In the summer season, Châtel offers a breath of fresh air in a luxuriant landscape, an ideal environment to practise many activities such as trekking, mountain biking, rock climbing, kayaking, paragliding, rafting etc.... For further information : www.7aventures.com

You will be able to ride from one resort to the other using lifts and marked tracks, just as skiers do in winter time. You can also rent bikes. For further information: Charles Sport call 33 (0)4 50 73 24 37 or Vertical Horizons 33 (0)4 50 73 38 91

Fantasticable : an unbelievable sensation, a vertiginious drop, the only ride of its kind in the world . Comfortably positioned in a harness, you fly along at almost 100 km/h (60 mph) at up to 240 m above the hamlet of Plaine-Dranse. For further information: call 33(0)4 50 81 34 83

Châtel’s water park offers 3 different areas: an indoor/outdoor pool, an Ocean spa and a fitness area.

Val-d’Illiez Thermal Baths, Switzerland, are located within a 15-kilometer drive from Châtel. For further information: Thermes Parc Bains thermaux call + 41 24 476 8047 or www.thermes-parc.com

The village also offers many activities for young children: magic, circus, mime, painting, treetop adventure course ( La forêt d’aventure: call 33 (0)4 50 72 51 86 or www.foret-aventure.com) .... A child-care centre welcomes children from 3 months to 6 years old ( For further information and booking: call 33 (0)4 50 81 38 19)

For further information contact the tourist office: call 33 (0)4 50 73 22 44 or www.chatel.com