Piscine Némausa
Adult Admission Price & Policy
Drop-in/Casual
€5.15. [September, 2018]
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Facility Notes
There is also an 11 metre deep diving pool (SCUBA, not competitive diving) at this location.
Facility Reviews
A grand project of Nîmes Mayor Jean-Paul Fournier, Nemausa is an ultra-modern facility opened in the early 2000's. With a minimum depth of 2 metres, the 50 metre pool (the Bassin Olympique) is the province of serious swimmers, the majority of patrons choosing instead to make use of the adjacent 25 metre pool (the Bassin Ludique). During public sessions, the Olympic pool is fully laned for lap swimming. The pool hall is high and, by virtue of the fact that two of the four walls are glazed from floor to ceiling, it is both bright and airy. In short, it’s a swimmers’ delight.
Practicalities:
(i) Sadly, the facility has oddly restricted public opening hours and, particularly irritatingly, no early morning sessions at all. Check the website before going. What a pity that such a fine pool built by the local authority at immense capital cost shouldn’t be more available to Joe public.
(ii) It’s situated on the edge of the town beyond the boulevard périphérique, but there’s plenty of parking on site. If going there by public transport take the T1 bus from Nîmes Arènes to the Nemausa stop.
(iii) In common with most facilities in France, users are required to wear maillots de bain sportif (e.g., Speedos®) and bonnets de bain (swimming caps). Additionally at this facility, (a) outdoor footwear has to be removed before entering the locker room (this is enforced by the need for patrons to paddle through a footbath directly behind the reception desk) and (b) the poolside protocol is barefoot: claquettes (flip-flops) are forbidden!
(iv) Neither locker nor shower facilities are gender specific. Lockers require a refundable €1 coin deposit. There’s ample space poolside to leave things that you want to keep with you.
(v) A notice board beside the Olympic pool sets out lane allocations by speed/activity. If you want to study this and are presbyopic you will need to take your specs poolside because the lettering on the notice is rather small. However, given that there appear to be relatively few users of the Olympic pool (on my visits there were never to be more than about four people, all well-disciplined, in any lane) you may find it as helpful to observe what’s going on in each lane and make your own choice.
[July, 2014]
Practicalities:
(i) Sadly, the facility has oddly restricted public opening hours and, particularly irritatingly, no early morning sessions at all. Check the website before going. What a pity that such a fine pool built by the local authority at immense capital cost shouldn’t be more available to Joe public.
(ii) It’s situated on the edge of the town beyond the boulevard périphérique, but there’s plenty of parking on site. If going there by public transport take the T1 bus from Nîmes Arènes to the Nemausa stop.
(iii) In common with most facilities in France, users are required to wear maillots de bain sportif (e.g., Speedos®) and bonnets de bain (swimming caps). Additionally at this facility, (a) outdoor footwear has to be removed before entering the locker room (this is enforced by the need for patrons to paddle through a footbath directly behind the reception desk) and (b) the poolside protocol is barefoot: claquettes (flip-flops) are forbidden!
(iv) Neither locker nor shower facilities are gender specific. Lockers require a refundable €1 coin deposit. There’s ample space poolside to leave things that you want to keep with you.
(v) A notice board beside the Olympic pool sets out lane allocations by speed/activity. If you want to study this and are presbyopic you will need to take your specs poolside because the lettering on the notice is rather small. However, given that there appear to be relatively few users of the Olympic pool (on my visits there were never to be more than about four people, all well-disciplined, in any lane) you may find it as helpful to observe what’s going on in each lane and make your own choice.
[July, 2014]
The management have now added an early morning session - between 07h00 and 09h00 on Tuesdays only. Let's hope that this will eventually be extended to the other days of the week.
[July, 2017]
[July, 2017]
When they told me it was 27º today, I scoffed. It was 25.5º or 26ºC.
[May, 2018]
[May, 2018]