Centre d'Accueil du Lac de Maine 49 av du Lac de Maine tel 02.41.22.32.10, www.lacdemaine.fr. Rather swish hostel-style accommodation, complete with extensive sports facilities, a 20min ride southwest of the town; bus #6 (bus #11 from 7.30pm–midnight, bus #26 on Sun) either from the train station or bd Générale-de-Gaulle. Private rooms €24.20, dorms €9.95. You can rent canoes at the Base Nautique in the complex. There's also a campsite here (tel 02.41.73.05.03, fax 02.41.73.02.20; closed Dec–Feb), agreeably situated next to the lake.Foyer Darwin 3 rue Darwin tel 02.41.22.61.20, [email protected]. Inexpensive hostel twenty minutes' walk west of La Doutre, near the Belle-Beille campus; take bus #6 or #8.
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