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  The Opéra Conference Centre has an information sheet "Unité de Lieu - The whole place" available showing accommodation and recreational activities in Vichy.
The 18 hole golf course at Vichy is one of the finest in France due to both its age and beauty. Overlooking the calm waters of Lac d'Allier its fairways are surrounded by a genuine arboretum planted with some 300 species of tree. Eight minutes from Vichy. This is a completely new 18 hole course created in a forest of hundred year old oaks. Special offers for conference participants and non participants, both enthusiasts or beginners.
Discounts are offered to "congressistes" (conference participants) to enable them to discover all the benefits of hydrotherapy using water from natural hot springs.
Moulin Richard de Bas. This mill manufactures paper by hand using 14th century techniques. It contains a museum tracing the history of paper making from earliest times. It has a display of writing materials and explains the life and work of paper craftsmen. You will assist in making paper by hand, from cutting up the rags through to drying in the "étendoirs" (stretchers). 75km from Vichy - open all the year. Visit the Maison des Couteliers : centre for the production and sale of high quality cutlery.
Visit the Musée de la Coutellerie (Museum of Cutlery) : collection of knives, scissors, razors and edge tools. 35 km from Vichy - open all the year.
(situated in an ancient restored sheepfold) 
Flower growing under glass and outdoors over an area of 1.5 ha (3.7 acres). The visit includes the sun drying shed and the electric flower drying oven. For each plant a precise temperature and drying time is required! This stage is essential for the quality of a stain free dried flower... Visit the workshop creating the over 300 natural arrangements on permanent display. La Cristallière (Crystal engraver) : exhibition of minerals and fossils from all over the world - jewelry work in fine stones.
5 km from Vichy - Open every day
Throughout the year Vichy hosts performances in the unique surroundings of its Art Nouveau style opera house by opera singers, symphonic orchestras, variety, theatre and dance...
Evening horse race meetings at the hippodrome provide the best evening fixtures in Europe.
Between May and September forty meetings (three quarters of which are in the evening) are organized at the Vichy horse racing track where three types of racing take place : flat, trotting, hurdling. Facilities are available at the track to provide hospitality services during a meeting or for a private reception on other dates.
Duration of tour approximately 1 h 30 starting from the Tourist Office (Office de Tourisme). 
Duration of walk approximately 1 h 30 starting from the Tourist Office (Office de Tourisme). Duration of walk approximately 1 h 30 starting from the Tourist Office (Office de Tourisme). Duration of walk approximately 1 h 30 starting from the Tourist Office (Office de Tourisme). Duration of walk approximately 1 h 30.
Le Pal : situated in the countryside and covering over 23 hectares (57 acres), the Le Pal park has almost 500 animals from the 5 continents exhibited in a semi-free environment as well as a large number of attractions for all the family.
In the Escapades brochure more than 22 trips are listed starting at Vichy and exploring the surrounding region within a radius of 80 km. Discover the Montagne Bourbonnaise, Val de Sioule, Val de Besbre, Livradois - Forez National Park, Volcans National Park.
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