Sports and leisure activities Spain

At 1 km from Lugo and 2 km from Posada, this very large set offers many sports: Golf (18 hole course), tennis, paddle, football but swimming (large summer pools, open from June to September). It also welcomes the aerodrome of the Morgal, which offers air baptisms and the Fernando Alonso circuit. There is also a museum dedicated to the famous driver, the child of the country.

With its family atmosphere and its small, well-equipped and modern structure, this diving center opened in 1997 is a safe bet. Experienced divers, as well as beginners, will find a really friendly welcome. The instructors seem to be part of the family. They know the circuits well and are concerned about the safety of the divers. The boat can accommodate up to forty divers, which, in high season, can be a handicap for those who are looking for quietness. On the other hand, the boat is very comfortable.

Here is a pioneer agency that offers a whole range of mountain activities: trekking, snowshoeing, mountain skiing, alpine skiing, snowboarding, canyoning, caving, climbing, snow climbing, via ferrata... There is something for all tastes and all levels, with a bias towards working for small groups in order to promote learning. The team is composed of serious and experienced guides. You can also rent equipment.

Golf Sant Marc offers a flat and natural course in a peaceful setting surrounded by fields. It offers a beautiful walk of about 3 hours. Two lakes, bunkers and various obstacles spice things up a bit. The restaurant La Taska, with its pretty panoramic terrace, completes the club's offer. It is an ideal course for those who wish to begin this sport without too much difficulty. It is worth noting that the Sant Marc estate frequently lends its premises for painting exhibitions.

Located just a few metres from Camprodon town center and close to the French border, the Camprodon golf course was inaugurated in 1991. It was designed by Vidaor, Sardà & Saenger. It's a first-class club set midway up the mountain slope. With a stream running through it, the course has a bucolic feel, surrounded by rich pre-Pyrenean vegetation. A lovely stroll, with the added bonus of a swing. The course currently has 9 holes, but you can play it a second time for a total of 18 holes....

The Real Golf Club de San Sebastián is a golf club located in Hondarribia. It offers an 18-hole, par 71 course, providing a challenge for all golfers. Federico Zappino. It offers a range of facilities and services to its members, including a gourmet restaurant.

The Aventura de La Molina Adventure Park is a treetop adventure course that is not only designed for children. Indeed, four levels of circuit are available with some scares as a gift: Nepalese and Tibetan bridges, moving nets, Tarzan jumping, zip lines... But the little ones will also be entitled to their own circuit (the green one), specially designed for 3 to 7 year olds. Ideal for a moment with family or friends. The supervising staff ensures the safety of the intrepid climbers, all in a good childish atmosphere.

DMS Sports & Kayak is a great club. In addition to rentals, we offer a wide selection of outings and excursions, with or without a guide. The slogan ("row and enjoy!") says it all when you meet the team. The beaches and the south coast will hold no secrets for you... Little Biniparratx, wild Binigaus or secret Cala Escorxada and Cala Trebalúger are just a stone's throw away by kayak. Excursions (2 to 4 hours) can be combined with snorkeling or hiking.

Menorca Natural Horse (formerly Petit Russó), an equestrian center with old-fashioned charm located inland in the south of Alaior, not far from the sea, offers a range of horse-riding excursions that will enable you to discover the island in an atypical and convivial way. There's something for every level: from a 1-hour excursion to a 3-hour, moonlit night ride, not to mention a week-long odyssey on the cami de cavalls that takes you all the way around the island! Workshops are also organized around the equestrian world.

Rutas Ecuestres, a company with many years' experience in the equestrian world, offers beautiful horseback rides along the Camí de Cavalls. The itineraries are adapted to different levels of difficulty, and are carried out exclusively with Menorcan horses. Outings lasting from one hour to one week for a tour of the island on horseback (divided into several stages). Remember to wear long pants and closed shoes, not forgetting sun cream.

This water sports address, located on the beautiful Son Xoriguer beach, has been in existence since 1987. It's a veritable institution on the island. A wide range of activities are on offer, including windsurfing, kayaking, paddle surfing, wingfoil (one of the latest water sports) and king sup (a paddle that can carry between 4 and 10 people!). You can also rent equipment, take a course or go on an excursion (at sunset, by paddle or kayak). In short, everything you need for water sports enthusiasts.

