"Music valley" - the High
Allier heritage area
one
of France's hidden treasures
A
heritage area in every sense -
music, history, culture and
environment
In
the heart of the Auvergne, and just off the A75 motorway, "Music-valley" is the High valley of the river
Allier and its tributaries around the small towns of Brioude and
Langeac, in the department of Haute Loire, a rural area with a remarkably rich musical life during the summer months. It
includes the communes of Brioude, Vieille Brioude, Saint Ilpize,
Villeneuve d'Allier, Blassac, Lavoûte Chilhac, Chilhac, Aubazat,
Reilhac, Langeac Chanteuges and others.
Well away from any mass
tourism area, this part of the Auvergne has no large hotels or holiday
resorts; accommodation is provided by small hotels, gites and holiday
cottages, bed and breakfasts or campsites.
Nothing flash, but plenty of good quality...
Hotels:
Campings:
- Brioude:
Camping de la Bageasse
- Villeneuve
d'Allier
Camping de la Vialette
- Lavoûte
Chilhac:
Camping Municipal.
- Chilhac:
Camping municipal
- Langeac:
Camping municipal
- Paulhaguet:
Camping Val de Senouire
Gites:
Saint
Ilpize:
- Blassac
- Saint
Ilpize:
- Villeneuve
d'Allier
Some
local BandBs
En
val d'Allier:
- Chilhac
- Saint Ilpize
- Tapon
Brivadois:
Allagnon,
Senouire:
Photo top of page -
end of the day in the historic centre of Brioude
Music
in the
Auvergne
-
"
Music-valley"
is the high valley of the river Allier, covering the rural district
areas of
Brioude and
Langeac, in the department of Haute Loire,
Auvergne,
southern
France.
The
music
season
in the valley is a relaxed affair, and unique in rural France by its
extent and its duration. The venues are mostly small, the
performers good - often top quality, but the prices reasonable. Unlike any other summer
music programme in rural France (and there are plenty of them), this is
a fringe without a festival, two months of music for
pleasure, organised by musicians themselves, volunteers, villages and
cultural associations.
Musique
en la Vallée association invites you to discover our
sponsors
Patisserie chocolaterie Jacques
Legrand,
Master
chocolate maker
Patisserie
rue du 4 septembre
Brioude
04 71 0 23 16
La Mirandelle
-
Tearoom
& café
Beside the Basilica
Brioude
04 71 74 90 01
Ets.
Oléon
Cycles
& D-I-Y store
Rue Croix st
Isidore Brioude.
Website
Escandilha
Local arts and
crafts
19 r Sébastopol - Brioude
On Facebook
Ets.
PIC
Household goods and TV
Hifi - satellite
-TV
kitchen equipment
Brioude
Website
Briva-Bio Bio-coop.
Alimentation bio -
organic produce
Place du Postel - Brioude
Website
Ets Cornaire
6 rue des Ecoles, chappes,43390 Auzon
Central
heating systems, plumbing experts, solar panels, heat pumps -
systems renovations.
Website
Librairie Vercingetorix
Livres, beaux arts, fournitures de bureau.
Bookshop, fine
arts, postcards
14 Bd Vercingetorix - Brioude
On Facebook
Le Saint
Julien
Restaurant - Pizzeria.
Beside the Basilica,
Brioude.
Website
La Banque
Populaire Auvergne Rhône-Alpes
Cooperative bank
Branches in
Brioude and
Langeac
Website