Sport, Health & Fitness

This sunken-level health club has Technogym fitness machines, a sauna and some of the best classes in the city, particularly for step and spinning; the classes cost extra.

The excellent Gepetto & Vélos rents, sells and repairs all types of bicycles.

Flat racing 40km (25 miles) from Paris. The fashion parade turns out in force for the Prix de Diane Hermès in June; the full length of the course is used for the Prix du Jockey...

Flat racing in the Bois de Boulogne. This course hosts the racing season's most fashionable social event, the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe Lucien Barrière. Women in wild hats get...

One of Europe's best climbing walls, with 1,550sq m (16,000sq ft) of wall.

A beautiful art deco pool with two mezzanine levels. It has private locker rooms, plus night swimming to underwater music. Small fee for lockers.

One of the top teams in France. Home matches tend to take place on Saturday evenings.

With year-round summer temperatures, this water park under a giant atrium is great fun for kids. An extra charge gets you a steam bath and three saunas.

Centrally located venue with eight bowling lanes.

The largest of the six municipal walls in Paris.

Fourteen courts, two of which are covered.

Historic venue decorated with frescoes, offering a huge bar and pool tables aplenty. No under-18s.

Tennis, table tennis and other racquet sports at most of the dozen branches in and around Paris.

Home to the Pontoise pool, this venerable centre off boulevard St-Germain houses no-frills fitness facilities, and has a room for step, aerobics, stretching and yoga classes....