Menorquad is a fairly new address on the island. This vehicle rental company offers you an original way of getting around the island. At the wheel of a quad bike or buggy, you can access wild places, inaccessible by car and thus penetrate the heart of the island. However, you should always take care to use roads that are authorised by the local authorities. The Menorquad hire companies will give you a briefing before you set off, telling you which areas are best suited to driving these machines.

Calar Alto is located in the Sierre de los Filabres, a dozen kilometers from birds to the north of the town of Gergal, in the province of Almería, in Andalusia. It was built under the impetus of the Max-Planck-Institut für Astronomie. Initially used mainly by the Germans, the observatory is now also widely used, and therefore financed, by the Spanish. Construction began in 1973 to end a decade later. The site is spread over 100 km ² and remains intact from light pollution. It is now one of the largest astronomical complexes in continental Europe. Five main instruments are available: in addition to telescopes of 3.50 and 2.20 meters, the telescopes are installed under 1.50 and 1.23 meter telescopes, and a very specific Schmidt telescope of 80 centimeters diameter. The studies carried out are diverse, but one of the areas of predilection of observations remains the stars of our Galaxy (chemical composition of the interstellar medium, study of the age of star clusters or search for particular stars). The site on which all this beautiful world is located cannot leave the traveler indifferent… The soil is dry. Cacti are planted here and there. A winding, winding road climbs towards a sky of coronal blue. A real western spaghetti decor! It takes fifty minutes to reach the gates of the observatory. At this altitude, the terrain is replaced by quite dense vegetation, mixing softwood and brush. Very wild, it is the paradise of hikers and mountain bike lovers.

The highlight of the visit is the telescope of 3.50 meters in diameter! Today, essentially dedicated to infrared observations (a technological solution that allows for literally "piercing" certain difficult areas of the Universe), it is maintained, along with other instruments under dome, at a lower temperature than the outside (in order to speed up temperature temperature relative to the decrease in evening temperatures.). This also means that we must cover up when we are in the Chamber, including in the summer. Its main mirror was polished by the famous German company Zeiss, while the total mass of the telescope and its mount avoids the 230 tons! On the weather side, the site has 250 nights per year. What to observe in peace. However, moisture is not so absent that vegetation might let it think: with an average hygrometry of 50%, the sky sometimes reveals some lack of transparency. We can reassure ourselves that this is far enough to offer a high quality sky.

Inaugurated in 1904, this astronomical observatory is perched on Tibidabo Mountain at 415 metres above sea level. Its building is the work of the modernist architect Josep Doménech i Estapà. In the summer, his "dinners under the stars" are an opportunity to enjoy a wonderful meal in front of the illuminated city, then to observe the stars through his 1904 telescope, one of the oldest in Europe in operation. Dinner is accompanied by a lecture on astronomy.

Cooking classes, tours of pintxos bars and markets in San Sebastián, this agency offers a wide range of experiences around Basque gastronomy. The cooking classes will be an opportunity to enter a traditional gastronomic "society" in San Sebastián, or to practice cooking in a modern Michelin-starred restaurant. You will learn how to prepare the essential Basque pintxos or how to cook fresh fish according to old local recipes. Also visits to cider mills, bodegas...

With more than 30 years of experience, S'Algar Diving (5* PADI center) offers diving courses (all levels), boat trips and snorkeling adventures in the Illa de l'Aire marine reserve. Those who do not wish to dive or snorkel can enjoy the pool next to the center while waiting for their companions to return.

Since 2011, Ruben, a pioneer of stand-up paddle in Ibiza, offers outings around the island. Expert navigator and connoisseur of his native land, he accompanies you to the most beautiful beaches and coves in complete safety. The tour starts with a sea walk to the arrival at the starting point and after some basic instructions, we take out the board and paddle, to discover places that are inaccessible on foot. A lunch break allows you to try your hand at snorkeling. Equipment rental for several days as well.

