Sports and leisure activities Gard

This 950-meter track offers 270 cm² of 4-stroke karting. Sessions of fifteen minutes, half an hour or an hour: it's time to see what you've got under your feet. Children's, adult and two-seater karts, and birthday packages are available. For groups, there's a grand prix with free practice, time trials and the final race. A great time ahead, with a great team to welcome you.

In part of the Occitanie region, Course Camarguaise is much more than a traditional extreme sport with high emotional, technical and artistic intensity. Above all, it's an art of living and a tradition to be preserved, thanks to the richness of its culture and the strength of its history. The Fédération Française de la Course Camarguaise invites you to discover this sport of noble values in the region's arenas during the racing season, and above all, to enjoy a unique experience!

Notice to sailing, kitesurfing and paddleboarding enthusiasts and professionals... L'école de la mer, a huge white vessel inaugurated in 2018 to best meet the needs of trainees. For over 25 years, the association has been providing all apprentice sailors, riders and experts with adapted equipment. The sports village adjoins the nautical base. It faces the catamaran and optimist slipway, the UCPA pontoon for boat access to kitesurfing spots, and is located 200 meters from Plage-Nord and close to the shops.

Surfing the increasingly strong wave of tango passion - any generation confused - the lessons multiply. It's not easy to choose from all these experts. In the Plot Studio, with Michel Glaize, artistic director of the balls team, you are in good hands. In the good mood and the maintenance of the body, which does not exclude laughter and relaxation, the teacher shows you the first steps, how to move quickly towards elegance and improvisation. It's about learning technical bases and rhythmic games. In advanced courses, the avowed goal is to take pleasure in dancing well in balls. To evolve with more ease, listening carefully to music, deepening the basics, broadening the vocabulary of figures, all in perfect harmony with our partner. All an art!

Managed by an insertion workshop, this unusual workshop assumes that recycled paper has its place in solidarity economy. Salaried employees benefit from contracts assisted and learn to reuse the subject matter of old newspapers. They recover batteries and piles of printed paper, which they soak in warm water. The dough thus obtained, still loaded with ink, went into a sieve and then dried and reteintée. The leaves are then folded, cut and assembled. It is used to manufacture admirable objects: frames recycled A 4 recycled paper, rideau, corbeille for selective sorting, designer boxes, handcrafted notebooks, jour, postcards, masks. All these works are sold at the workshop or on the association's website. Sorts offers courses for children and their families. They will thus be able to manufacture and decorate their own sheet, make a paper mask, or even perform a tapestry piece. Each participant leaves with a little gift.

Led by Patrice Loubon, the co-founder of the site, this large photo gallery has been installed since 2007 to the famous Nemausus, a bold building designed by architect Jean Nouvel. It is in this quiet, airy concrete frame that prints are displayed on different media, often large formats. The gallery, with its trainer accreditation, proposes a set of courses and workshops: practical and technical of the image for any audience. In the context of associative accompaniment, these workshops are built upon request: view, paper prints, expos, website. Where you learn the basics of development in neon, but also the secrets of digital photography with its various application software. Specific modules of collective workshops are set up with the inhabitants of the city's popular districts (Valdegour, Arles Route or Mas de Mingue).

A former factory near the city centre transformed into an amusement park, that's really not ordinary! Urban Parc offers children an impressive number of activities: accrokid, accrofun, trampoline, skate park, etc. You can of course organise birthday parties or any other group outing. Here, the equipment is extremely safe and the smiling staff is always very vigilant. The little extra, the gallery dedicated to street-art with exhibitions and giant frescoes, and the catering area where the croque-jaffles are a delight!

A former railroad line, you'll feel like you've stepped back in time as soon as you take your first steps, or start pedaling. The 3 m wide track passes over the Eiffel-type Lavassac metal bridge, viaducts and tunnels for 3.5 km. Pleasant both for the quality of its surface and for the views it affords over the Cévennes valley of the Rivière d'Arre. It lends itself equally well to walks and bike rides with family and friends, rollerblade training and daily jogging.

