Photo camera in hand: chain of extinct volcanoes. Views of Auvergne.

There are three distinct and detached chains of volcanoes in Auvergne, each of its own geological character, genesis and time of eruptions.

The panorama of the chain des Puys a slack moutonnement cones and domes woodlands. A total of 80 volcanoes of recent origin (between ten thousand and six hundred thousand years). Very different in appearance, the massif du Cantal is a single volcanic edifice much older (between three million years and two hundred fifty thousand years) of 150 km tour. It is a country of hot springs and lakes. The man has worked patiently to shape their surroundings, fertile farm land and build with lava.

Like other regional parks, the volcanic park also aims to promote and maintain its production craft. To do so, the parks have a tool for labelling, "Brand Park," filed by the Ministry of Environment french request to the National Institute of Industrial Property. On the territory of the Park, three products are currently recipients of the "Make Regional Nature Park Volcans d'Auvergne" the Aveze, drink made from the roots of yellow gentian (Gentiana lutea); honey of volcanic park, produced by four operators labelled, broken down into three types of products: flower honey mountain d'Auvergne, dandelion honey, honey chestnut; finally beef Salers of 37 operators Cantal and Puy-de-Dome also boast the Park.