L'Autre Usine

In Cholet, in the Maine-et-Loire, L'Autre Usine sets up its indoor track at the heart of the Mauges industrial city. The site sits in a former industrial wasteland rehabilitated into a leisure complex, which fits perfectly with Cholet's historic working-class identity. The track is easily accessible from the city centre and the Cholet ring road. It's an address regularly favoured by Cholet residents on after-work outings, students, and local businesses for their team-building events.

The indoor course lets you drive year-round, sheltered from oceanic weather. Several kart engine sizes are available depending on profile, from entry-level models for kids to punchier versions for regulars chasing timed sessions. The indoor format particularly suits family initiation runs, kids' birthday parties, stag and hen parties, and corporate evenings : a covered setting that works as well in winter rain as in high summer. The "rehabilitated factory" atmosphere gives the site a distinctive industrial character that appeals to groups looking for an original setting.

Cholet is 45 minutes from Angers, an hour from Nantes, and 30 from the Puy du Fou. The region offers plenty to extend the visit : Cholet and its Art and History Museum, the red Cholet handkerchief (emblematic textile), the Puy du Fou (the famous Vendée historical park), the Saint-Florent-le-Vieil abbey, Saumur and its royal castle (an hour away), or a detour to Angers and its Anjou castle with the Apocalypse Tapestry. An urban and original karting option for Cholet residents and Puy du Fou holidaymakers looking for an all-weather format with a marked industrial character.