Discover Anlezy: Hiking Trails, Heritage and Landscape

Choosing Anlezy as a destination lets you shape your stay around different interests: hiking leads through landscapes of fields, forests and the Andarge stream, while the area also offers sights and agricultural history. The specific features of the routes described can help you choose between hiking and cycling. The Andarge River is in Anlezy and is also part of the Tour de Cizely-Anlezy route.

Hiking through fields, forests and a cultural landscape

The Tour de Cizely-Anlezy follows the C6 towards Anlezy, passing fields, forests and the Andarge stream. If the surroundings matter to you when choosing a route, these landscape features provide a clear point of reference. The trail offers a variety of impressions, combining farmland, woodland and a waterway. This makes the Tour an easy-to-identify hiking option for those seeking a route with a distinct focus on scenery.

Another hiking trail also crosses a landscape where extensive cattle farming and crop cultivation are combined. This view of the cultural landscape complements the route features of the Tour de Cizely-Anlezy with an agricultural focus. Another option is the Petit Tour de Cizely, classified as a very easy hiking route. If you are particularly interested in a clearly stated difficulty level, this classification can help guide your choice.

Sights and agricultural history

The Église Saint-Nazaire et Saint-Celse d’Anlezy and the gravestones in Anlezy’s cemetery are sights along the Cizely-Anlezy hiking trail. The route thus combines scenic impressions with cultural stops. However, access to the church is restricted: due to the risk of the cross on the church tower falling, access is limited to residents and the families of those buried in the old cemetery. The corresponding visitor notice was updated on 27 March 2026.

Agricultural history is also part of Anlezy’s story: Mathieu d’Oyé, from the Brionnais region, introduced the Charolais cattle breed to the Nivernais here. This historical connection adds another perspective on agriculture to the landscape described, with its cattle farming and crop cultivation: both as part of the scenery and as the history of a cattle breed’s introduction.

Hiking or cycling: different highlights

There is a cycling loop described in the area around Anlezy. It starts in Anlezy, passes through several places and ends back there. If you are looking for a circuit with the same start and finish point when planning your trip, this gives you a clear point of reference. Unlike the hiking routes, this cycling loop focuses on passing through several places and returning to Anlezy.

The options therefore differ according to what matters for your trip planning: the Petit Tour de Cizely is classified as a very easy hiking route; the Tour de Cizely-Anlezy’s description includes the C6, fields, forests and the Andarge; and the cycling loop returns to Anlezy. The sights along the hiking trail also bring the church and gravestones into the picture as cultural features; note the stated access restriction for the church.

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For the main travel overview: Nièvre.