Water sports and leisure activities Loire-Atlantique

The club is a sports area that uses the magnificent body of water that is the Erdre, with the possibility of renting a kayak or canoe. Various formulas are proposed and the courses are varied, allowing to discover magnificent sites inaccessible without a boat. From this pleasant setting you can practice among others the following activities: paddling, kayak-polo, white water trips. A shuttle can take you upstream from Nort-sur-Erdre to the Moulin des Vaux to go back down the river. We discover the Erdre in a sporty and playful way!

Alone, with family or friends, TSN44 offers a ski lift to learn or improve the joys of wakeboarding and water skiing. The team puts at your disposal all the equipment and an adapted pedagogy to make you live an unforgettable moment on the water. After the effort, you can also profiter the show on the 300 m² panoramic terrace, where it is possible to eat, the site offering a brasserie menu. The little ones will bénéficieront dʼune playground and all the amenities for a delightful family time

With 1,000 m² dedicated to aquatic activities, the Petit Port pool offers all the facilities of an aqua-ludic pool! Take the plunge and enjoy the 25 m sports pool or the leisure pools with wave ball, paddling pool and two slides, one small and one giant 76 m long: fun for young and old alike! After your workout, relax in the relaxation area or solarium during the summer. Visit our website to find out more about our activities, swimming lessons and aquafitness classes. You can also make the most of our late-night opening hours, closing at 11 p.m. from Tuesday to Friday (on Mondays during school vacations). And the little extra: no more red eyes, as most of the water is treated with ozone.

You will be delighted to meet this providential pond on your way. It was dug on the site of an old small lake and is fed by springs, which guarantees quality water, regularly analysed and certified by the health services. You will spend a quiet day there, the facilities allowing you to picnic on practical and comfortable tables. During the siesta, children can take a swim or, after registering, take part in water sports.

Re-opened in early 2017 after renovation, this pool now enjoys a reinforced frame, new roof windows and recent bay windows that provide better thermal insulation of its leisure area. Thus, one can serenely enjoy the three play pools, the paddling pool with games for the little ones, the spa with whirlpools, the river with current without forgetting the green beach with terraces (from June). The 25-meter sports pool with numerous water lines will continue to be enjoyed. A new and exciting feature is the 78-meter long slide (accessible from 8 years of age), which offers great sensations. Notice to the amateurs!

There are not so many pleasures in the vicinity to use the very pleasant swimming pool which, like many equipment, bears the name of the benefactor of the commune, a major producer of agricultural machinery. On the edge of a small wooded square, the paddling pool is topped with a water jet. The large pool, which is equipped with swimming lines, welcomes all public. You can then take a sun bath on the edge of it, before, perhaps, playing ping-pong or the bowls. You can take swimming lessons here and practice gym.

In Pouliguen, on the beach of Nau, the La Gull Beach Club welcomes children from 2 years up to 4 years to the baby club, and from 5 years to the club. Facilities include trampolines, slides, swings, foot, inflatable castle, volleyball grounds. For children aged 5 and over, the day is organized as follows: in the morning sports activities, free games and inflatable castle and after noon contests, large tournaments and free games. The animations are performed by age segments supervised by graduate facilitators. Note that your child can learn to swim from 4 years in a heated swimming pool.

The brand new Aquaparc aquatic centre, Centre aquatique de l'Estuaire, opened its doors for the very first time at the end of April. It is composed of a 25 m (525 m²) swimming pool: 8 to 10 water lines, a 25 m (216 m²) heating pool: 3 to 4 water lines, a learning pool (133 m²), a wave and space pool with jets and bubbles (250 m²) and a 50 m² paddling pool with games. In all, no less than 1,200 ^{m2 of} water will be made available to swimmers of all ages. A wellness area is also provided with three sauna rooms, a hammam room, hydrotherapy showers, a relaxation area and an outdoor solarium. It should be noted that a very special effort has been made to treat water, which reduces its chlorine consumption thanks to ozone. Composed of oxygen, ozone does not pollute, does not sting the eyes and limits the effect of dryness on the skin. The water in the basins is also clearer.

