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Things to do with kids in Aubagne

Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Aubagne, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.

OK Corral
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Leisure parks

Play cowboys at OK Corral

OK Corral · Cuges-les-Pins (13)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Over €25

Between Marseille and Toulon, this amusement park opened in 1966 recreates a Wild West town.

Parks and nature

Walk down to a calanque

Calanques de Marseille · Marseille (13)

From age 4 · Outdoor · Free

Between Marseille and Cassis, the Calanques National Park alternates white cliffs, pine woods and clear-water coves.

Pools, beaches and water

Go down slide after slide at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer

Aqualand Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer · Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (83)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Over €25

Between Marseille and Toulon, this water park opens its slides during the summer.

Leisure parks

Run from hut to hut at Peypin

Le Bois des Lutins - Marseille Peypin · Peypin (13)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Between Marseille and Aubagne, this forest park tells the story of a little people of elves, trolls and fairies who sleep during the day.

Leisure parks

Bounce on the bungee tower

Dream Kidz · Marseille (13)

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

Formerly Magic City, this 750 m² air-conditioned park is in the La Valentine area.

Pools, beaches and water

Paddle in the river at Cap Provence

Cap Provence · Cassis (13)

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

Set in a pine wood at Les Gorguettes, above Cassis, this metropolitan pool has a 25-metre sports pool and a large learner pool.

Castles and heritage

Watch the potters of Aubagne at work

Poterie Ravel · Aubagne (13)

From age 4 · Indoor and outdoor · Free · Good on rainy days

Founded in 1837 on the banks of the Huveaune, the workshop still makes more than 20,000 garden pots by hand every year, some taller than a child.

Leisure parks

Go bowling in central Aubagne

Bowling du Bras d'Or Aubagne · Aubagne (13)

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

Close to the town centre, the Bras d'Or venue houses a ten-lane bowling alley, with pool tables and table football to make the game last.

Shows and workshops

Shape clay in Aubagne

Et le gris devient bleu, atelier de modelage · Aubagne (13)

From age 7 · Indoor · Over €25 · Good on rainy days

In the town of clay and santons, this ceramics workshop and shop introduces adults and children from seven to pinch-pot modelling.

Shows and workshops

Take little ones to the Comœdia in Aubagne

Théâtre Comœdia · Aubagne (13)

From age 4 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Aubagne's municipal theatre and its small studio, La Coulisse, make room for young audiences with storytelling and musical shows from age 4, often on Wednesday afternoons.

Shows and workshops

Catch a film at Le Pagnol

Cinéma Le Pagnol · Aubagne (13)

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

On cours Foch, right in the centre of Aubagne, this independent family cinema shows mainstream and arthouse films on four air-conditioned screens.

Museums and science

Find Marius in clay figures in Aubagne

Le Petit Monde de Marcel Pagnol · Aubagne (13)

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

In central Aubagne, the town of santon makers, a large nativity scene stages Pagnol's characters in miniature Provençal villages.

Parks and nature

Slide down the mound in Palissy garden

Jardin Palissy · Aubagne (13)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Free

This 8,400 square metre garden in the centre of Aubagne has a mound slide, a climbing structure with a footbridge and a swing frame.

Sport and adventure

Climb themed walls in Aubagne

Climb Up Aubagne, Fun Climbing · Aubagne (13)

From age 3 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

At the Climb Up centre in Aubagne, the Fun Climbing area offers themed walls for ages 3 to 16, with spinning or light-up holds.

Parks and nature

Climb and swing at Parc en Ciel

Parc en Ciel · Aubagne (13)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

This one hectare park sorts its play equipment by age: the pomme d'api frame for ages 2 to 6, spring riders and a swing, then a climbing clover from age 7.

Pools, beaches and water

Play in the Alain Bernard leisure pool

Piscine Alain Bernard · Aubagne (13)

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

Named after the Olympic champion who learned to swim there, Aubagne's indoor pool adds a leisure pool heated to thirty degrees to its sports pool.

Animals and farms

Walk the Garlaban hills with a donkey

Balade avec les ânes de la Font de Mai · Aubagne (13)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

At the Font de Mai estate, at the foot of the Garlaban hills so dear to Marcel Pagnol, François offers young children a short donkey ride around the grounds.

Leisure parks

Drive electric karts in Aubagne

Kids Motor Park & Ninja Run · Aubagne (13)

From age 1 · Indoor and outdoor · €10 to €25

Near the Porte d'Aubagne exit, this park open all year mixes an electric kart track for 1 to 7 year olds, a net-based ninja course from age 7, laser tag, gel ball…

Leisure parks

Mix karting, bowling and laser tag in Aubagne

KIP Karting Indoor Provence · Aubagne (13)

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

In Aubagne, KIP brings together an indoor karting track, laser tag, bowling and an arcade under one roof, plus an outdoor playground.

Pools, beaches and water

Splash in the Aquagem leisure pool

Aquagem, centre aquatique de Gémenos · Gémenos (13)

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

Gémenos's aquatic centre is open all year and offers families a paddling pool, water games, a learner pool and a leisure pool.

Castles and heritage

Step inside Pagnol's château

Château de la Buzine · Marseille (13)

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

Marcel Pagnol bought this château, which he wrote about in My Mother's Castle, and it is now a venue devoted to cinema.

Sport and adventure

Climb real rock in Roquevaire

Bloc'UP Roquevaire · Roquevaire (13)

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

Ten minutes from Aubagne, this family bouldering gym offers 300 square metres of walls, including a section of reconstructed rock and an outdoor corner.

Castles and heritage

Tour the Méhari workshop in Cassis

2CV Méhari Club Cassis · Cassis (13)

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

For more than forty years this family firm has restored and rebuilt 2CVs, Méharis and Dyanes, and it even converts old cars to electric power.

Leisure parks

Play a round of laser tag

Laser Game Evolution Marseille · Marseille (13)

From age 7 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

In the 11th arrondissement, this laser tag centre has three mazes, two of them on several levels with a mezzanine.

Parks and nature

Walk up the cool Saint-Pons valley

Parc départemental de Saint-Pons · Gémenos (13)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

At the foot of the Sainte-Baume, this county park follows the Fauge stream under beech and lime trees, a coolness that is rare in Provence.

Leisure parks

Bowl on animated lanes

Bowling Evolution Marseille Valentine · Marseille (13)

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

At La Valentine, the Marseille Loisirs bowling alley projects images onto the lanes during the game: game scenarios appear in real time under the ball and change the way you aim.

Leisure parks

Bounce around at Full in Park

Full in Park · Marseille (13)

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

In the La Valentine area, this indoor trampoline park combines a jumping arena, a foam pit, a giant airbag, a tower and parkour modules.

Sport and adventure

Try golf at La Salette

Golf de la Bastide de la Salette · Marseille (13)

From age 6 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

On impasse des Vaudrans in the 11th arrondissement, the Bastide de la Salette golf course covers 70 hectares of hills.

Sport and adventure

Climb under the pines from age two

Cassis Forest · Cassis (13)

From age 2 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Under a pine wood at the entrance to Cassis, seven courses and more than 160 challenges rise around a climbing wall.

Animals and farms

Meet the goats of Cassis

Chèvrerie de Cassis · Cassis (13)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Above the town of Cassis, a small goat farm opens its doors late in the day to groups of no more than ten people.