Sports and leisure activities Drôme

Lake Champos is in the heart of an estate of more than 40 hectares where you can enjoy the various pleasures of a large leisure centre. Family swimming in optimal water quality, diving from the pontoons, windsurfing, pedal boat, large water slide (for a fee), fishing, etc. The Champos lake is also a starting point for horse riding, hiking or mountain biking to discover the paths of the Herbasse. The lake is now pedestrian for the nature and peace of the site! Also on site: a campsite.

With its 9- and 18-hole courses, the Chanalets golf course has something for every swing enthusiast. Just a few kilometers from Valence, you'll be able to play in a peaceful setting, with the Rhone Valley on one side and the Vercors on the other... The undulating, verdant course borders the local vineyards and beautiful buildings. The clubhouse offers a charming welcome and a wealth of golfing and tourist information. Golf school, from beginners to competition. Restaurant on site.

This cultural association is dedicated to promoting the fusion of cultures! Every day of the week, alternating dance and world music classes: zumba, batucada (Brazilian percussion), children's circus, Cuban salsa, bachata... A wide range of courses and workshops. Evenings and events are organized regularly, including a batucada meeting (Pentecost weekend)!

Eurokart offers you 700 meters of open-air, floodlit karting track. An open circuit for thrill-seekers. Here, sports enthusiasts and amateurs alike have a choice of activities. Ideal for seminars, birthdays or stag/hen parties. A team of professionals will welcome and supervise you, for a full or half day. Also an escape game and a virtual reality space. Play, travel and hallucinate in a 60m² room, fully immersed in incredible worlds. 18-hole mini-golf course.

On foot or with snowshoes, depending on the season. With or without donkeys, depending on your fitness level. Accompanied or on your own, depending on your level of fitness. For a day or several days. Crossing the Vercors from Lans to the limestone ridges of the Diois, discovering Mont Aiguille, the Combeau valley, the Archiane cirque and the Hauts-Plateaux nature reserve, nomadic tours from yurt to yurt: the seven Vercors Escapade mountain guides share their passion for the ridges and mountain pastures of the Diois region.

A watering hole in a natural setting. It's a year-round meeting place for locals looking for a breath of fresh air. In summer, the leisure center attracts families for swimming. There's also a fitness trail, picnic tables, a playground, a geology and archaeology trail and a restaurant. Canoes, paddles, rowing boats, kayaks and electric scooters for hire. Pay parking in summer. Refund if restaurant. Free access for pedestrians, cyclists and buses.

This small resort ranges from 1,250 m, at the foot of the slopes, to 1,700 m, at the summit, in the shelter of a natural cirque and is aimed at lovers of all types of skiing. The Nordic area offers 176 km of trails in a wild environment on 3 sites: Chaud Clapier, Lente and Col de Carri. For downhill skiing there are 9 ski lifts and 16 trails. There are also sledges, snowshoes, dog sledding and snowkiting. In summer, it's hiking on the magnificent Font d'Urle mountain pasture, home of the marmot families.

Mini kart, electric 4x4, machines for toddlers, new two-seater kart adult / child ... The stable is varied! The 820 m long and 7 m wide track gives you great thrills. From the age of 7, you can race on mini-karts at more than 45 km/h. Adults are not left out either. Don't worry: everything is safe, the staff is welcoming and competent and a karting enthusiast will give you the basics before you enter the track. And on Saturdays from 1pm, discover the Mistral Kart Cup, a competition open to those over 18 (except in summer)

This inter-communal facility houses a sports pool, a leisure area and a spa/fitness area. Here is a leisure and pleasure center with indoor pools, outdoor pools with a double slide and aquatic activities: counter-current, blower, aquagym, aquatonic, aquajogging... Something for the whole family, from seniors to baby swimmers, with a wellness area with sauna, hammam...

The Saint-Paul 2003 space opened in 1984 has given way to the new aquatic center L'Odyssée'O, a beautiful modern space with a total surface area of 3,500 m² with a sports pool of 6 lanes and 25 m long and a 200 m² activity pool equipped with bubbling benches, swan necks, water cannons, counter-current swimming system, paddling pool and Pentagliss. There is also a wellness area with sauna and steam room. In the fitness room, group classes are scheduled.

