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UCPA Port D'Albret Facts

Beach: 100m
Town: 5 mins
Comfort:
Rooms: 2, 3 or 4 persons
Sleeps: 185
Nearest Airport: Dax 35km
Extras: Swimming Pool, Beach Volleyball, Beach Kayaks

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All Inclusive

All prices include:-

- Accommodation in Multi Share rooms
- All Meals (Breakfast, Lunch and Dinner)
- Equipment Rental
- Instruction
- Any extra costs (i.e lift passes, course fees)

In fact, the only extra costs are transport, travel insurance and a few social beers!


Port d'Albret

Action Outdoors unfortunately only have time to offer 2 dates in 2011 (too many other locations) at this fantasic centre. However, we have made sure that we have picked a good time for both weather and surf - 14th August and 4th September. These set dates are simply to bring the English speaking nationalities together to help the UCPA instructors and staff. The dates are Sunday - Saturday.

Dates and Prices

Resort

Although primarily a surf resort, the centre provides numerous activities for those that don’t fancy squeezing into a wetsuit each morning. Full time golf instruction will help reduce your handicap, or there is the option of various multi activity weeks involving riding, surfing, body boarding, street hockey, pool / spa sessions, paddle surfing plus excursions around the ancient Basque villages.

There is plenty to entertain you during your free time - swimming pool, beach volley, badminton, beach kayaks, tennis courts, skate board park and plenty of bike tracks through the forests. The nearby town has plenty of restaurants, bars, a cinema and night clubs in case you feel the need to escape.

The centre is of UCPA’s highest standard and it is a location that Action Outdoors is excited to visit. We will write up more once we have visited in person in April but have been told that this is the resort to go to for Surf!

 

Town Centre

Update in April 2011

Accommodation


UCPA Port d'Albret


The centre is designed as a place to relax. Small bungalows nestle amongst pine trees, providing a perfect chill out zone after a day chasing the waves. Each has a private terrace hidden in the pine forest, and nearby hammocks, a swimming pool and, just steps away, a fine sandy beach at the edge of the lake. Trapped between the coast and this lake, there is a natural tranquillity. The whole area is well maintained providing a beautiful well preserved environment for everyone who enjoys the outdoors.

Located on the beach at the very south of the Landes coast, close to Hossegor and Biarritz, Port d’Albret offers ideal conditions for sports and relaxation, close to the saltwater lake and the ocean.

Overview of UCPA

- An exceptional setting between lake and ocean.
- Relaxation areas: hammocks under the trees, a Moroccan lounge, swimming pool.
- Rooms with a private terrace.
- Nearby golf practice overlooking the water

Accomodation

- Small bungalows accommodating for 185 people rooms for 2, 3 or 4 people.
- Washrooms and shower in each house.
- Double-rooms available (twin beds) for a supplement.
- Swimming pool, 2 dining halls, terrace, bar, Morocco lounge.

Site

The sports venue: centre located 500m from the sea, opposite the Pinsolle golf course and next the Marin lake.
Golf: superb waterside 9-hole par 36 golf with practice over water.
Surfing : Bic boards, resin thrusters Surftech, mini Malibu and Longboard. Full-body wetsuits and shorties.

Cycling, rollerblading, longboarding, skateboarding (helmets amd protective gear).
Volleyball: 2 beach vollyball courts.
Beach-kayak (single and tandem) and 3 person canoës/kayaks.

Entertainment

- At the UCPA: swimming pool, beach-volleyball, badminton, basketball, table tennis. WiFi access. Subject to availability: beach-kayaking and Hawaiian pirogue.
For an additional fee: rollers, skateboards, road bikes, tennis court.

- Nearby: bicycling trails, hikes through the forest, free skatepark. Horseback riding on the beach, Aygueblue Aquatic Centre (olympic-size and training pools, spa, sauna, hammam), windsurfing on the lake, Adventure Park, coastal rescue maneuvers, etc. Shops, restaurants, night club, arenas, cinema.
 

Equipment Hire / Liftpasses

Due to the vast arary of activities on offer, if you require further information about specific equipment then please contact the centre direct - portdalbret.dc@ucpa.asso.fr

Top Tips

We'll update this after our visit in April 2011

How to get there

Arriving by Airplane

Nearest Airport: Biarritz (approx 50km)

Action Outdoors will contact people once booked to offer assistence with transfers. We recommend that people book the Easyjet 13:10 London Gatwick flight out and 15:10 flight back to aid transfer arrangements. 

Otherwise to get from the Airport to UCPA Port D'Albret by bus, you must first take the Bus Line no 6 to the station of Bayonne and then take the bus to RDTL Stop Soustons Beach - Pinsolle (Line 5). Follow the Avenue de la Petre by the Bike Path (towards the beach) to the golf course. The centre is opposite.

 Arriving by Train

Nearest Train Station: Dax

Bus Route as above

Alternatively you may wish to hire a car (plenty of free parking at UCPA Port D'Albret) or take a taxi (Johns Taxi in Halgouet 00 33 (0) 6 12 73 73 58)

Arriving by Car

From Bordeaux, follow the N10 until Magescq (exit 11) then follow Soustons Old Boucau and head towards Port d'Albret South. From Marseille, follow Highway Toulouse, Bayonne (A64), exit at Peyrehorade (exit 6) and then follow Hossegor Capbreton Soustons Old Boucau. Arriving at Old Boucau, follow the signs south or Port d'Albret Golf Pinsolle. Parking area adjacent to the center, unguarded, free of charge.
GPS Central Forums:
UCPA Port d'Albret GPS: 1 ° 24 '21''W long. (-1.40591) / 43 ° 46 '29''N Lat. (43.77461)
 

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