Arriving from Toulouse by train, you'll find the gare SNCF a kilometre southwest of the town centre on avenue Albert-1er. The gare routière is on place Soult, with bus services to Mazamet and Lacaune. The tourist office is beside the Pont Vieux at 3 rue Milhau-Ducommun (April-Oct Mon-Sat 8.30am-7pm, Sun 10am-noon & 2-6pm; rest of year Mon-Sat 8.30am-12.30pm & 1.30-6.30pm, Sun 2-6pm; tel 05.63.62.63.62, fax 05.63.62.63.62).

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There are several reasonable hotels in Castres. Among the cheapest are the basic, old-style Le Périgord , 22 rue émile-Zola (tel 05.63.59.04.74; under €24; restaurant from €11.44), and the more comfortable Hôtel Rivière , 10 quai Tourcaudière (tel 05.63.59.04.53, fax 05.63.59.61.97; €34-46). At the other end of the scale, try the stylish Renaissance at 17 rue Victor Hugo (tel 05.63.59.30.42, fax 05.63.72.11.57; €46-61), just off place Jean-Jaurès. The municipal campsite (tel 05.63.59.72.30; closed Oct-March) is in a riverside park 2km northeast of town on the road to Roquecourbe, which you can also reach by river-taxi (round trip €3.81).

For simple, inexpensive meals, you can't beat the upstairs dining room in the Brasserie des Jacobins , on place Jean-Jaurès. Alternatively, Le Médiéval (tel 05.63.51.13.78; closed Sun & Mon), at 44 rue Milhau-Ducommun, has an eleventh-century dining room poised above the Agout, and offers reasonable terroir and gastronomique menus from €16.78.

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