While we at Le Château du Creuset provide you with many first class facilities, there are exciting outdoor activities beyond our confines. Here are just a few:

Formula 1 track at Nevers Magny-Cours

Try your hand or watch one of the many races held here.
Or go karting on the great karting track, try an one-day Formula 3 course, four-wheel, quad driving or the grand finale ... ride along in a real Formula 1 two-seater car.
More about Magny-Cours »
See also www.magnyf1.com

AG Racing Ferrari school Technopole, Magny-Cours

www.ag-racing.fr
Information 06.70.15.40.02

First Racing Technopole, Magny-Cours

www.magnyf1.com
Information 06.64.89.51.37

LRS Formula, Technopole, Magny-Cours

www.nevers-tourisme.com/sports.htm
Information 08.77.82.22.40
Email : entreprises@lrs-formula.com

Porsche Driving Experience, Magny-Cours

www.oreca.fr
Information 01.56.33.37.85
Email: infoevents@oreca.fr

Golf Course at Magny-Cours

At Toulon-sur-Allier, lies the 9 holes golf course Golf des Avenelles. Information 04.70.20.00.95 greenfee starts at € 17,- www.golfdesavenelles

At Magny Cours, lies the 18 holes golf course Golf du Nivernais.
Information 03.86.58.18.30 greenfee vanaf € 32,-

At Sancerre, lies the 18 holes golf course Sancerrois.
Information 02.48.54.1.122 greenfee starts at € 36,- www.sancerre.net/golf/

For general information www.ffgolf.org & www.guidedesgolfs.fr

Ballooning

Possible taking off from the garden of the castle.
Air Escargot
Information 03.85.87.12.30
www.air-escargot.com
Starts at € 250,- p.p.elsewhere on location.
Take off from the gardens of the castle is the costs
min. 7 persons € 250, - per persoon,
total incl. Transport € 1.750,-.

Flying around

Airport, Fly field Nevers Fourchambault
Roundtrip over the castle and the Loire
Max. 3 persons € 125,- per hour.
Information 03.86.57.03.92

Gliding

Aéro-Club de Moulins et du Val d'Allier
Gliding 25 min. € 55,- p.p.

5 day course € 350,-
Information 04.70.20.04.56
aeroclub.moulins.free.fr

Canoeing / Rafting and river activities

For example at AB Loisirs on the river La Cure. The base is at St. Pere sous Vezelay at the North West side of de Parc Morvan.
Also rafting and hydrospeed.
Information 03.86.33.38.38

Hiking / Walking

The surroundings of the château are made for walking.
The château itself is the starting point for a number of trips.
The Nièvre countryside with its diverse landscapes and wide networks of tracks and paths offers a range of outdoor activities for hikers and walkers that will please anyone looking for nature's unspoilt beauty. More info coming soon.

Mountain-biking

L'esprit du Fleuve organises bike tours along the Loire and the Allier. Information 03.86.57.69.76. www.l-o-i-r-e.com

Horse-riding

Centre d'equitation - Hourse riding in the neighbourhood:
Sougy sur Loire: La Maison Rouge, "les Bruyeres"
Information 03. 86.50.17.95
VarennesVauzelles: Centre Equestre 'La rose des Vents'
www.la-rose-des-vents.net
Information 03.86.38.06.69
Moulins: Etrier Moulinois, "les Chevaliers"
Information 04.70.44.68.72 or 06.81.03.18.00
More information about hourse riding in the Nièvre!

Fishing

The Nièvre department has enough fishing resources to satisfy everyone, whether beginners, weekend fishermen, or of course the more serious angler.
There are all kinds of fresh water fish in the region. Carnivourous, carp, white fish, trout and salmon are the varieties that can be found here in a variety of places.

Information 03.86.61.18.98 www.unpf.fr/58

Windsurfing

At the Lac des Settons and the Lac de Pannecière.
Information 03.86.84.51.98. www.actival.net.

Rock Climbing / Caving

The climbing sites are located:
In the Clamecy region, at the Surgy Crucifix and in the Morvan granite massif.
Information at Surgy 03.86.27.97.89
Information at Maison du Parc in Saint-Brisson 03.86.78.79.57