The Saint-Roman Golf Club offers introductory courses for children and adults at affordable rates, all in an atmosphere of sharing and conviviality... A 22-station synthetic driving range and a 10-station grass driving range have been created for practice. A synthetic putting green for training, and a pitching green for perfecting your game. The course ranges from 6 to 12 holes. With several tee-offs to choose from, you'll be able to vary your game with ease!

In one of the most beautiful parts of the Cévennes, Abracadabranche promises to fill you with nature and thrills. From tree to tree, the many courses feature zip-line traversal workshops, suspension bridges, climbing nets, log walkways and more. Each course is adapted to the ages and abilities of everyone, from children to adults and teenagers. Even 2-4 year-olds have their own play area, without a harness. Cross the river or fly over the farm animals, unless you prefer their company on the ground!

This short interpretive trail takes you to meet bitterns, birds in the same family as egrets and herons. If you want to catch a glimpse of some of these birds, you'll need to be quiet and unobtrusive! Here and there, huts and platforms invite the most curious to hide and observe them. The walk is both peaceful and exotic, as you make your way along a stilted path overlooking ponds and marshes. A unique walk!

Price: free.

Distance: 1.5 kilometers.

Duration: 1 hour.

Difficulty: easy.

The Tennis club of Avignon deserves itself. A small arrow indicates "TCA and restaurant le 7" just before the Magnaneraie in Villeneuve-lèz-Avignon. The path goes up, very steep. At the top a car park and the back of a restaurant in the middle of pines, squirrels and cicadas, calm reigns and soon you can see the first two well maintained clay tennis courts. There are 6 of them as well. Finally, three quick courts invite you to play on busy days.

A family bastion of 10 hectares facing the garrigue gardoise which has been handed down from father to son since 1955. This accredited centre run by Jacques Roques and his wife Claude has impressive infrastructures - a 70 m long and 25 m wide indoor riding arena, an outdoor course with fixed obstacles, dressage and obstacle quarries - making it possible to pass all the obstacles of progression in this demanding discipline. Supervised by state-qualified instructors.

If you're dreaming of the trapper's way of life, let Raphaël guide you on his introductory courses in wilderness life (gentle survival): introduction to orienteering, bivouac construction, fire preparation, knowledge of medicinal and edible plants... This young mountain guide from the Cévennes region adapts his outings to beginner teenagers and seasoned adults alike. Not to mention a philosophy of living in harmony with nature and ecological values. Mountain bike outings, climbing courses, snowshoe hikes: it's all year round!

The route offers three loops totalling 25 km. There are no major difficulties, and it's sure to delight nature lovers. Following the coloured markers along the back channel, you first enter the land and then the undergrowth, which leads you to the Villeneuve dam. Cross the dam, pass the campsite and follow the markers or signs along the Rhône river back to the starting point, the Tour Philippe Le Bel. It's a refreshing and interesting stroll through water, vineyards, garrigue and diverse fauna.

Canoe rental and courses on the Cèze, and quad bikes for children.

This nautical base is a tailor-made place to spend quality time with friends or family, on, in or around the water, whether you're looking for sporting fun or lounging on the grass. Giant paddleboats and pedalos await smaller groups, but between two swims, you can also try your hand at climbing or via ferrata, tree climbing or mountain biking, or even archery. Friday evenings feature concerts and film screenings.

Les Poneys du Val d'Émeraude offers the perfect setting for introducing children to horse riding. In a lush 11-hectare park, young explorers can enjoy pony rides accompanied by caring adults, exciting introductory sessions and encounters with the farm's adorable inhabitants. 7-day pony courses for children aged 6 to 12 promise unforgettable adventures during the school vacations. With a breeding program of pedigree Shetland ponies available for sale, this is a paradise for pony lovers.

CAP'VR, located in Nîmes, is a real plunge into the world of virtual reality! This dedicated room, the first in Nîmes, offers a unique immersive experience. The VR Escape Games, with their 7 exciting scenarios, including three based on the famous video game Assassin's Creed, will allow you to challenge yourself with friends, colleagues or family. CAP'VR also offers 6 thrill simulators and 8 arcade game terminals (archery, zombies, paintball...). It's the ideal place for fans of new technologies and virtual challenges!