Dive the Cote D Azur, Antibes and Juan Les Pins

A week of excellent diving in The South of France, abundant and diverse marine life, great viz, and all of the plus points of the French Riviera as an enduring great holiday destination

PADI RECREATIONAL FACILITY AND BSAC RESORT CENTRE IN GOLFE JUAN BETWEEN CANNES & ANTIBES/JUAN LES PINS.

We are a small centre, adapted specifically to giving good customer service according to your desires and needs as divers, with a friendly & professional team and an emphasis on comfort and safety. As a sign of this quality we were recently awarded best newcomer in France for 2009 by PADI Europe at the Paris Diveshow.

You will be picked up from Nice airport and transferred to spacious mobile home self catering accommodation. Either two or three bed mobile homes that can accommodate between four and six people. The week long holiday will include four day's diving the fabulous sites off the Cap D'Antibes, the islands off Cannes and the sites off La Fourmigue. You may expect visibility up to 30metres and beyond and water temperatures peak at 27/28 degrees celcius in August.

A brand new fast RIB equipped for 8-10 divers will whizz you out to the dive sights quickly, but the emphasis here is for sure on a relaxed pace of diving. There are a range of sites to suit outright beginners and newly qualified PADI Open Water Divers right through to the most seasoned and experienced of divers. Due to small groups all clients will benefit from advice and tips from our experienced instructor team, and the emphasis is on a personal touch. For those needing to hire equipment our gear in brand new this year and all Scubapro.

Dive site highlights include L'Enfer de Dante, one of the best sites in the whole of the South of France, a series of pinnacles that drop off to 60 metres and beyond. Also La Grotte de Miro and beautiful swim through cavern carpeted in Anemones and sponges and home to a statue of Commandant Yves Le Prieur, one of the diving pioneers.

Marine highlights include Grouper, Octopi, Cuttlefish, Snapper, Morays, Congers, Nudibranch, Crayfish, Rays, Barracuda, Gorgonian fans, Lobster and countless species of smaller fish.

The rest of the time you will be free to explore the rest of the Cote D'Azur with highlights including Monaco, Nice, Cannes and St Tropez. Great beaches, stunning scenery and coast which you'll be able to admire from land and sea, of course great food and wine (we will be pleased to give you some advice on restaurant and bar choices). By the end of the week you'll be well and truly under the spell of this magical part of the world and won't want to go home!

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Itinerary / Highlights

You will arrive on Sunday with transfer to accommodation
Monday and Tuesday diving (pick up 8.15am, drop off 5.30pm)
Wednesday free
Thursday and Friday diving (as above)
Saturday free (optional excursion to Oceanographic Museum, Monaco)
Sunday transfer back to Nice airport for return flight

Other Details

Accommodation Details

Spacious and well appointed mobile homes (two or three bedroom) in a large and well spread out campsite just outside of Antibes.

We also can offer apartment rental, and one or two star hotel accommodation. The two star hotel in particular is a beautiful calm 19th century hotel with excellent on site Provençal restaurant and extremely friendly and professional staff.

Situated on an excellent campsite with loads of good facilities, these are well equipped mobile homes in a peaceful environment.

The campsite has a bar, bakery, supermarket, newsagents and large swimming pool. The plots are large and there are plenty of trees for shade. A friendly environment, close to the beach, with good rail access to hop up and down the Cote d'Azur.

Departure Dates, Options & Prices

This week long package for qualified dives typically runs from Sunday to Sunday. Please an enquiry for availability and price confirmation.

Guide prices (calculated in Euros and on the base 3 people sharing a mobile home) are between €450 and €515 which at the time of writing equates to between £395 and £450. Prices with other accommodation options obviously vary.

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