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La
Grand-Motte is one of the largest marinas of the Mediterranean sea.
It used to be just a large area between the sea and the lagoons,
until a plan to restructure the coastline transformed it into a
city with peculiar architecture. The architect Jean Balladur designed
these buildings in the shape of pyramides, giving them a resemblance
to the Pic St Loup mountain. The system of terraces allows maximum
protection from the sun.
Apart from these imposing buildings , is the pleasant presence of
vegetation. Pine trees, rose bushes and other Mediterranean plants
line the main avenues . Two large parks encircle the town There
are in all 200 hectares of protected species which offer shade from
the heat during the summer.
La Grande-Motte is not a tourist attraction just for the summer;
an infrastructure has been laid to attract visitors throughout the
year.
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Cultural Resort Center
With its famous conference center, La Grande-Motte encourages much
culture. It offers spectacles and conferences and also allows the
organizers to hold seminars and meetings. Various animations and attractions
are often scheduled . It has a large aquariums with a good representation
of the Mediterranean fauna.
The
institute of " Thalasssothérapie"
Equipped with modern machinery, combining the healing properties of
sea water and the sun within a high standard framework and an environment
of greenery : thermal mud and algae baths,massages, physiotherapy.....
Four specific themes of cure are proposed: diet, esthetics, regaining
shape and tobacco detoxification .
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Sport resort
La Grande-Motte is an important sports resort. Its golf course is
one of the most complete in Europe. It offers three courses with names
that call to mind flamingoes, sea gulls and seamews.
Here also, tennis has its place, thirty-four courts with possibilities
for training and tournaments. There are of course also nautical pleasures
: sailing, wind-surfing, diving and rowing.
Fishing
La Grande-Motte proposes all kinds of leisure sports but the most
popular remains "la peche au gros" (big fish fishing). In
1969, a group of amateurs of fishing created the Big Game Fishing
Association of La Grande- Motte. This club, the first in the Mediterranean
coast ,quickly achieved success. The amateurs of fishing come from
all walks of life such as from certain coastlines of Africa.
Since 1986, this club each year organizes competitions in collaboration
with Port-Camargue. The fishermen sell their catch to the local coorporatives
and the greater part of thei gains are donated to charitable organizations.
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