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Piscine des Atlantides
Large water park in Le Mans, with many attractions and pools for all swimmers, from beginners to experts.
Classes and workshops
Practical info
Hours
School term (indoor pools): Tuesday 11:30 AM–9:45 PM; Wednesday 10 AM–7 PM; Saturday 10 AM–5:45 PM; Sunday 9:30 AM–5 PM. Summer holidays (indoor pools): Monday and Friday 8 AM–7:45 PM; Tuesday 10 AM–9:45 PM; Wednesday, Thursday, and Saturday 10 AM–7:45 PM; Sunday 10 AM–7 PM. Outdoor pools (June to September, weather permitting): in June, Monday to Friday 1:30–8 PM and weekends 10 AM–8 PM; in July and August, same hours as the indoor pools during summer holidays.
Tram
T2 — Atlantides-Sablons stop, 290 m · wheelchair-accessible stop
Bus
Bus lines 6, 16 — Arromanches stop, 280 m · wheelchair-accessible stop
Parking
Parking right in front (free, surface lot)
Data: SETRAM / Le Mans Métropole (GTFS, Open Licence), © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
More about Piscine des Atlantides
The Atlantides aquatic center, located on avenue de Volos in Le Mans, offers about 2,400 m² of swimming areas. It includes a sports hall with a lap pool, a learn-to-swim pool, and a diving well, plus a leisure hall with a wading pool, an 80-meter water slide, and a leisure pool with a bubble bath.
Outdoors, open from June through August as well as some weekends in May and September depending on the weather, the center has a wave pool, a current river, and a six-lane slide. A wellness area completes the complex with a jacuzzi, sauna, hammam, and fitness room. The Atlantides offer swimming lessons, aqua-gym sessions (including prenatal aqua-gym), and aqua-bike classes, and together with the Ardriers pool, are one of the two public aquatic facilities run by the City of Le Mans.
A bit of history
The Atlantides aquatic center opened in 2002. According to Le Mans Métropole, the facility was the subject of a renovation project included among municipal investments partly funded by European grants; however, the precise details (dates and exact scope of the work) could not be confirmed from the sources consulted in detail, as the corresponding page was not fully accessible at the time of research.
Since it opened, the facility has operated year-round for its indoor areas, with seasonal opening of its outdoor pools in the summer, a principle unchanged since its creation.