Fun in the Sun – Sandy Beaches and Waterslides
On Sunday our friends cooked us a delicious Sunday lunch and then our two families went together to the beautiful seventeen hectare leisure site at St Clar. Set amongst rolling hills the five hectare lake is sectioned off into safe supervised swimming areas. Around the lake is a fine white sandy beach, and in every way as good as the seaside but with the added bonus of no traffic, free parking, grassy banks with bench seats, and plenty of shady picnic areas with stunning views of the Gers countryside. Toddlers will love the a large shallow pool to splash about in and plenty of sand to dig and make sandcastles. The main swimming lake is split into two depths and has a sandy bottom and two fantastic water slides. The facilities on the site are excellent, toilets, showers, shaded seating, a cafe to buy drinks and ice creams and a child friendly restaurant with a panoramic view across the lake. 
There’s an excellent play area with wooden swings and slides also with a sandy floor. There’s also a woodland walk to explore complete with a fitness trim trail obstacle course. The entry fee to enjoy all these facilities is just €2 for children and €3 for adults. This “beach” is only ten minutes from our gite. There are over twenty five inland fishing and swimming lakes to enjoy in this department. For details on the other lakes and leisure centres see pages 3 and 4 of our downloadable guide for tourism in the Gers.