Saut de Gouloux

Gouloux

In the heart of the Morvan regional nature park, between the Settons dam and the park's visitor centre at Saint-Brisson, the Caillot, a stream swollen by the waters of the Bridier, plunges some ten metres into a chaos of granite boulders before joining the Cure: this is the Saut de Gouloux, the most famous waterfall in the Nivernais Morvan. The place is more than a natural curiosity: from 1804 to 1920, two watermills, one of them an oil mill, turned at the foot of the falls; their ruins can still be seen to the right of the cascade, and an old photograph displayed on site keeps their memory alive. The site also recalls the epic of timber floating: for centuries, logs from the Morvan travelled to Paris by the Cure and then the Yonne to heat the capital. Recently the cinema set up its cameras here for the film "Les Vétos". At around 550 metres above sea level, the Saut de Gouloux remains a cool, sonorous halt where water, stone and forest compose one of the most evocative landscapes of the upper Morvan.

Getting there : Via the RD 977 bis between the Settons dam and Saint-Brisson; small roadside car park, then an easy 5-minute path

Opening times and access details are given as a guide only: check before you set out.

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