Since 1969, it has been the deep-sea specialist of the Catalan Costa Brava. Caves, drop-offs, platforms, mountains, faults, cavities... and even a wreck inhabited by groupers, cuttlefish, conger eels, lobsters, barracudas, lobsters, moonfish... In addition to outings, a varied program of courses completes the offer: Padi e-learning, Advanced Open Water... The center also has a boat for those who prefer snorkeling or day trips to explore the coast and beaches. Sunset excursions are also available.

The diving center is located under the Palace Bonanza Playa & SPA hotel, on a rock overlooking the sea. The facilities are of good quality and well maintained, as is the diving equipment. The center has a 200 HP boat that can comfortably accommodate ten divers. After the dive, you can use the hot showers, but also the restaurant and the hotel pool. The atmosphere is excellent and beginners are well taken care of. Safety is always the main concern of the instructors.

Shonia and Pedro, an avid fishing couple and expert in this field, propose to make you better aware of the artisanal fishing and cultural heritage associated with this activity. To do this, you have the choice between three formulas: from 10 a. m. to 13 p. m., from 13 p. m. to 16 p. m. and from 16 p. m. to 19 p. m. All the formulas will allow you to take a walk on the coast, discover small-scale fishing, learn to recognise fresh fish with a professional and taste local products. In the morning you will take breakfast, lunch lunch and evening, you will visit the auction. If weather permits, you will make the afternoon dip on one of Marbella's beaches. A proposal now available from the port of Marbella.

These catamarans make it possible to reach Marbella and Puerto Banús in a small cruise of about half an hour. The opportunity to walk along the coast and see that Marbella has a beautiful mountain environment, partly hidden by the buildings of the sixties and seventies, along the paseo maritime. In addition to this tour, the same company offers 3 to 4 hour cruises in July and August, with sailing along the coasts, stopping for a swim on a beach and a welcome glass of champagne.

Discover Ibiza in an authentic, natural way, with just a board and an oar. Meet at the Sup Ibiza center, located on the freeway between Eivissa and Sant Antoni. After checking the weather forecast, the team will take you to the most suitable beach for the excursion. As Ibiza's pioneering paddle surfing center, you'll receive all the training you need before setting off to discover the island's most beautiful corners. The center also has a store, where enthusiasts can buy all the equipment they need for their adventure.

Located in a 16th century hacienda, unique in Spain, this centre offers horseback riding lessons and also has an inn to accommodate its students. The training courses are aimed at riders of all levels but the training will be in Spanish or English. Four options to choose from: horseback riding holidays, intensive courses, intensive dressage with Rafael Soto, silver medallist at the Olympic Games in Athens and classical dressage with training in a secondary school.

A round trip by waterbus is scheduled between Puerto del Carmen and Puerto Calero. You can buy your tickets at the port. This company provides regular crossings from Fuerteventura to Playa Blanca, departing from Corralejo and arriving in Playa Blanca, lasting approximately three-quarters of an hour, seven departures a day, except Sundays; from Lanzarote to the island of La Graciosa, departing from Orzola and arriving in Caleta de Sebo, lasting approximately twenty-five minutes, ten departures a day. Luggage, surfboards or bicycles carried free of charge.

This company provides regular crossings from Fuerteventura to Playa Blanca, departing from Corralejo and arriving in Playa Blanca, lasting approximately three-quarters of an hour, seven departures a day, except Sundays; from Lanzarote to the island of La Graciosa, departing from Orzola and arriving in Caleta de Sebo, lasting approximately twenty-five minutes, ten departures a day. Luggage, surfboards or bicycles carried free of charge. It also organizes catamaran day trips such as a five-hour excursion to discover the seabed.

Run by Francesc, a native of Nevá, this riding center, located right next to the Can Serraïma country house, offers a unique horseback riding experience in a privileged environment. You will be able to opt for excursions and outdoor rides that will be tailored to your needs, in order to ensure the utmost tranquility. The method used for training horses is based on trust and mutual respect between man and horse. It is also a riding school for children and adults, whatever their level.

