Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Angoulême, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 21 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
Toboggan et Compagnie · Gond-Pontouvre (16)
In the Avenauds area, north of Angoulême, this indoor park welcomes children up to 12 on tube structures with monkey bridges, trampolines, a ball pit and a sledge run.
Museums and science
Musée d'Angoulême · Angoulême (16)
Next to the cathedral, the Angoulême museum presents the palaeontology of the Charente, archaeology with the Agris helmet and art from Africa and Oceania.
Museums and science
Musée du Papier · Angoulême (16)
In a former paper mill on the Charente, the Paper Museum shows how the river's water drove the machines, with a waterwheel and sluice gates visible on the ground floor.
Shows and workshops
Théâtre de Poche Michel Bélézy (Marionnettes d'Angoulême) · Angoulême (16)
The Marionnettes d'Angoulême company performs in a small theatre of fewer than a hundred seats devoted entirely to young audiences.
Museums and science
Musée de la bande dessinée · Angoulême (16)
Housed in former wine storehouses on the Charente, the museum of the international comics centre traces nearly two centuries of creation through original pages.
Sport and adventure
Accrocamp 16 (parc de Frégeneuil) · Angoulême (16)
Set in Frégeneuil park on the banks of the Charente, Accrocamp has five courses from green to red, with zip lines, rope bridges and a Tarzan jump.
Sport and adventure
Bloc Spot · Gond-Pontouvre (16)
This bouldering gym five minutes from Angoulême has around eight hundred square metres of walls, with no rope or harness, above thick mats.
Parks and nature
Vallée des Eaux-Claires · Puymoyen (16)
Listed as a site of European interest for its ecological richness, this limestone valley south of Angoulême has cliffs, Mediterranean-type vegetation and an old mill.
Pools, beaches and water
Plan d'eau de la Grande Prairie · Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16)
A few minutes from Angoulême, this landscaped lake has a beach, playgrounds and large shady areas for picnics.
Pools, beaches and water
Centre aquatique Nautilis · Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16)
The big aquatic centre of the Angoulême area combines an indoor leisure pool with a counter-current river, water jets and a paddling pool, plus an eighty-metre slide that loops outside before coming…
Sport and adventure
Patinoire Nautilis · Saint-Yrieix-sur-Charente (16)
Open from October to April, the Nautilis rink has a sports rink and a leisure area joined by an icy ramp.
Leisure parks
Le Hall Black (bowling et Kid Parc) · Gond-Pontouvre (16)
This leisure complex near Angoulême brings together bowling, billiards, virtual reality and a Kid Parc of play structures for four to eleven year olds.
Leisure parks
Laser Game Evolution Angoulême · Gond-Pontouvre (16)
This centre in the Les Avenauds business park has two dark mazes, room for up to twenty-five players and several game modes.
Leisure parks
Escape Game Code 60 · Gond-Pontouvre (16)
Code 60 offers several themed rooms, including an Egyptian pyramid and a comic-book artist's house, with sixty minutes to get out.
Sport and adventure
Accro Parc Nature Sensations Aventures · Soyaux (16)
On the edge of Angoulême, this treetop park of more than four hectares has seven courses, from low ones open from age three to zip lines for older children.
Parks and nature
Sources de la Touvre · Touvre (16)
The second largest resurgence in France after the Fontaine de Vaucluse, the Touvre springs well up near Angoulême.
Pools, beaches and water
Base canoë-kayak de Montignac · La Boixe (16)
Around Montignac, the Charente splits into many channels and shady islands to explore by canoe or paddleboard.
Pools, beaches and water
Plage et aire de loisirs du Bain des Dames · Châteauneuf-sur-Charente (16)
Facing the Île Mattard, this sandy beach on the Charente is supervised in July and August.
Museums and science
Espace d'Architecture Romane de Saint-Amant-de-Boixe · Saint-Amant-de-Boixe (16)
Next to the large abbey church of Saint-Amant-de-Boixe, the second biggest church in the Charente, this centre tells the story of Romanesque monks and builders.
Animals and farms
Les petites écuries de Genac · Genac-Bignac (16)
In the Rouillac countryside, these stables focus on riding outdoors along the nearby tracks, with ponies and horses that live as a herd.
Castles and heritage
Site gallo-romain des Bouchauds · Saint-Cybardeaux (16)
On a wooded hill near Rouillac, a Gallo-Roman sanctuary and a theatre that could hold around seven thousand spectators stand in a protected natural site.
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