The Pal & the Bourbonnais

By stopping at the Clé des Champs in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire, you are in the north-east of the Auvergne, close to Burgundy, in the Allier, 20 minutes from the famous PAL, an amusement park and animal park located in Saint-Pourçain-sur-Besbre.

A leisure and nature destination par excellence, La Clé des Champs in Pierrefitte-sur-Loire is a fantastic playground for family holidays in the Bourbonnais. Already by its location overlooking the 9 hectare pond, a leisure center which proposes numerous recreational activities throughout the year (fishing, leisure area with games for children, beach, picnic area, beach volleyball court...) as well as by its proximity to the greenway on the towpath of the canal lateral to the Loire which opens up very beautiful prospects for hiking, by bike but also along the water on a boat trip (Canalous). Nature lovers will be delighted because the Allier department is the 2nd richest in fauna and flora after the Camargue and enablesyou to observe many species, particularly birds: ducks, mallards, cranes, white herons and ash, storks as well as wild geese. The Allier and the Loire (just a few km from the Clé des Champs) are the last two wild rivers in Europe. You can practice water activities there such as canoeing as well as fishing in the nearby small river Besbre.

Between the canal and the Loire, to the rhythm of its three bridges and under the watchful eye of its three castles, Pierrefitte-sur-Loire also reveals the witnesses of its rich past to history lovers. Around Pierrefitte, the Bourbonnais bocage, cradle of the Bourbon dynasty, is a land of castles that you will enjoy visiting. 40 minutes away, Moulins, historic capital of the Bourbonnais and prefecture of the Allier labeled City of Art and History, also offers a beautiful architectural and cultural heritage, a vestige of its glorious past as a former duchy of the Bourbon family.

Just 15 minutes from Pierrefitte, in Saône-et-Loire, the town of Digoin is an exceptional river crossroads irrigated by 4 canals. You can discover its astonishing canal bridge; its Loire museum, the Observaloire; its ceramics museum and the commercial activity of a dynamic town... In the other direction, Bourbon-Lancy will reveal its thermal district, its historic center as well as numerous leisure activities.

Do not hesitate to ask us, we will be happy to advise you in your discovery of our beautiful region.