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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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Hi, we're new to this site but we've been swingers for many years and live in the Loire valley near Blois in France. Here's a selection of clubs in our area, the words in brackets are french terms :
1. TOURS. Paradis at Monlouis sur Loire near Tours - our nearest club and where we go most of the time, there's a large dance area and a labyrinth of backrooms (Coins calins). One section of the club is only for couples and one Saturday night per month the whole club is couples only. You do need to get free towels (serviettes) from behind the bar before playing. There's also a big jacuzzi and sauna.
2. CHARTRES. Shaker et Vitray en Beauce near Chartres - we love this club, unfortunately its quite a distance from us otherwise we'd go more often. Its couples only on a Saturday night with a dancefloor (piste de dance) downstairs and playrooms upstairs. People are really approachable and Seb the boss is really nice and helpful; if there are any other English people in that night he'll introduce you to them. We've never had a bad night at Shaker.
3. NIORT. Elixyr at Tout-Y-Faut on the road betweek Niort and St. Jean D'Angely - this used to be our favourite club when we lived at La Rochelle and we still go back. Saturday night is couples only. The playrooms are upstairs and there's also a large dungeon room downstairs. The jacuzzi is closed on couples night. This club gets very busy on Saturdays and has a real party atmosphere. There are also 4 hotel rooms (chambres d'hôtel) but you need to book ahead of time.
4. ORLEANS. La Messaline, Oinville Saint Liphard, north of Orléans - we've only been twice, the first time was great and we easily met two couples but the second time there was a large group of 30-something Parisians who clearly felt they owned the place and we felt somewhat out of place, we went home frustrated.
5. BLOIS. Chêne club, Noyers-sur Cher, equidistant between Blois, Tours and Vierzon - we've only been once and it didn't have much of an atmosphere although we did meet a nice couple. I've heard that they've put in an indoor swimming pool that you can dance in although dancing naked with panda eyes from running mascara might not be so sexy?
6. TOURS. The Moulins club at St Maure de Tourraine just off the A10 motorway (which links Paris to Bordeaux) is the oldest in our area, its situated in a old transport cafe/hotel so upstairs are the bedrooms that lorry drivers would have slept in and downstairs is the common area/dining room.
We were invited by a French couple who know the club well, downstairs is a bar and dance area, we went on a Saturday night but there were only 5 couples and about 10 single men, apparently it gets busier sometimes.
Invited upstairs, all the rooms were free, each equiped with a 140 x 190cm size bed which is the standard French double bed (standard UK size is 135 x 190cm) so about the same. Thats a great size for a couple but for 4 people its a bit small. The other couple shut the door with a bolt so at least we were only 4 on the bed but it was a squeeze. The owners were friendly and it wasn't expensive but to be honest there are better clubs in our region.
We typically spend 60 to 70€ for a night out wherever we go, Ann drinks champagne or sparkling wine, I only drink soft drinks which are often free - certainly the case at Paradis and Elixyr. Smoking is strictly forbidden everywhere except in the smokers room (coin fumeur) but if you do smoke this is a great place to make contact with people. Note also that the french drink driving limit is lower than in the UK.
We hope our little review helps, we also know Cap d'Agde very well but other members seem to have done some good guides already. |
'Une Gode'... I am French and never used that word, I would probably use 'un vibrateur' ou 'dildo'.
And some Useful ones:
'un préservatif' = condom
'un gel lubrifiant' = 'gel coquin' = lube
Great thread, Merci à vous.
