In Castres, amid the lush greenery of the Parc de Gourjade, close to the golf course, an outstanding recreational and sporting complex encompasses water, ice and party facilities.
   
 
Well-being and relaxation
Playing, diving, skating
  Beaches and extensive outdoor areas, hot tubs and moving water-course: in a special setting where nature rubs shoulders with architectural aesthetics, the Archipelago invites you to weigh anchor, cast off, and make the most of the here and now.     Designed for kids and grown-ups alike, the nautical complex offers a whole host of attractions.
   
 
Water - Outstanding sports facilities  
  In a high level sporting environment, the Archipelago sports complex is nowadays recognized as one of the best in the Midi-Pyrénées: 25 metre indoor pool, 1 and 3 metre diving boards.  
  It is equipped for both training and competitions, and offers serious athletes and amateurs alike a chance to put together their own swimming programmes, in all this discipline's many forms.  
  Initiation and development of sporting disciplines: underwater diving, competition, life-saving...
  Swimming and fitness: water gymnastics, prenatal gymnastics, swimming classes for infants, individual and group classes, aquaphobia treatment.
  Indoors, a recreational pool of 300 sq.m. with chutes, moving water-course, hot tub and skating rink.
 
Outdoors, a pool of 470 sq.m. with 6 chutes and slides, moving water-course, water games, special baby pool and children's slide and chute.
  These facilities are surrounded by extensive and well-equipped green spaces: grassy "beaches", picnic areas, beach-volley courts, ping-pong tables...
   
 
Premises may be rented for private evenings and parties.
   
 
   
 
L'Archipel
  Av. Georges Pompidou
  81100 Castres
  Tel : 05.63.62.54.00
  Fax : 05.63.62.54.09
  mail : accueil.archipel@castres-mazamet.com
OUVERT 7 JOURS / 7, TOUTE L'ANNEE (sauf vidanges)