Unlikely remnants of the more recent past come in the shape of a Vietnamese pagoda and an abandoned mosque, both built by French colonial troops. The pagoda (daily 9am–noon & 2–7pm), still maintained as a Buddhist temple, is on the crossroads of the RN7 to Cannes and the D100, about 2km out of Fréjus. The Mosquée Missiri de Djenné is on the left off the D4 to Bagnols, in the middle of an army camp 2km from the RN7 junction. A strange, guava-coloured, fort-like building, it's a replica of a Sudanese mosque in Mali, decorated inside with fading murals of desert journeys gracefully sketched in white on the dark-pink walls.If mountain biking tempts you, there's a number of trails which start in the Base Nature, just west of Port-Frejus along the coast, and head up into the forested hills of the Massif de l'Esterel to the northeast of the town. The trails range from a flat, five-kilometre ride around a marsh to more serious 35-kilometre rides in the massif. Mountain bikes can be rented from Cycles Béraud, 337 rue de Triberg (tel 04.94.51.20.20), and Holiday Bikes. The tourist office sells trail maps for €2.22, or call the Association VTT for more information (tel 04.94.51.91.10). For children, there's a zoo in Le Capitou, close to exit 38 on the D4 heading north (daily: May–Sept 9.30am–6pm; Oct–April 10am–5pm; €10, children under ten €6; bus #2), and a water amusement park, Aquatica (daily: June & Sept 10am–6pm; July & Aug 10am–7pm; €22, children €18; bus #19 or #29), off the RN98 to St-Aygulf. Toboggans and pedal boats, chutes into an enchanted river, lakes, a huge swimming pool with artificial waves, a beach for the less energetic and a Black Hole are some of its main attractions.
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