Editing Cap d'Agde (section)

== Recreational activities ==
Most of them are located in commercial parks with commercial purposes, others are necessary for the local population while others have free entry and an educational purpose.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://generationvoyage.fr/visiter-cap-agde-faire-voir/
|title=Visiter Cap d'Agde
|author=Samuel Métairie
|website=Génération voyage}}</ref>
<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.capdagde.com/otca-experience/6-activites-pour-apprendre-en-samusant/
|title=6 activities to learn while having fun
|website=Tourism Office, (official)}}</ref>

[[File:Cap d'Agde Port discothèque night spot lights.jpg|thumb|120 px|left|Cap d'Agde, on the Port, discotheque located on a square set back from the quay, night illuminated by spotlights.]]
[[File:Free Dance - panoramio.jpg|thumb|120 px|Amusement in Ile des Loisirs (Leisure Island).]]
Underwater fishing has taken place since the creation of Cap d'Agde in the nearby seagrass beds.

Leisure areas have been created, such as the Ile des Loisirs (designed in 1976<ref name="MPL-B" />)in the main marina (an amusement park, nightclubs and, in the past, a casino (1970s)).

[[File:Cap d'Agde - Aqualand01.jpg|thumb|120 px|right|Aqualand.]]
The Aqualand day-swimming theme park was one of the first of its kind (1984).

Between Cap d'Agde and Grau d'Agde, the Centre Aquatique de l'Archipel ("Cité de l'Eau"), a 21st-century construction by the town and the Hérault Méditerranée urban community.

The former tennis camp was created by [[Pierre Barthès]] (on his grand'mother field<ref name=PBC/>) whilst Racine plan is beginning, in the first 1970s'. It became since the International Tennis Center.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.lequipe.fr/Tennis/Article/1973-le-camp-barthes-au-cap-d-agde/931160
|title=1973, Camp Barthès in Cap-d'Agde
|website=[[L'Équipe]]
}}</ref> In 1978 a club house and an hotel are built for the international competition. Its modern [[padel]] hall opened in 2022 after the takeover by SODEAL the developer,<ref name="Didier Denestebe">{{cite web|language=fr
|url=https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/agde-comment-sauver-le-centre-de-thalassotherapie-question-au-conseil-municipal-du-25-janvier-2006/
|title=Reminder of the Barthès Tennis Center bought by SODEAL: How to save the thalassotherapy center, by Didier Denestebe member of municipal Council
|website=Hérault-tribune
|date=21 January 2006
|quote=SODEAL has already shown its effectiveness in the past, when, for example, it acquired the assets of the Pierre Barthes Tennis center in court, thus saving the company, the jobs and the international Tennis center.}}</ref> it replaces the hangar.<ref name=PBC>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/le-cap-dagde-la-video-qui-retrace-les-grandes-etapes-du-club-de-tennis-cree-par-pierre-barthes/
|title=Le Cap d'Agde, la vidéo qui retrace les grandes étapes du club de tennis créé par Pierre Barthès}}</ref><br />
Around the Tennis Camp, in its vicinity the tennis courts was the major theme for the development of housing estates, some exists near La Roquille beach.
    
Golf practice is an activity that was set up in 1980s. Its extension (27 holes) was inaugurated in 2013.<ref name="golf2013">{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/cap-dagde-les-27-trous-du-golf-du-cap-dagde-en-revue-de-presse/
|title=Cap d'Agde les 27 trous du golf
|website=Hérault-Tribune
|date=23 October 2013}}</ref>

Les Arènes du Cap offers a variety of shows (and toro-pools during the summer season).

Since 2003 the cultural season of the city of Agde opens with a film festival to which entry is free, it has moved from the old congress center to the new center of the "Rembla du Soleil".<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.lesheraultducinema.com/
|title=Les HERAULT du Cinema et de la Télé}}</ref>

Outdoor activities are available in the Bagnas reserve, including hiking.

The underwater trails have existed to discover underwater fauna since the establishment of the marina in 1967 with its marine protected area.  
In 2023, opened to public, an architecturally interesting floating Maison de la Mer was built in entrance of marina bassin n°1 to educationally illustrate the considerable connection between the shore and the salt water.<ref>{{cite web|language=fr|url=https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/environnement/inauguration-de-la-maison-de-la-mer-a-agde-2270306
|title=inauguration de la Maison de la mer à Agde
|website=France bleu (FR3)
|date=14 December 2022}}</ref>

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File:Centre aquatique de l'Archipel centre nautique Agde 2017 (architecture molle bois lamellé-collé).jpg|Swimming pool, (built 2008), 25 m bassin, heaten with wood chips 2024<ref>(From Salvetat-sur-Agout,[https://www.agglo-heraultmediterranee.net/wwp-actu/transition-ecologique-une-chaufferie-bois-pour-larchipel-a-agde/ ecological transition a wood-fired boiler for l'Archipel])</ref><!--https://www.hargassner.com/fr-fr/references/centre-aquatique-archipel-agde/
https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/agde-un-petit-bassin-pour-un-gros-budget-pour-le-centre-aquatique-par-antoine-allemand-et-didier-denestebe/-->
File:Cap d'Agde réserve du Bagnas ruines de distillerie.jpg|Cap d'Agde, Bagnas Reserve, distillery ruins, and a gathering point for hiking
File:PDCAgdeHerault.jpg|Congress palace while the movie festival "Hérault du Cinéma et de la TV" <ref>[https://www.herault-tribune.com/articles/le-cap-dagde-festival-les-herault-du-cinema-et-de-la-tele-du-21-au-27-juin-2/ Le Cap d'Agde les Hérault du Cinéma et de la TV]</ref>
File:Agde terrain de golf vu du Mt St Martin.jpg|Agde golf course (seen from Mt St Martin, back to the housing estates)
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