THE GREAT LAKES OF THE ORIENT FOREST

A blue-green oasis just a few kms from Troyes, take a breath of fresh air in the Orient forest with its 3 lakes and its Natural Park.

Dive into the lakes of the Orient forest, 30 minutes from your hotel in Troyes

Within the Regional Natural Park of the Orient Forest there are three large lakes which offer many possibilities for activities. This park, with an area of 80,000 ha, has within it 5,000 ha of large lake-reservoirs, nestled in the hollow of the forests, but also 106 private ponds where fishing is practiced. More than 70 ponds form veritable aquatic gardens connected by paths to explore on foot or by bike.

The Lac d'Orient is the ideal place for swimming, lazing around but also for many water activities: sailing, windsurfing, scuba diving, canoeing, but also fishing is particularly fruitful there. The immediate surroundings of small paradises of greenery for lovers of hiking or cycling, golf or tennis.

Lac Armance is also ideal for swimming. Here, it's the rendezvous of motorboating and speed! The Port Dienville leisure center is the home base for jet-skiing and water-skiing enthusiasts. Here you can rent motorboats, pass your navigation license, go jet-skiing and water-skiing.

The Lac du Temple, with its 2,000 hectares of calm water, surrounded by unspoiled nature, is ideal for fishing (carp in particular), sailing and for discovering nature, through, among other things, all the species of birds that nest in the surrounding forests.