It's one of the most highly regarded diving centers not only in Catalonia, but throughout Europe. With great respect for the marine world and a taste for training that is both comprehensive and personalized. The diving team is led by Meri Alorda and Chiqui Bustos, both PADI instructors who know all the ins and outs of diving in Tossa. In addition to training, the center also offers seven diving excursions. These include La Mar Menuda, one of the best night dives on the Costa Brava.

Horse riding in the countryside and forest every day between April and October. Mini farm with cows, rabbits, ducks, goats…

Sailing and sailing school school. You can also rent a paddle stand or kayak.

Boat trips to the bay of Alcúdia, to Cap Formentor or to the beach of Formentor. 

An ideal place to discover the exceptional dives of Capes Creus and Norfeu. From the first dive to the most advanced courses, given by SSI instructors, through exploration dives, supervised or autonomous, the services offered are vast. We also offer many mooring buoys for your boat, if you arrive by sea. Finally, this multi-task structure also carries out underwater works. So much to say that the staff is highly qualified. On the spot, you will also find a store selling diving equipment and clothing.

It is a centre that offers dives to discover the underwater world of the central Costa Brava: Ìles Formigues, La Roja, Ullastres, Cala Margarita, Canons de Tamariu, Llosa Platja d'Aro, Gorgonias or el Tabal. The most popular dive is the descent to the Boreas, an old German ship from the Second World War. It is also a PADI center which is well equipped: in facilities, boat and instructors, (dive masters and certified staff). Bubblemaker programs for children (from 8 years old).

This German-speaking center is the only German diving center with a permit to dive in the marine reserve. It is certified by the EU, which guarantees a high level of safety and quality. Among its services, the Diving Center Cala Pada offers diving at Don Pedro (divers*** only), at Dado Pequeno, one of the most beautiful sites in Ibiza, and much more. Note that Tina and Jogi Theuerjahr have been running this center for more than 30 years. This explains the family atmosphere.

The first thing you notice when you arrive at this center is the friendly and diverse team. The atmosphere is friendly, relaxed, even funny, so that you never lose sight of the pleasure of diving in complete safety. Note that the center is the only one on the island to be certified CDC by Padi, i.e. professional training center. But don't worry, you can also come and do simple leisure dives. The equipment is top notch.

Pol, sea wolf and connoisseur of the best corners of the Cap de Creus Natural Park, invites you to explore the Catalan coast aboard his Jeanneau Sun Odyssey 42.2. One-day to week-long excursions with all comforts: 4 double cabins, 2 toilets, fully equipped galley, solar panels and sockets for recharging your electronic devices. An auxiliary boat for paddle surfing and diving equipment to make the most of the experience. Chilli Mare also offers the possibility of converting the boat into floating accommodation.

Costa Brava Sub brings together some thirty centers scattered along the Costa Brava coastline, from Blanes to Cap de Creus, via Palamós, Calella de Palafrugell, Begur, l'Estartit, Roses and Cadaqués. More than 25 years' experience, and the fact that the best centers are members of this association, guarantees that you have all the conditions and licenses you need for safe and comfortable practice. In addition to promoting the associated dive centers, activities and services, Costa Brava Sub is also responsible for promoting the destination, in coordination with the Patronat de Tourisme Costa Brava and the Grup Costa Brava Centre association.

Passionate about astronomy, Stéphane, a Swiss-Brazilian, has created a center dedicated to the subject in the province of Granada. It's the ideal place to observe the sky, thanks to Andalusia's largest astrotourism telescope, which allows you to see not only the classic planets, but also galaxies, nebulae, clusters and more. Your host's good humor will make this experience even more unforgettable. You'll also enjoy a planetarium with dedicated films to deepen your discovery. An activity that can be done in French.

Since 1968, the Escala sailing club has been one of the most suitable marinas for French sailors. That is why it has become, over the years, one of their points of reference in this field. Located in the south of the Bay of Roses, it allows you to discover many areas from a different angle, from the sea. Whether you have a motorboat, sailboat, paddleboat or no boat ... it will offer you a berth as well as a wide range of services and activities to discover on its website.

