Buron Cœur d’Aubrac

😊: I knew a little about the Aubrac plateau before staying, but gosh what a place. You’re in a small but monumental granite building, down a rough track, surrounded by boulder-strewn grassland and Aubrac cattle with nothing to break the silence but cowbells and crickets, and the sound of the wind. For a visiting Brit it’s like being in a highland croft dropped into the middle of Dartmoor (after a few more decades of climate change). Haunting. There’s even a little tor, looking out over the basin below like your own Pride Rock. And at night, the starry sky.. 😢: It’s probably worth mentioning, especially for foreign visitors, that there are some “field trip” aspects to the accommodation. The sleeping is dormitory-style, all the beds in one upstairs room. Bedding costs €12 extra per adult, and they don’t provide towels - luckily we had a couple of beach towels with us. That’s what held this back from a 10. But honestly, for the location and the cuteness of the house, it’s worth it..