European Diving School

Tucked into the "La Capte" beach camping in Hyères, France, European Diving School sits right beside a national park — a setting that puts the water within easy reach. As a PADI Resort, it's a welcoming base for divers who want to learn, log dives along the local coast, and make the most of a Mediterranean shoreline.

Courses, dives and who it suits

The centre offers PADI scuba diving and runs as a dive club, with air fills, nitrox, equipment sales and scuba rental on hand. There's even kids' equipment rental, making it a natural fit for families as well as solo divers and groups. Underwater, the local marine life ranges from sharks, whales and turtles to ocean fish, eels, molluscs and crustaceans, plus corals, anemones and jellyfish.

Onsite you'll find a dive boat, accommodation, food and drinks, free Wi-Fi and parking. Staff speak English, Spanish, French and German, so visitors from across Europe can feel at home from the first briefing.