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La Roque Saint-Christophe – View over the Vézère Valley loop from Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

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Saint-Léon-Sur-Vézère

La Roque Saint-Christophe – View over the Vézère Valley loop from Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

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La Roque Saint-Christophe – View over the Vézère Valley loop from Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

04:23

15.5km

330m

Hiking

Moderate hike. Good fitness required. Easily-accessible paths. Suitable for all skill levels. The starting point of the route is right next to a parking lot.

Last updated: July 15, 2026

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Parking

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268 m

Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

Highlight • Settlement

Classified among the Most Beautiful Villages of France, Saint-Léon sur Vézère is peacefully installed in a cingle of the Vézère. Beautiful and peaceful place

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5.90 km

A unique troglodyte site in the world, Roque Saint-Christophe is a limestone wall 80 meters high and one kilometer long. Dug by the river and the frost, it contains around a hundred rock shelters and aerial terraces.

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6.12 km

La Roque Saint-Christophe

Highlight • Historical Site

very nice website

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6.22 km

The Rock Shelters of the Vézère Valley

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This real limestone wall, one kilometer long and eighty meters high, constantly undermined by the river and the frost, has been hollowed out with a hundred rock shelters and long …

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7.27 km

Bridge over the Vézère

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Breathtaking view of the Vézère and the Roque Saint Christophe

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12.3 km

View over the Vézère Valley

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Beautiful view of the valley around Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère. In summer the river is animated by hundreds of canoeists who descend the Vézère from Montignac.

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Le Manoir de la Salle

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Residential tower from the 12th/15th century. Equipped from top to bottom. It goes up to the roof.
Beautifully done.

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15.5 km

End point

Parking

Way Types & Surfaces

Way Types

5.15 km

5.07 km

4.64 km

641 m

Surfaces

5.44 km

3.42 km

3.23 km

2.47 km

652 m

252 m

Elevation

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Highest point (210 m)

Lowest point (60 m)

Weather

Today

Thursday 16 July

31°C

19°C

15 %

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Comments

July 6, 2023,Wanderung am Camping Paradis🌴🪻⚘️🌻

Camping Paradis really is paradise. A colorful green oasis, a gardening masterpiece. From here it starts directly on the Vezere to the rock caves of St. Christophe. Through shady forests you go to Saint Leon sur Vezere, one of the most beautiful places in France. Break at the river with a view of the canoeists and of course with Orangina. …

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July 19, 2021,Panorama sur la Vézère

Superb hike, View of the troglodyte village of Roque St Christophe, stop in the village of St Léon sur Vézère with a local beer (and chocolate). Beautiful panoramas (hilly course with beautiful climbs).

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May 29, 2022,Boucle Vézère

Beautiful day trip around the Vézère.
Can be extended with a visit to the Roque Saint-Christophe (see photos)

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La Roque Saint-Christophe – View over the Vézère Valley loop from Saint-Léon-sur-Vézère

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