Leisure parks
Ride around the former Carmaux mine
Cap'Découverte · Le Garric (81)
Built on the former open-cast mine at Carmaux, Cap'Découverte covers nearly 700 hectares of cycle paths, trails and slopes.
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Albi, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 13 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
Cap'Découverte · Le Garric (81)
Built on the former open-cast mine at Carmaux, Cap'Découverte covers nearly 700 hectares of cycle paths, trails and slopes.
Parks and nature
Base de loisirs de Pratgraussals · Albi (81)
Opposite the episcopal city on the right bank of the Tarn, the Pratgraussals park spreads 13 shady hectares around a small pond.
Pools, beaches and water
Eldorad'eau Aquaparc Albi · Albi (81)
From mid-June to late August, Eldorad'eau sets up an inflatable water park in Albi with slides, pools and water games.
Museums and science
Musée Toulouse-Lautrec · Albi (81)
At the Palais de la Berbie, the family trail invites children to track down the dogs and horses painted by Lautrec, spot his various signatures and find the clowns of the Fernando…
Pools, beaches and water
Promenade en gabarre Albi Croisières · Albi (81)
Below the Palais de la Berbie, Albi Croisières' flat-bottomed gabarres take families out on the Tarn for a guided trip.
Sport and adventure
Albi Kart Experience · Le Séquestre (81)
Inside Albi's motor racing circuit, Albi Kart Experience lets children aged 7 and over, from 1.35 metres tall, drive on a technical track.
Sport and adventure
Altissimo Albi · Albi (81)
In the Ranteil business park, this large climbing gym lines up 15 metre routes and around thirty boulders over a thousand square metres.
Leisure parks
Zig Park · Albi (81)
In the Montplaisir business park, Zig Park brings three activities under one roof: an indoor playground for under-12s, a trampoline park and a laser game open from age 8.
Museums and science
Musée-Mine départemental · Cagnac-les-Mines (81)
At the departmental mine museum, the visit starts with a ride down in the cage and continues through 300 metres of renovated galleries.
Pools, beaches and water
Centre aquatique L'Odyssée · Carmaux (81)
At Carmaux's aquatic centre, the fun pool of over 100 square metres slopes gently, with a bubble bath and cascades.
Animals and farms
Espace zoologique Exoticamis · Terre-de-Bancalié (81)
A quarter of an hour from Albi, this zoo refuge houses more than 250 animals that were abandoned or seized, including lemurs, meerkats, parrots, chameleons and tortoises.
Pools, beaches and water
Lac de la Roucarié · Almayrac (81)
Three kilometres from Carmaux, Lac de la Roucarié offers free swimming in summer, watched by lifeguards on the Almayrac side.
Museums and science
Muséum d'histoire naturelle Philadelphe Thomas · Gaillac (81)
The Tarn's only natural history museum, the Philadelphe Thomas museum displays birds, mammals and fish in old cabinets, like a cabinet of curiosities.