Val Castle – Bort-les-Orgues Dam loop from Lanobre

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Val Castle – Bort-les-Orgues Dam loop from Lanobre

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Val Castle – Bort-les-Orgues Dam loop from Lanobre

04:12

14.7km

340m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily walkable paths. The starting point of the route is accessible with public transport.

Last updated: August 21, 2026

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Your route passes through protected areas

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Parc naturel régional des Volcans d'Auvergne

Waypoints

Start point

Bus stop

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299 m

Château Val in the Bort Reservoir

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Beautiful castle, close for the siesta

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3.00 km

Val Castle

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Yes ; a very beautiful castle which was saved from being engulfed ...... like some villages and chapels! It was sold to Bords les orgues by EDF for a symbolic 1 franc!
He is magnificent.

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3.76 km

Wooden Boardwalk in Parc Naturel Régional des Volcans d'Auvergne

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nice picnic place

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4.10 km

Castle and lake views

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Pleasant path on the Cantal banks of the dam. Possibility to make a short loop from the castle going up on the Monteil or to extend to the Siauve for a longer loop.

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5.98 km

Bort-les-Orgues Dam

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An impressive dam which has a museum that can be visited! It's worth the detour

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8.55 km

The Bort dam is a structure 120 meters high and 390 meters long, straddling the municipalities of Bort and Lanobre, and creating a reservoir of more than 10 km2. Built between 1942 and 1952, it was then a veritable concrete juggernaut and today it remains one of the largest dams in France (and still the third in mainland France if we look at the quantity of water retained by a concrete construction). It is also the first and largest reservoir in the hydroelectric system of the Dordogne valley.

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14.7 km

End point

Bus stop

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