve de notre pays.
Période d'ouverture
All year round.Facilities / Interests
Equipements
Bar, Themed path, Parking nearbyServices
Guided individual tours, Unguided group tours, Guided group tours, Themed tour, Shop, Set down on-site for groups, Restaurant, Unguided individual toursDuree Moyenne Visite Groupe
90Duree Moyenne Visite Individuelle
90Prestations Visites Individuelles
Unguided individual tours available permanentlyGuided individual tours available permanently
Prestations Visites Groupees
Unguided group tours available permanentlyGuided group tours available permanently
Complement Visite
Nature guides accompany you along the Sentier des Sources de la Loire path (path of the sources) every day of the week during the months of July and August, and during the weekends in late June and early September. You can also walk the path unaccompanied: past the geographical and authentic sources, follow the blue dots on the path that starts in front of the Gerbier de Jonc restaurant, left of the road that comes from the Gerbier de Jonc esplanade.Visitable
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