Panoramic Domes – The cog railway
Opening
From 04/11 to 31/12/2024 between 10 am and 5 pm.
Closed Monday and Tuesday.
Closed exceptionally on December 25th.
Open exceptionally on 11/11.
From 01/01 to 16/03/2025 between 10 am and 5 pm.
Closed Monday and Tuesday.
From 17/03 to 21/03/2025.
Closed Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday and Friday.
From 22/03 to 30/06/2025, daily between 9 am and 7 pm.
From 01/07 to 31/08/2025, daily between 9 am and 8 pm.
From 01/09 to 02/11/2025, daily between 9 am and 7 pm.
Prices
Teenager: from 8.60 €
Family pass: from 41.60 €
One way ticket for adult: from 14.40 €
Round-trip ticket for adult: from 17.20 €.
Free entry for children < 4 years.
Group rate available for > 20 people.
Means of payment
- Bank/credit card
- Travellers Cheque
- Cash
- Online payment
Description
The mountainside pathway offers a comfortable 15 minute journey and reveals a breathtaking panorama on the chain of Puys, the plain of Limagne, Clermont-Ferrand and the Massif du Sancy. Arriving at the station of the summit, you are left with a few meters to cross to find out the " Giant Dome " mythical site, lighthouse symbol of the Auvergne.
Comfort & services
- Picnic area
- Bar
- Car park
- Restaurant
- Coach parking
- Free car park
- Pets welcome
- Pets supplement
- Tourist brochures
- Restaurant
- Fast food
Area & capacity
- Customer base Home school groups, Holiday Camps Home, Children, Special rate for jobseekers, Special rate for large families, Special rate for disabled people, Groups, Students
- Maximum group size 400
- Minimum group size 20
- Maximum possible tourist capacity: 50
- Total number of people in wheelchairs: 6
Adapted tourism
accessible for self-propelled wheelchairs, even flooring with no obstacles, minimum aisle width of 90 cm, doors >=77 cm wide, lift (80 x 130 cm) and door >= 77 cm, reception desk between 70-80 cm high, wc + grab handle + adequate space to move
Other references
- "Accueil Vélo" : Cyclists Welcome label
Spoken languages
Activities on site
- Activity
- Tourist transport
- Tourist trains
- Archeological digs
- Botanical
- Ceramics
- Fauna - flora
- Gastronomy
- Geology
- Board games
- Sculpture
- Agricultural
- Bee-keeping
- Plastic arts
- Audiovisual/media
- Discovery
- Environment
- Engraving
- History
- Regional products
- Tradition/folklore
- Water
- Gardening
- Creative hobbies
- Winter sports
- Various sports
- Equestrian sports
- Pedestrian sports
- Yoga
- Trottin'herbe / Devalkart (grass scooters and go-karts)
- Ice sports
- Dog-powered scooter/trike
- Sled dogs
- New winter sport
- Snow-shoes
- Harness
- Pony
- Riding
- Horse trekking
- Donkey trekking
- Nordic walking
- Canicross
- Hiking
- Orientation race
- Ice skating
- Trail
- Fitness
- Well-being
Situation
- Environment: mountain view, town outskirts, village 2 km away
- Altitude : 1465 metre
Associated structures
Concert Wazoo | Sommet du puy de Dôme
Concert Wazoo | Sommet du puy de Dôme