On site - Village du Bosc

Activities within the campsite

Local meals, dance evenings, pétanque, wine tasting, Sevillian dance demonstrations… you will never run out of ideas ! Or you can simply do nothing, and enjoy the panorama before you.

Inside the campsite

Swimming pool
Playground for children
Fitness equipment
Petanque
Table tennis
Many naturist walks in a 70 hectare estate
Dance evening
Shared meals

Naked hiking at the campsite!

Here are some hiking trails inside the naturist estate (70 hectares), only for guests staying at the campsite :

Lake Salagou

In a vast expanse of water amid hills of arid red rocks, Lake Salagou offers an extraordinary palette of colors, combinations of several geological phenomena: the brick-red of the "ruffes" (clay sediments rich in iron oxide) competes with the black of the basalt, of volcanic origin, and blends perfectly with the blues of the sky and the waters. This artificial lake was created at the end of the 1960s to allow the irrigation of surrounding crops. It also regulates the floods of the Lergue River and the Hérault River.

Le Salagou en chiffres

Men

Traces of the Paleolithic (around Octon and Mérifons) : over 10,000
The dolmens : 4,000
The Celts : 3,000
The Gallo-Romans : 2,000
The Visigoths : 1,500
Saint Fulcran : 1,000

Rocks (in millions of years)

The ruffe and footprints (end of the Paleozoic era, Permian) : 250
The sandstones around Roubignac (Mesozoic era, Triassic) : 200
The dolomites of Mourèze (Mesozoic era, Jurassic) : 160
Basalt, volcanism (Quaternary era, beginning) : 2

The lake

Altitude : 139 m
Length (from Octon to the dam) : 6.5 km
Surface area : 750 ha
Volume : 125 million m³
Dam depth : 45 m
Depth between the peninsula and the Vailhé : 22 m
Depth opposite Octon : 4 m
Summer temperature : 28 °C

The dam

Height : 62 m
Length : 357 m
Width at the top : 7.42 m
Basalt volume : 800,000 m³
Basalt weight : 1,650,000 t
Concrete : 50,000 m³
Construction start : 1964
Construction end : 1969

The Loves of Stones

You will certainly come across, on the slopes of Ruffes, these small ephemeral ex-votos writing names often placed inside hearts : legend has it that these little white stones of Salagou whisper the tender and forbidden love of Jeanne, daughter of a baron, and Bauzille, son of a woodcutter.

This 12th century story is at the origin of the inscriptions that are still present and renewed today.

Lake Salagou is a unique spectacle covering an area of 750 hectares, its environment is exceptional, ranging from the end of the Primary era to the beginning of the Quaternary era. Salagou offers you a wide range of very varied activities.