Swimming activities in France
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Esplanade Stefano Casiraghi
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Plage Vegaluna
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Stade Nautique des Marquisats
the Stade Nautique des Marquisats sports three outdoor swimming pools and from June to September aquatic-activity hub.
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Piscine Pontoise
A beautiful art deco–style indoor pool in the heart of the Latin Quarter; a €10.50 evening ticket (from 8pm) covers entry to the pool, gym and sauna. It has shorter hours during term time – check up-to-date opening times online.
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Piscine Keller
This revamped 1960s indoor pool with state-of-the-art glass roof that slides back on warm days is a splash with Parisians. It has slightly different hours during school holidays.
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Municipal Swimming Pool
There are a several beaches to go for a picnic or swim but on cooler days young ones may prefer to splash about in the Municipal Swimming Pool . It's closed in July and August, when everyone heads for the beaches.
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XoXo Beach
If you are a skater, you can hire blades and boards opposite the Marseilles Skatepark from XoXo Beach. If you pick them up at 18:30 and return them by noon you'll only pay for half a day. Some ID is required as a deposit.
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Forest Hill Aquaboulevard
Just outside the Périphérique (ring road), this huge tropical ‘beach’ and aquatic park is well worth a visit, particularly if you’re travelling with kids (over three years – under threes aren’t allowed), with water slides, waterfalls and wave pools. To keep fit without getting wet, you can also play tennis, squash, golf, use the gym and take dance classes. Last admission is 9pm.
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Piscine de la Butte Aux Cailles
This stunning pool, built in 1924, takes advantage of the lovely warm water issuing from a nearby artesian well. Come summer, its two outdoor pools buzz with swimmers frolicking in the sun. Open extended hours during school holidays.
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Plage de Monte Carlo Beach
Plage de Monte Carlo is a fine-shingle beach that has both private and paying sections where you can hire cushioned sun lounges and parasols for around €8/around €10 per half-/full day. Take bus 4 from the train station or bus 6 from the port to Le Sporting stop.
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Piscine Joséphine Baker
Floating on the Seine, this striking swimming pool is style indeed (named after the sensual 1920s American singer, what else could it be?). More of a spot to be seen than thrash laps, the two 25m-by-10m pools lure Parisians like bees to a honey pot in summer when the roof slides back.
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Parc Balnéaire du Prado
Marseille's main beach area is the 1km-long Parc Balnéaire du Prado ; created from backfill from the excavations for Marseille's metro. Beginning 5km south of the centre, it's split into five beaches (north to south): Plage du Prado Nord (also called Plage du Petit Roucas Blanc), Plage du Prado Sud (also called Plage de David), Plage Borély, Plage Bonneveine and Plage Vieille Chapelle.
These beaches have public toilets, showers, first-aid posts with coastguards and free lockers to safeguard valuables. Prado du Nord and Sud are wheelchair accessible; Prado du Nord and Borély have a children's playground; and café-clad Borély and Bonneveine have sun-loungers/parasols to…
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