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Parc Olímpic del Segre
La Seu d'Urgell,
Barcelona
Cataluña
Spain
97 336 00 92
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Barcelona
Cataluña
Spain
97 336 00 92
Type: Other
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In 1992 La Seu d’Urgell got a major boost when it was chosen to host the whitewater competitions of the Olympic Games. The Parc Olímpic del Segre immediately south of the old quarter has since been opened up to the public for the enjoyment of watersports. Here a stretch of the Río Segre was damned to create a calm water canal for leisurely floats and a 500-m (1,640-foot) whitewater course with a drop of 6.5 m (21 feet) for rafting, kayaking and hydrospeeding.
The ticket office is located in a large bar and terrace restaurant overlooking the river. There you can rent a canoe to float the flat-water canal for an hour (9 Euro), get on the whitewater for an hour or half-hour of rafting (31Euro/24Euro) or hydrospeeding (34Euro/27Euro). If you choose rafting, you’ll have a guide, of course, and be accompanied by five others. Choose hydrospeeding and you’re on your own.
You fly belly-first down the rapids on a water sled, spinning and twisting along the way. In this short stretch of water, hydrospeeding is far more liberating than the mostly unexciting experience on a raft.
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