This swimming pool, located in the city centre, has three pools: two of Olympic size (50 m), and a small one of 15 by 12 m with steps, for children, novice swimmers or simply for those who want to enjoy warmer water to relax. In the bath dedicated to divers, beware of kamikazes who can jump off the 1 m, 3 m and 5 m diving boards! At certain times, we appreciate the water lines that reserve a space for swimmers. We also like the free provision of swimming equipment (board, pull-boy) and play accessories for children. And for early risers, the pool opens at weekends and public holidays from 8am. In summer, from June onwards, you can enjoy the solarium.

The only one of its kind on the Côte de Jade, this lake attracts local and family tourists from the very first rays of sunshine. It is the result of the transformation of the port site into a leisure water area, allowing safe bathing at any time of day, without being dependent on the tides. This 2.5-hectare stretch of sea has access to the beach. Swimming is supervised in summer, and a variety of water sports activities are available.

The Club des Amis Divers is one of the oldest clubs in the Nantes region. The workforce is voluntarily maintained to a hundred people in order to preserve the mindset. Friendship and conviviality revolve around their underwater passion, all volunteers and actors. Explorations, travel and training from level 1 to level 4 are the most important of their activities throughout a season. Bottles, stabs, regulator are available for members and outings in fine days.

Located in the eastern part of the city centre, this water plan is especially popular with fishermen (fishing card for sale at the 10 St. Father's Garden, rue de Blandeau), as well as ordinary walkers. There are playground areas for children (string pyramid) and picnic spaces, as well as a ping pong table and a ball pitch. This reservoir pond located in "Petit Fay". It has an area of 6,7 hectares. This park offers the inhabitants of St. Father in Retz a new, privileged public space.

From the east of the Loire-Atlantique comes the Don, which creates a wild and steep valley. Its bed widens after Guémené-Penfao to flow into the Vilaine at the Rocher du Veau (or Vau): a splendid viewpoint over this valley. Ideally located on a hiking route, it can be crossed by canoe-kayak, departures are from Marsac-sur-Don. The tourist office of Guémené-Penfao offers all the information concerning the hiring of canoes and the river cards. As you paddle along, you will appreciate the landscapes that this valley has to offer!

It is not always pleasant to bathe at sea in Brittany, especially for cautious! You can enjoy a sports pool in Piriac from the White Country's Water Centre, another heated campsite at 31 ° C, wading and a 25 m slide. Here you can also find a sauna, hammam, city, but also a diving area. Of course, here you can learn to swim or upgrade with graduated monitors. Sessions of gym and aquabiking are proposed. Reservations required for group activities.

This swimming pool with a 25-metre pool and a children's pool offers gym, swimming and diving courses.

The Don Valley offers a site for fishing and relaxation (picnic tables). It is located on the edge of the water, not far from the brochet spawning ground (where the pike breed).

At the edge of this stretch of water, a pontoon for fishermen - with access for disabled people (fishing cards to be bought at the Maison du Tourisme). The lake also has a beach (supervised bathing in summer, prohibited outside the summer period). You can bring your picnic here and take a walking trail of about 1.5 km. Located parallel to the road to Champtoceaux, you can reach the lake by taking the rue de la Loire or rue du Chêne. At the end of the latter, the car park on the chemin du Rio offers a large number of parking spaces, including a shaded area.

A beautiful indoor swimming pool and well equipped: 25 m 250 sports pool, m ² playground, paddling pool, whirlpool, sauna, hammam… There is a swimming school for children and adults, gym sessions, prenatal swimming and even aquaphobie treatments! And in summer, you can even take a sunny sun bath in the landscaped green spaces.

To take advantage of the edges of the Erdre along the water is the guarantee of a secluded moment. The Green Holiday Station offers a wide choice of kayaks or canoes rentals at affordable prices. What to apprehend the Erdre in a different way! With family or friends, they were going to sports and nature in pagayant between them and lilies.

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Open all year round, the Gliss Évolution water sports base offers activities in the bay of La Baule-Pornichet, starting from the Pornichet marina: jet skiing (without a licence), for hire or for touring, kitesurfing, from discovery to advanced training, to learn to glide on the water, stand-up paddle, water skiing or wakeboarding. And new activities that are a hit: flyboarding, to fly over the water propelled by a water jet; and flyfish, a flying buoy towed by a boat: thrills guaranteed.