Animals and farms
Stroke goats and ponies in Mialet
Jardin animalier de Mialet · Mialet (30)
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.
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
Jardin animalier de Mialet · Mialet (30)
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
Mine témoin d'Alès · Alès (30)
On Rochebelle hill, the Mine témoin was once used to train young miners.
Leisure parks
Royal Kids Alès · Alès (30)
Royal Kids in Alès is built around a big play frame where children climb, slide and dive into ball pits.
Sport and adventure
Aqua Forest · Bagard (30)
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
Préhistorama de Rousson · Rousson (30)
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
La Bambouseraie en Cévennes · Générargues (30)
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
Grotte de Trabuc · Mialet (30)
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
Parc Parfum d'Aventure · Générargues (30)
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
Train à vapeur des Cévennes · Anduze (30)
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
La Ferme Abracadabranche · Thoiras-Corbès (30)
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
Maison Rouge, musée des Vallées cévenoles · Saint-Jean-du-Gard (30)
Housed in the last silk mill in France to close, Maison Rouge displays ten thousand objects telling the story of life in the Cévennes.