Parc Aventura or Bois Déjanté, this leisure area is located on 5 hectares of greenery on the banks of the Galaure river. On the ground or in the air, you have the choice of fun activities and circuits. On the menu: a hundred workshops in the canopy or on the ground, 9 courses in the trees, a giant zip line. There are dedicated activities for the little ones and for the more athletic ones as well. The discovery trail on the banks includes a health trail and a botanical circuit. Reservations are recommended in summer. For a fun and natural family day.

Finally, when the beautiful days come back, the station transforms to offer you many other activities with its lift, in particular, which stops working. As a result, you can ride mountain biking without making any effort to make a good descent. Walkers will be able to enjoy their passion with numerous hiking trails - hiking accompanied by the day: 04 75 48 22 21 - and equestrian, but also sites for climbing, caving…

A chairlift ride out of winter season, to enjoy an extraordinary panorama at the top. Departure towards the High Plateaux of Vercors, you can go back down on foot by a hiking trail, or else: go up by chairlift with your mountain bike and ride down the slopes on the pedals. Be careful to protect yourself with at least a helmet. It is also possible to rent a Trottin'herbe at the foot of the slopes where helmets are provided. And off you go for a really fun descent. Great with family or friends to enjoy a good breath of fresh air!

Winter: at the gates of the Vercors highlands, the site of Herbouilly offers an ideal departure for lovers of pristine nature and large spaces. Cross-country skiing and easy access to the slopes of the Nordic area of Villard-de-Lans Corrençon, in all, close to 130 kilometres of marked slopes! A record form. Ski school at 04 76 95 19 00. Summer: in the summer sun, there are also many activities: Mountain biking, hiking…

Just 5 km from Montélimar, Golf de la Valdaine reveals its course from the freeway. This gently undulating course features 9 wooded holes and 9 more open ones. There are a few water holes, including 9, a long 365 m dog-leg par 4 on the right, which requires a good first shot to avoid the pond on the right. Young people's initiatives to introduce local schoolchildren to the game of golf. Trophies and events. Organization of group events for individuals and companies.

Aloha: welcome to this aquatic centre which is like an oasis in summer and very pleasant in winter. With its two pools, one of which is an Olympic-size 25 m pool that can host international competitions and a capacity of 1,000 people (!), you can dive into the world of water pleasures - swimming against the current, an 80 m slide, a fun pool, a paddling pool and a bubble bath. Outside, 4,000^m2 of greenery for picnics or table tennis. You will appreciate the 4-lane outdoor pentaglide which ends in the pool and the restaurant.

The budding artists, the Sunday painters, the students of the plastic art courses in Montélimar and others, the "real" artists, find here oils, brushes, paintings, watercolours, pastels and all material to satisfy their passion. An artist's studio, a little Bohemian, that gives from the soul to our painting tubes! Knowledgeable advice and quality material. The workshops also offer courses of drawings for all ages and the framing of your works.

The Ardèche is not the only river where you can go white water rafting. The Drôme also offers some great sensations. Of course the flow is not the same and at the height of the summer, you will sometimes have to push your canoe on some dry areas. Anyway, this is a very nice way to discover, along the water, the Drôme landscapes. Going down the Drôme on portions ranging from 2 to 49 km, in a few hours or in two days, you will be able to admire the singular mountain of the Three Beaks under all its aspects and its colors according to your picnic or swimming stops and according to the time. Canoë Drôme has been established in Saillans for more than thirty years and offers you 400 boats spread over two bases, one in Saillans (Lido, the pioneer of canoeing bases in the Drôme, installed more than twenty years ago) and the other in Crest/Aouste-Sye. You have a choice of boats: canoe-kayak, raft, mini-raft or hotdogs (inflatable canoes for two people). Please note: we provide you with life jackets and waterproof boxes to store your belongings, and we pick you up by shuttle upon arrival. Those who are allergic to water can rent electrically powered bicycles to ride the "river path" along the Drôme. In season, there is a snack bar (meal tray or more elaborate menu), a convenience store (sun cream, tee-shirt, glasses...) and wifi access to send live pictures of your exploits! Discount for reservations on the website.