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Things to do with kids in Alès

Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Alès, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 11 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.

Animals and farms

Stroke goats and ponies in Mialet

Jardin animalier de Mialet · Mialet (30)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

On the banks of the Gardon, near the Pont des Abarines, this animal garden is home to around 300 animals under old trees, from alpacas and zebus to parrots.

Castles and heritage

Go down into the mine in Alès

Mine témoin d'Alès · Alès (30)

From age 6 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

On Rochebelle hill, the Mine témoin was once used to train young miners.

Leisure parks

Burn off energy at Royal Kids Alès

Royal Kids Alès · Alès (30)

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

Royal Kids in Alès is built around a big play frame where children climb, slide and dive into ball pits.

Sport and adventure

Jump into the pool at Aqua Forest

Aqua Forest · Bagard (30)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Between Anduze and Alès, Aqua Forest packs into three hectares of woodland tree courses from age 3, an outdoor laser game and, in summer, a water jump.

Museums and science

Travel back in time at the Préhistorama

Préhistorama de Rousson · Rousson (30)

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

On the road from Alès to Saint-Ambroix, the Préhistorama takes visitors through fossils, dinosaurs, early humans and the animals of the last ice age.

Parks and nature

Get lost in the bamboo forest

La Bambouseraie en Cévennes · Générargues (30)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Created in 1856 near Anduze, the Bambouseraie leads families under giant bamboos, past a Laotian village, Japanese maples and century old sequoias.

Parks and nature

Look for the hundred thousand soldiers of Trabuc

Grotte de Trabuc · Mialet (30)

From age 4 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Ten minutes from Anduze, the Trabuc cave is explored along a lit route where visitors switch on some of the lights themselves.

Sport and adventure

Explore the pirate ship at Parfum d'Aventure

Parc Parfum d'Aventure · Générargues (30)

From age 2 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

On the riverbank in the Mialet valley, the park offers sixteen tree courses from age 2, along with nets, huts, giant wooden games and a pirate ship.

Castles and heritage

Ride a steam train through the Cévennes

Train à vapeur des Cévennes · Anduze (30)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Between Anduze and Saint-Jean-du-Gard, the steam train runs along a thirteen kilometre line crossing viaducts and tunnels above the Gardon.

Sport and adventure

Cross the river at Abracadabranche

La Ferme Abracadabranche · Thoiras-Corbès (30)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Between Anduze and Lasalle, this treetop park set on a farm has more than one hundred and twenty games, several of them crossing the river.

Museums and science

Discover silk at Maison Rouge

Maison Rouge, musée des Vallées cévenoles · Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30)

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

Housed in the last silk mill in France to close, Maison Rouge displays ten thousand objects telling the story of life in the Cévennes.