Presentation

Between plain and mountain surrounded by greenery, the village of St Alban d'Ay, cradle of truffoles, is full of natural sites: the educational forest of Grandbeau and the site of the Roche des Vents undergrowth and breathtaking views of the 30 bell towers in the surroundings. …

Without forgetting the fountain of truffoles (local name of the potato), because it is here that the potato was planted for the first time in 1540.
Other discoveries are to be made such as the plague cross, the Saint Roch well...
To see in Saint Alban d'Ay:
Find the booklet of the Parcours riddles at the Vald'Ay Tourist Office.
- La Roche des Vents and its view of the thirty surrounding steeples
- The interpretive trail of the Grandbeau educational forest
- The landscape interpretation table at a place called Ceytère
- The statue of the Little Prince by Antoine Saint Exupéry
- The castles (La Faurie, Les Rieux, Pierregrosse, Le Plantier)
- The Vincent d'Indy house

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