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Things to do with kids in Albi

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

Ride around the former Carmaux mine

Cap'Découverte · Le Garric (81)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

Built on the former open-cast mine at Carmaux, Cap'Découverte covers nearly 700 hectares of cycle paths, trails and slopes.

Parks and nature

Play by the Tarn at Pratgraussals

Base de loisirs de Pratgraussals · Albi (81)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

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

Slide down Albi's inflatable water park

Eldorad'eau Aquaparc Albi · Albi (81)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

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

Hunt for Toulouse-Lautrec's dogs

Musée Toulouse-Lautrec · Albi (81)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

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

Sail a gabarre below the cathedral

Promenade en gabarre Albi Croisières · Albi (81)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Below the Palais de la Berbie, Albi Croisières' flat-bottomed gabarres take families out on the Tarn for a guided trip.

Sport and adventure

Drive a kart at the Albi circuit

Albi Kart Experience · Le Séquestre (81)

From age 7 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

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

Climb the walls at Altissimo

Altissimo Albi · Albi (81)

From age 5 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

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

Bounce and play indoors in Albi

Zig Park · Albi (81)

From age 1 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

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

Go down the Cagnac mine

Musée-Mine départemental · Cagnac-les-Mines (81)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

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

Play with the Odyssée water dragon

Centre aquatique L'Odyssée · Carmaux (81)

All ages · Indoor and outdoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

At Carmaux's aquatic centre, the fun pool of over 100 square metres slopes gently, with a bubble bath and cascades.

Animals and farms

Watch the lemurs at Exoticamis

Espace zoologique Exoticamis · Terre-de-Bancalié (81)

All ages · Indoor and outdoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

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

Swim in Lac de la Roucarié

Lac de la Roucarié · Almayrac (81)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

Three kilometres from Carmaux, Lac de la Roucarié offers free swimming in summer, watched by lifeguards on the Almayrac side.

Museums and science

Meet the crocodile at the Gaillac museum

Muséum d'histoire naturelle Philadelphe Thomas · Gaillac (81)

From age 3 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

The Tarn's only natural history museum, the Philadelphe Thomas museum displays birds, mammals and fish in old cabinets, like a cabinet of curiosities.