At our swim summer camps in France, you can improve yourself, master different swimming styles and breathing techniques, and work on improving your swimming times. If you've studied French and want to improve it while practicing your favorite sport, enroll in this French summer camp for one or two weeks! This is a total French immersion that's fun and supervised! Book a summer at our Swimming Academy in France

Study abroad Vichy France
Age from 13 to 17 years old
Language French
Dates July to August
Length 1 or 2 weeks
Fees from 1249 EUR
Overview

Swim summer camps in France for teens: Swim with French teens of your age

Nacel organizes summer swim camps in France. Book the program and travel to France next summer!

  • Swim summer camp in France for one to two weeks in July and August.
  • French swim camps are for teens ( 13 to 17 years old)
  • Accommodation in dorms inside the campus during this French swim camp. 

2025 FRANCE SWIM CAMPS

Our summer sports camps are organized in Mâcon and Vichy) in France. The students can practice sports and educational activities safely at the Vichy campus. Our sports camp is developed and organized by our sports affiliate, SPORTS ELITE JEUNES. The sports and activities offered in Vichy take place in world-class facilities for training French national teams. Our coaches have years of experience running training and practice sessions; they are experienced and highly skilled. They have a Sports Coach Diploma in their specific field or work in school as sports coaches.

LANGUAGE DURING THE INTENSIVE SWIM SUMMER CAMP IN FRANCE
The majority of participants (90%) are French. Coaches and assistants are all French, and international students make the most of these sports camps to improve their French skills because they are immersed in a French-speaking environment 24 hours a day. French is the language used during all activities - sports, leisure time, social activities, meals, etc.

INTENSIVE SWIM SUMMER CAMP

Technical workshops: In this program, 10 hours are devoted to dry warm-up, muscle strengthening, and stretching, and 20 hours are spent practicing in the pool. 

  • Workshops on diving, flowing, swimming, and turning in the different swims, work on balance (position and alignment of the body),
  • Propulsion and breathing for better performance in the four swimming techniques. 
  • Challenge workshops: Use specific equipment, such as pull buoys, mini fins, snorkels, plates, etc. Initiation to dive during an evening. 
  • Competition workshops: introduction to mental preparation (concentration, visualization of the race). Introduction to self-analysis.
  • Muscle strengthening and stretching to prepare the body and promote recovery

ATTENTION: for this program, young people must have a swimming license.

How will I study French?

This summer camp in France is a real immersion in French because coaches, teachers, and most campers (90%) are French. International students can join the French campers during the sports practices and the social activities planned inside the camp. International participants must have a minimum French level (2 years of French studies) to interact with the other campers and understand what the coach says.

This camp does not include French lessons.

Excursions and other activities are organized in the evening and at the weekend.

All our sports camps in France are developed and organized by our sports affiliate, SPORTS ELITE JEUNES. Read the Director's interview.

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Activities

If you participate in this Swimming summer camp in France, you will be able to:

  • Swim 20 hrs a week in a pool and join in 10 hrs a week of warm-up exercises ( 6 hours per day)
  • Participate in evening activities 
  • Participate in weekend activities
  • For a two-week stay, you can go to a theme park with your new friends in Mâcon.

Your French camp leaders will organize nice activities during this Swim summer camp in France, such as games, contests, parties, and competitions.

Level

High intensity sport camp. Minimum 2 years of competitive experience required. Not suitable for beginner; recommended for high-performance swimmers currently competing and training at a club.

Accommodation

Accommodation on the Vichy campus with full board.

Students live in residences (2 to 3 beds per room) with shared facilities. French and international campers share the same room based on age and gender. It is possible to specify a person with whom to share the room. Full board accommodation is provided. The center's chefs cook balanced menus for four meals a day.

Fees

Swim Summer Camp in France: choose your dates in 2025!

*price in Euro's

French Swim Summer Camps in France 2025

Each camp session lasts for 7 or 14 days. Arrival on Sunday and departure on Saturday.

Arrival dates for July in Vichy are:

  • June 29th, 2025 (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full
  • July 6th, 2025 (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full
  • July 13th, 2025 (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full
  • July 20th, 2025 (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full
  • July 27th, 2025  (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full

Arrival dates for August in Vichy are:

  • August 3rd, 2025 (1 or 2 weeks) Please inquire, almost full
  • August 10th, 2025  (1 week only) Please inquire, almost full

Are you interested in taking French lessons AND practicing a sport for 3 hours in the morning? Opt for a sports camp in France WITH French lessons: French and Sports summer camp in France

All our sports camps in France are developed and organized by our sports affiliate, SPORTS ELITE JEUNES.

💰 What's Included in the Price?

  • Administration fees
  • Full board accommodation in shared rooms
  • Sports activities are carefully supervised and led by certified chaperones
  • Access to all sports equipment on the campus
  • Social activities during the weekend and in the evenings
  • Support, assistance, and 24H emergency response phone number during the whole program

🚫 What's Not Included?

  • Round-trip international airfare
  • Non-compulsory insurance (luggage lost, flight delay, etc.)
  • Visa, passport, and medical exam fees
  • Group transfer from a Paris train station to the Vichy campus by train, with French chaperones, and back 
  • Personal expenses and spending money
  • Medical, Liability, and Emergency Repatriation insurance: please provide an insurance certificate


Cancellation Policy

Eligibility

If you want to be part of our Swim Camp in France, you must consider that: 

  • We only accept students from 13 to 17 years of age
  • You must have studied French for two years
  • You must have strong motivation and willingness to create friendships with other participants 
  • You have to make your best effort to speak in French at all times
  • You have to make sure that you have the physical and mental condition to be part of this program

This program lets you improve your French, practice a sport, and make new friends. Our campers are expected to be mature and flexible.

THIS IS A NON-SMOKING PROGRAM. 

Frequently Asked Questions

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During our sports camp in France your child will be surrounded by French teens. Improvement comes from constant immersion, using the language daily with native speakers. Studies show that four weeks of immersion can be as effective as a year of college language study due to the constant practice.