- L’Autre Chemin
- Who are we ?
A travel agency specializing in hiking and cycling trips in Auvergne and throughout France
L’Autre Chemin is the electric bike trekking and travel agency of Puy-en-Velay.
We offer you itinerant trips by biking or walking on the trails of Auvergne and the Massif-Central, on back roads but also on small country roads.
Created in 2016, L’Autre Chemin is a human-sized outdoor travel agency located in Puy-en-Velay, a crossroads of great roaming, which gives us real knowledge of the paths, in particular the Way of St. James, the Stevenson Way, the Way of Saint-Régis, the Way of Saint-Guilhem or the Tour des Volcans du Velay…
Electric bike or bike trips
It’s the pleasure of discovering the landscapes of Haute-Loire – Auvergne or elsewhere, the heritage and the people… Take advantage of one of our turnkey stays to experience an extraordinary adventure by electric bike or bicycle for a week, or a weekend, as a couple, with friends or family (with our children’s electric bikes)…
With the wind in your hair, ride with peace of mind, as all your stages are organized and you benefit from luggage transport included! Follow the digital travel diary… You ride freely on the paths and back roads by electric bike or bicycle, according to your desires…
With a fleet of recent electric bikes (possibility of VTC without assistance for the more athletic!) – Discover our fleet of bikes) L’Autre Chemin is a bicycle travel agency that offers you turnkey stays for solo, couple, family or friends. Discover the Mézenc, the sucs of Meygal, the Loire Sauvage but also the Ardèche Mountains, the gorges of Haut Allier, the Monts du Devès, Le Haut-Lignon, Le Puy en Velay… But also the opportunity to discover the Way of Saint-Jacques de Compostelle to Conques or Stevenson, the Canal du Midi and the Canal de Garonne but also Vendée or Guadeloupe by electric bike or by bike according to your desires! L’Autre Chemin has specially designed itineraries offering a wide variety of landscapes, traveling along small picturesque roads or accessible paths to offer you a new and real experience of discovery of the Haute-Loire where all your senses will be awakened
You travel freely and follow a suitable route with stages chosen to fully enjoy your stay on varied routes combining small country roads and accessible paths.
Extra: You have access to modern electric bikes that offer comfort and ease. L’Autre Chemin also offers adult mountain bikes without electric assistance, children’s electric bikes, and child trailers. Discover our fleet of electric bikes
Your stays are based with half-board (except in special cases specified in the stay information sheets) are booked in welcoming hotels, lodges or guest houses (personal room, beds made, towels provided).
- Your luggage is delivered at each stage of your stay (except in special cases specified in the description)
Hiking tours
Travel by walking… Walk to travel!
L’Autre Chemin offers legendary hiking trails such as the Camino de Santiago – Puy-Conques, the Stevenson Trail in full or week-long versions, the Saint-Guilhem Trail, the Tour des Monts d’Aubrac, and also the Saint-Régis Trail for those looking to get off the beaten track.
Your half-board stays (except in special cases specified in the program) are booked in welcoming hotels, lodges or guesthouses (personal room, beds made, towels provided).
For your convenience, we offer luggage transport at every stop. So you only need to travel with your day bag!
L’Autre Chemin invites you to walk with your mind free from any contingencies linked to the organization of your journey.
A word from the founder of L’Autre Chemin
I am from Haute-Loire, where I spent my entire childhood. Later, I left the department to work in the tourism sector, notably for the tourism development of the National Museums and the Walibi – Rhône-Alpes amusement park. I managed holiday villages in Savoie in the Massif des Bauges and directed the Tourist Offices of La Tania – Les 3 Vallées and La Rosière – Espace San Bernardo and Mézenc Loire Meygal.
Today, back to my roots, I am the founder of L’Autre Chemin, a hiking and cycling travel agency based in Le Puy-en-Velay. An agency in which I like to combine my professional experience and my taste for traveling (I walked for 2 months from Pau to Santiago de Compostela with my children, then aged 4 and 5, and two donkeys). I wanted this travel agency to be sincere, authentic, and faithful to the values of the region in which I set it up.
I hope that The Other Way will bring you as much pleasure in exploring the routes by bike and on foot as I had in creating and traveling them for you.
Pierre
The Autre Chemin team, your cycling and walking travel agency
L’Autre Chemin is a small, friendly cycling and walking tour agency. Our team consists of two people.
Pierre
Originally from Le Puy – The director of L’Autre Chemin, he designs the trails, creates the travel journals, prepares your bikes, and knows all the subtleties of the terrain…
Valérie
Originally from Lyon – She welcomes you, advises you and takes care of the accounting… In her life, she even managed a paragliding school, you can trust her!