Equestrian centre with walks in the forest of the natural park of La, but also on the beaches of Trafalgar. Establishment with swimming pool and bar. A homemade kitchen with a family atmosphere. The horses are Spanish and are maintained and trained. There are 5 rooms for two people with private bathroom.

A pioneer in the field of adventure sports, this company created and built the via ferrata Cala Molí in Sant Feliu de Guíxols (a route built in a mountainous area) in the early 1980s. Since then, many activities have been added to the range of proposals: new vias ferratas, canyoning, a circuit of seven zip lines located in its Aventura Park, as well as caving or coastering (a route along the coast by jumping, climbing and swimming). A great way to discover the south of the Costa Brava in close contact with nature.

On Badalona beach, this new nautical center offers unique thrills such as parasailing, towed buoys (sofa or banana) and no-license boating to introduce you to navigation. For those who prefer more leisurely activities, take to the open sea aboard a sailboat for a minimum two-hour trip with family or friends along the coast, with the added bonus of an aperitif at sunset. Numerous packages are available on their website.

Located a few meters from Playa Chica, Puerto's main diving spot, the club offers trips along the south coast and to La Graciosa, but also some more surprising ones, such as the visit of a wreck boat in Arrecife or diving trips for nudists. The instructors are authorized to accompany the visit of the underwater museum "Atlantic", in Playa Blanca. The club also offers many courses, from one day to two weeks, to learn freediving and diving, including specializations to be discovered on the website.

Located between the villages of Puerto del Carmen and Tias and 10 minutes from the airport, this 18-hole golf course was conceived and designed by Ron Kirby, very famous in this field. He has tried to respect the original layout of the typical Lanzaroteño landscape where it is located, with its undulating terrain and old stone walls. As it is located on high ground, it offers the player spectacular views of the Atlantic Ocean from Arrecife to the island of Los Lobos in Fuerteventura. This course is suitable for all types of players, regardless of their level.

You'll discover whales and dolphins aboard small fishing boats. This agency offers ecologically sound outings, and teaches you how to respectfully observe the species in their natural habitat. Two excursions a day (morning and afternoon), and once a week at dawn, with variable timetables and compulsory advance booking. Excursions must be booked in advance and are guided by an experienced, multilingual (English-Spanish-German) member of the Océano team, providing information on cetaceans. The information center has a small store with a permanent exhibition on the dolphins and whales of La Gomera, free admission.

It is a beautiful farm farm transformed into a boarding house and a riding school. Surrounded by nature, this is a wonderful place to ride… on horseback!

This diving school, close to the sea passage, offers a wide variety of courses and exciting activities on Majorca. It has a comfortable and fast boat that allows easy access to the best diving spots in the Toro Park, where life is literally teeming. You can also experience an unforgettable adventure, diving with sharks in the deepest aquarium in Europe, the Palma Aquarium. The center offers all SSi courses and of course welcomes novice divers.

100 m from the sea, surrounded by pine and rocky mountains. 

A Tibetan villa transported to Mallorca and set up upside down due to an "explosion"... This is the attractive setting of this local amusement park for the whole family, located in the center of Magaluf. House of Kathmandu tells the story of the fictional character Kilgore Goode, an explorer in search of the jewel of the Himalayas. Young and old are invited to discover the secrets of the house and fascinating legends. Children will love it! It's quite expensive though, but the experience is fun.

Founded in 1994, this Taller Flamenco is a school located in the neighborhood of La Macarena, not far from the plaza Alameda de Hércules. Throughout the year, it offers several types of classes: flamenco dance, guitar, singing, etc., which are also open to foreigners. Each class is held in small groups of no more than seven people. Whatever your level, the school also offers private lessons. Finally, this school can also provide valuable assistance in finding accommodation, whether it be apartments or shared rooms.

You will find on the site of this resort all the information concerning the various activities to be practised: cross-country skiing (40 km in total), with the possibility of booking online and knowing the state of the tracks, but also all the programmes of sports and discovery activities that can be practised in the resort or in the surroundings: hiking (including part of the GR 7), mountain bike circuit as it is a bit of paradise for mountain bikers.