Ambert Travel Guide

 kokoryko Says:  I visited this paper mill and museum 3-4 times, but without camera. . . Personal picture when I will update. . . . . This is the last working paper mill of Auvergne. They have also a museum displaying artefacts of local life in the past centuries: bedrooms, furniture,... 

 kokoryko Says:  The Dore river runs from the Craponne plateau down to the Allier and waters the western part of Ambert. This relatively small river is in places a roaring stream and in other places, a very quiet river. During hot sunny summer days it is quite refreshing and relaxing to walk... 

 kokoryko Says:  If there is one thing not to be missed in Ambert, it is the Musée de la Fourme, which is much more than the Fourme museum, it is a cheese museum, where you can learn how cheese is done, what sorts of cheese are elaborated world wide, how to serve cheese, well, everything you... 

 kokoryko Says:  This church is not exactly an architectural beauty, a rather massive construction, of gothic style, from the 15-16th century, with a bell tower from the Renaissance. It is a custom to call it a cathedral, but it is not anymore; sometimes it is called the cathedral of... 

 kokoryko Says:  When you walk in the quiet streets of Ambert, open your eyes; not only you will see half timbering houses, but also old stone built houses, small arches with porches linking streets, the long circular street following the former defensive wall, see old carved doors, and of... 

 kokoryko Says:  The old half timbering houses of Ambert are a bit special: I do not know one which has a right angle between the walls and which has really vertical walls: this is part of the charm of these houses, lots of which are painted in bright colours.Since a few years they are... 

 kokoryko Says:  City hallIn one of the novels of Jules Romains, one of the character writes to his friend wanting to visit him: “I will wait for you opposite the city hall, that day, that time”. Well, when you see this building, where is opposite. . . ?This building also called la mairie... 

 kokoryko Says:  Ambert by itself is worth a visit but in my opinion, the surroundings are so beautiful that you may spend years before you see every thing, but well, a few days will do it for beginning and if you fall in love with the area, nothing prevents to come back.A visit to the... 

 kokoryko Says:  I cannot resist writing again about this cheese; Originally the fourme was elaborated in the Hautes Chaumes areas (high meadows) in the Forez Mountains, East of Ambert, when the cattle was herded there, from May to October, before going down to the valleys when the weather... 

 kokoryko Says:  When you walk around in Ambert or in the villages and countryside, you may notice that many houses are decorated with pear trees near the entrance. Generally, we see flower lianes or wine, but pears! Well, the trees provide fruit or sugar for winter, and they generally grow... 

 kokoryko Says:  Hiking trails are everywhere in the hills around Ambert, and walking a few hours you can discover beautiful landscapes, visit tiny villages and their chapels, look at cattle, find mushrooms in the woods, cross small creeks; well, it is just relaxing to go out for a few...