Route

 

‘Le Relais des Eléphants Colorés’ formerly was a small farm (fermette) with a land area of 8,500 m2. The farm is located in Les Guis, near the village of Virlet, amidst the woods and meadows of Combrailles, in the Puy-de-Dôme department in the Auvergne; the freen heart of France. Information of how to get to us is listed below.

 

By car – navigation

 

To get to us by navigation system, in general it should be possible to enter ‘Les Guis’ or ‘Lieu-dit Les Guis’ (depending on brand gps) as a street name and ‘Virlet’ as the city name. If this address is unknown in your navigation system ,our GPD coordinates are as follows:

N 46.14200° E 2.72800°

By car – from Paris

 

–	Around Paris follow the direction of Bordeaux
–	At Orléans take the A71 in the direction of Clermont-Ferrand
–	On the A71 take exit Montluçon
–	Go right in the direction of Commentry
–	At the roundabout take the third exit – direction Commentry
–	At the roundabout take the second exit – direction Commentry (D39)
–	After 3.2km take the second exit on the roundabout – direction Commentry (D39)
–	After 3.6km take the second exit on the roundabout – direction Commentry (D39)
–	After 3.2km take the second exit on the roundabout – direction Neris-les-Bains/Commentry (D37)
–	After 1.7km take the third exit on the roundabout – direction centre ville
–	After 600m at the second traffic lights go right in the direction of Larequille/St-Eloy-les-Mines (D69)
–	After 350m take the first exit on the roundabout – direction Clermont-Ferrand/Larequille
–	After 5.5km take the third exit on the roundabout (in Durdant-Larequille) – direction Riom/Clermont-Ferrand (D2144)
–	Stay on this road until after approximately 7km you can take a right in the direction Ars-les-Favets/La Crouzille
–	Follow this road (D103) and go straight at the crossroad in the direction of La Crouzille/Pionsat
–	In La Crouzille go straight at the stop sign in the direction og Pionsat (D103)
–	At Le Vellarde go straight on the D103 (do NOT follow the sign to Virlet)
–	At the end of the D103 on the crossroads go right in the direction of Virlet/Pionsat (D79)
–	Cross a small bridge and then take the first road left in the direction of Pionsat
–	After the signs Chantemerle/La Vialle (right side of the road) take the first road left (after 600m), in the direction of Les Guis
–	Le Relais des Eléphants Colorés is the second house on the right – take the first road right to find us

 

Per car – from the south

 

–	At Clermont-Ferrand take the highway (A71) direction Paris, Riom, Bordeaux
–	After approximately 22 km take the A89/E70 direction Bordeaux, Limoges
–	After approximately 9,6 km take exit 27 in the direction of Manzat
–	After the péage, at the roundabout, take the exit towards Saint-Gervais d’Auvergne (D227)
–	At Saint-Gervais d’Auvergne you stay on the D227, going left around Saint-Gervais
–	After Saint-Gervais d’Auvergne you get to a roundabout, where you take the third exit towards Pionsat
–	After approximately 14 km you arrive at the first crossroads at Pionsat (where you see the supermarket Intermarché and a gas station). Here you go right towards St. Éloy les M. (D988)
–	After 800 meter you take a left towards La Crouzille (D514A)
–	After 300 meter you take a right towards La Crouzille (D514)
–	After approximately 3,2 km take a richt to Les Guis
–	Le Relais des Eléphants Colorés is the second house on the right – take the first road right to find us