The Arkose Group
A French leader
Arkose is a success story, an innovative and ethical concept answering the expectation of urban people who care about the environment and its preservation.Created in 2013 by 4 parteners sharing the same values, Arkose tries to combine its development with a strong environmental and societal engagement. Arkose opened its first “blocpark” at the end of December 2013 in a rapidly developing area in eastern Paris: Montreuil. Today Arkose has gyms in 9 towns: Montreuil, Bordeaux, Massy, Paris (Nation), Annemasse, Marseille, Tours, Lyon, and Villeurbanne. Arkose is one of the French leaders in boulder gyms and intends to continue its development in France and abroad.
The Arkose concept
More than just climbing gyms
Arkose invites you to experience urban, ethical, aesthetic blocparks that are more than just climbing gyms. They have been designed around the central theme of bouldering, an entertaining fun, friendly, safe sport that anyone can do! Arkose urban gyms are carefully designed to be friendly and welcoming. They are lively urban environments in their own right which convey the Arkose Group’s key values: environmental responsibility, conviviality, proximity and accessibility.
Arkose & the street art
The street culture in the spotlight
Like a street artist, Arkose find its inspiration in the energy of the city to build a new urban climbing universe. Lever of local culture, we trust young talents to decorate our blocparks with original creations and to organise artistics eventsThe Arkose group Gyms
ArkoseBordeaux
1250 m2 of fun inside a one-hundred-year-old winery
Contact details
Galerie Tatry, 170 cours du Médoc
33000 Bordeaux
Tél : +33 (0)5 56 80 57 46
bordeaux.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseMassy
One of the largest boulder gym in France!
Contact details
4 rue Galvani,
91300 Massy
Tél : +33 (0)1 64 47 07 47
massy.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseMontreuil
900m² in a typical warehouse from the great industrial era
Contact details
33 rue du progrès
93100 Montreuil
Tél : +33 (0)1 49 88 45 07
montreuil.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseNation
The first boulder room in Paris itself!
Contact details
35 rue des Grands Champs,
75020 Paris
Tél : +33 (0)1 71 93 14 34
nation.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkosePrado
1800m2 dedicated to indoor climbing in the center of Marseille
Contact details
101 boulevard Michelet
13 009 Marseille
Tél : +33 (0)4 84 26 76 46
prado.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseGenevois
1800m2 dedicated to indoor climbing at the gates of Geneva
Contact details
10 allée des chênes
74 100 Vétraz-Monthoux
Tél : +33 (0)4 57 43 60 62
genevois.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
ArkoseTours
1500 m2 of indoor climbing at 10 min of the city center with 500m² of outdoor blocs
Contact details
15 avenue du Danemark
37100 Tours
Tél : +33 (0)2 34 36 42 10
tours.arkose.com
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
8h – Minuit
MRocPartdieu
1500 m2 of bouldering and food in the old squash restaurant Lugdunum
Contact details
86 rue du Pensionnat
69003 Lyon
Tél : +33 (0)9 86 51 23 46
partdieu.mroc.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
9h – Minuit
MRocVilleurbanne
Climbing gym and restaurant in Villeurbanne
Coordonnées
52 rue Alexis Perroncel,
69100 Villeurbanne
Tél : +33 (0)4 37 47 80 01
villeurbanne.mroc.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
9h – Minuit
MRocLaennec
The new boulder room in Lyon!
Contact details
49 rue Président Krüger,
Parc Bataille 69008 Lyon
Tél : +33 (0)4 86 11 27 21
laennec.mroc.fr
Opening hours
Monday to sunday
Public holidays
9h – Minuit
Food by Arkose
Local & fresh
Arkose is expanding with local partners, the best suppliers to serve you good, wholesome products sourced from integrated agriculture. Our meat is of French origin, we serve traditional, free-range chicken, our fish is caught off the French coast, our cooked meats and cheeses are produced by committed artisans who are passionate about their craft, and our fruit and vegetables are grown on local farms. The wines we serve are natural, produced according to the principles of biodynamic or organic viticulture.
Bouldering
The new outside
Bouldering was born in France on the rocks at Fontainebleau at the start of the 20th century. From its origins as training for mountaineering, over the years it has developed into a sport in its own right with its own rules and places to practise. Bouldering is a type of climbing done without ropes on walls up to 4.5m in height with thick mats on the ground to break falls. It is a type of climbing that is:
– safe, accessible to adults and children from 3 years old
– progressive and challenging with increasing levels of difficulty thanks to colour-coded routes like ski runs (green/ blue / red)
