My girlfriend and I are staying just outside Chinon for a week and I am really keen to go for a river bathe/swim, somewhere safe. A bit of a Google suggests Barrou, which is an hour or so away, but I was wondering if there's anywhere a little closer. Normally I could spend some time researching myself, but unfortunately our Internet access is a little intermittent!
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This site (in French) shows 11 bathing spots in Touraine on an interactive map. These include reservoirs (plans d'eau), converted quarries, riverside beaches, as well as lakes. Here is another interesting page (in French) from the departmental website, showing swimmable areas in Touraine. Lastly according to this other website, the closest swimming location to Chinon is a riverside beach close to a camping some 11km from the town, commonly known as Baignade Camping L'Ile-Bouchard:
Le lieu de baignade le plus proche de Chinon est la plage BAIGNADE CAMPING située sur la commune de Assay, elle est à 10,7km de Chinon, qualité d'eau de baignade : Très bonne. C'est une plage de bord de rivière.
All in all it makes sense that you'd have to drive a bit to get away from the cities in order for the (river) water to be safe for swimming.
For completeness sake note that you can find more information by typing baignade rivière chinon in your favourite search engine.
answered Jun 23, 2015 at 11:46
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1This one seems not bad : touraineloirevalley.com/dormir-manger-sortir/activites/… as it is less than 20 km from Chinon and is free. I couldn't find any significant resources concerning the 'BAIGNADE CAMPING' mentioned by @joernano Jun 23, 2015 at 17:09
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That's some great info, cheers. Internet connection re-established too, so I can check the links! :)– OoberdanJun 23, 2015 at 18:48
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1@audionuma Here's the relevant information from the linked website: ville-data.com/plage/baignade-camping/assay/37-1460-37007– JoErNanO ♦Jun 23, 2015 at 22:00
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@JoErNanO : what I mean is that your provided link is the only one mentioning this place. No other mentions or website can be found with a search engine or on yellow pages. (although there actually is a 'plan d'eau' there :openstreetmap.org/search?query=assay#map=15/47.0648/0.3085) Jun 24, 2015 at 5:58