Children who love swimming can have a great time at the Odyssée de Chartres (Eure-et-Loir). With more than 5,000 m² of water and eleven pools, the largest swimming pool in the department is the benchmark for families looking for fresh air in August. Wild river of more than 100 m, wave pool, paddling pool and slide, are appreciated by families who take advantage of the vast outdoor spaces to bask in the sun. For a family of two adults and two children, it will cost 19.30 euros. For a natural body of water, head for Arrou (Eure-et-Loir) in the town of Vald’Yerre with its equipped and free swimming area. Every summer, a large number of visitors come to lie on the sandy beach and relax in the water with a depth of 40 cm to 1.20 m.
Athletes who are not afraid of vertigo have an appointment in downtown Chartres in the André-Gagnon park. Opened two years ago, AccroCamp offers rope bridges, ladders and other Tarzan lianas. About fifty activities are to be practiced including ten zip lines and six courses, the easiest of which is accessible from 6 years old (Prices: from 16 euros (2 courses – from, to 28 euros (6 courses – from 1.40 m).Further north of the department, near Dreux (Eure-et-Loir) in Ecluzelles (18, rue des Étangs), those who feel like a sailor and want to taste “the sea breeze” can indulge in the joys of boating in an Optimist, catamaran or windsurfing, canoeing and paddleboarding, or even testing their limits on a wakeboard with the nautical center (02.37.43.82.71).
Just as funny, but less tiring, several shows will liven up this month of August in Eure-et-Loir. Two examples in Nogent-le-Rotrou (Eure-et-Loir) with Bingo Baraka! a delirious show with actors who also make music, recycled puppets and a whole heap of bazaar, on Thursday August 17 at 5 p.m. in the Tirard garden (Free. From 5 years old) or La Casa, a solo musical show by Löwy, who takes children on a poetic tour of his cardboard house on August 24, 2023 at 5 p.m. in the Tirard garden (Free. From 5 years old)
Finally in Châteaudun (Eure-et-Loir), it is at the foot of the castle on the island of Chemars that holidaymakers will meet for the fourth edition of the Festival du Loir from August 11 to 13. The city takes advantage of its banks of the river to host concerts, shows, torchlight processions and food trucks in its green park overlooked by the castle which stands about sixty meters above the bed of the Loir.
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