Sports, cultural and unusual activities and educational outings in Aveyron
Sport, nature and discovery in Aveyron, 365 days a year!
Make the most of your stay in Espalion in Aveyron to fill up on activities. Climbing, pedalling, swimming, jumping, climbing, paddling, watching and learning! We offer you a wide choice of sporting, natural and unusual activities all year round. If you have a project in mind, just ask us!
Sports activities in Aveyron
A land of sports and adventure, Aveyron offers a thousand and one ways to get moving again. We offer a wide range of sporting activities adapted to your level and physical condition. Supervised by qualified instructors, each activity is designed to offer you stimulating challenges and fun in the great outdoors.
Here's the list of sports you can enjoy in Aveyron thanks to our partner Vert Tea Jeu
- Canoeing and kayaking in the Lot valley
- Canyoning and canyoning
- Water trekking
- Climbing
- Potholing
- Tree climbing and acrobatic courses
- Mountain bike raids (stages from 10 to 30 km)
- Cycle tours (Vallée du Lot à Vélo, Aveyron V86 section)
- Hiking (over 700 km of GR trails)
- Horse riding
- Cross-country skiing and snowshoeing (200 km of marked trails)
- Fishing (7,000 km of rivers and 38 lakes)
- But also hydrospeed, via ferrata, orienteering, archery, go-karting, ice-skating...
Nature and discovery activities in Aveyron
A land of change of scenery and discovery, Aveyron offers a wealth of experiences. We offer you original and immersive tours, in prestigious or more secret places, to do with the family, with friends or on your own.
- Culture and heritage tours with visits to Conques, Saint Eulalie d'Olt, Estaing, Sainte Enimie and the Gorges du Tarn...
- Visits to cheese dairies (Roquefort, Coopérative Jeune Montagne), Laguiole and its cutlery factories, the Templar cities of Larzac...
- Nature outings to discover animals, walks in the forest to listen to the bellowing of the stag.
- Discovery classes: heritage, nature and the environment, the water cycle, traditional arts and crafts, geology, etc.
- Stays for groups: hiking, cycle touring, mountain biking, horse riding (activities supervised by qualified instructors, BAFA, BAFD).
Unusual activities in Aveyron
Would you like to discover and take part in unique and original activities in Aveyron? We've got a whole range of unusual activities to get you off the beaten track. Whether you're a heritage enthusiast, a food lover or looking for an authentic local experience, Aveyron has plenty of resources to satisfy all your desires.
- 8-pin bowling
You can try your hand at eight-pin bowling, a typically Aveyron sport in which the player has to knock down the 8 skittles on the pitch using a ninth skittle, the "quillou", struck by a ball.
- The diving suit museum
Take a breath and immerse yourself in the world of the Musée du Scaphandre, in Espalion. This small museum tells us that the first modern diving suit was invented in Aveyron by two Espalionnais: Benoît Rouquayrol and Auguste Denayrouze, in 1864. Many rare and even unique pieces are on display, attracting specialists from all over the world.
- Bonneval Abbey
Bonneval, or Bona Val in Occitan, is a wild valley between Espalion and Laguiole, in northern Aveyron. Here you'll find a 900-year-old Cistercian abbey. Here you'll discover a speciality: Bonneval Chocolate! Bonneval chocolates are carefully made by the nuns in the abbey's workshops. The tradition of traditional chocolate-making has endured at Bonneval since 1878.
- Capou's attic
In Soulages-Bonneval, in the heart of Aubrac, discover Capou's attic, the Ali Baba's cave of northern Aveyron! This 1,200 m² attic is packed with unusual objects linked to the trades of yesteryear: wooden clogs, horse-drawn carriages, toys, cradles, old cars, an old school bus and even an aeroplane. It's a unique place filled with passion, stories and memories.
Educational activities in Aveyron
If you're looking for ideas for educational activities in Aveyron, whether for school outings, educational projects or cultural visits, you'll find lots of interesting options that are both fun and educational: interactive museums, art workshops, nature parks, visits to cultural and historical sites.
- Calmont d'Olt Castle : heritage workshops on the themes of the medieval world with the participation of children, discovery of the trades involved in building a castle, making chain mail, etc.
- Montrozier Museum : visits to archaeological sites, discovery of the profession of archaeologist, presentation of excavation techniques and methods, introduction to cave art, making Gallo-Roman objects, etc.
- Salle la Source Museum : workshops on agriculture, livestock farming, crafts and rural activities in Aveyron in the 19th and 20th centuries.
- Discovering the Aubrac mountains : Starting from the village of Aubrac, explore the Aubrac plateau, with its more than 1,200 species of flowers, forest trail to meet the wildlife, nature outings (flora, ornithology, mushrooms, geology, stag bellowing, etc.).
- LPO (La Protection des Oiseaux): scientific, fun, artistic and sensory activities to discover birds, night birds of prey, amphibians, agriculture and biodiversity, nature gardens, etc.
- Espalion Museum : workshops on imagination, myths and legends, discovery of the first means of exploration up to the invention of the autonomous diving suit, exploration of the prison environment in the 19th century.
- Terra Memoria in Bozouls : workshops on earth sciences and the environment (volcanism, earthquakes, plate tectonics, the formation of canyons, the geological time scale, the evolution of species, etc.).
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- holiday villages for families, couples and groups of friends
- the holiday centre for classes, camps, training courses and seminars
- the Roc de l'Arche campsite for camping enthusiasts, with mobile homes and pitches for tents, caravans and camper vans.
