Animals and farms
Feed the lorikeets at the Parc des Oiseaux
Parc des Oiseaux · Villars-les-Dombes (01)
Among the lakes of the Dombes, the park is home to around 2,000 birds along 35 hectares of paths.
Days out with kids in Auvergne-Rhône-Alps
Looking for a family outing in Auvergne-Rhône-Alps? Here are our favourites, from the classics to the unexpected, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 650 places on the Trottimap map.
Animals and farms
Meet bears from your car
Safari de Peaugres · Peaugres (07)
The visit begins at the wheel, windows closed, on an African plain where giraffes, zebras and rhinos live together, then through a forest where some thirty black bears and bison come up…
Parks and nature
Say hello to the Tête d'Or giraffes
Parc de la Tête d'Or · Lyon (69)
In the heart of the park, the free zoo presents giraffes, antelopes and Watusi cattle on an African plain, then primates in an Asian forest.
Museums and science
Go behind the scenes of cult films
Musée Miniature et Cinéma · Lyon (69)
In a Renaissance house in Vieux Lyon, the museum displays more than 10,000 original pieces from film sets: costumes, models, animatronic creatures and props from Star Wars, Harry Potter or Batman.
Museums and science
Discover the lions of the Chauvet cave
Grotte Chauvet 2 · Vallon-Pont-d'Arc (07)
The replica recreates the main chambers of the decorated cave discovered in 1994, with its lions, rhinos and mammoths painted around 36,000 years ago.
Castles and heritage
Go 121 metres beneath the Ardèche
Aven d'Orgnac · Orgnac-l'Aven (07)
The guided tour goes down by stairs into vast chambers bristling with stalagmites, some more than ten metres high.
Castles and heritage
Look for the olms at Choranche
Grottes de Choranche · Choranche (38)
At the foot of the Vercors cliffs, the cave unfolds a route of about an hour along underground lakes, beneath thousands of thin calcite straws, some more than three metres long.
Museums and science
Travel through time at the Musée des Confluences
Musée des Confluences · Lyon (69)
At the tip of the Presqu'île, this science and society museum mixes dinosaur skeletons, meteorites, insects and objects from all over the world.
Animals and farms
Meet ibex and marmots facing Mont Blanc
Parc animalier de Merlet · Les Houches (74)
At 1,500 metres, facing the Mont Blanc massif, a trail through forest and alpine pasture crosses the estate where ibex, chamois, mouflons, marmots and llamas live.
Parks and nature
Ride the train to the Mer de Glace
Train du Montenvers Mer de Glace · Chamonix-Mont-Blanc (74)
The rack railway leaves from the centre of Chamonix and climbs in about twenty minutes to 1,913 metres, facing the Drus and the Mer de Glace.
Leisure parks
Visit Father Christmas's house
Hameau du Père Noël · Saint-Blaise (74)
At the Col du Mont-Sion, an old building houses Father Christmas's kitchen, bedroom and toy workshop, followed by Mother Christmas's house, where you listen to stories by the fire.
Animals and farms
Watch the gorillas at Saint-Martin-la-Plaine
Espace zoologique de Saint-Martin-la-Plaine · Saint-Martin-la-Plaine (42)
Between Lyon and Saint-Étienne, this 12-hectare refuge park cares for more than 1,000 animals, many of them taken in after life in a circus or following a seizure.
Museums and science
Hunt for hidden details at Mini World
Mini World Lyon · Vaulx-en-Velin (69)
At Carré de Soie in Vaulx-en-Velin, 3,500 m² of miniature scenery shows towns, countryside and mountains where trains and cars move on their own.
Animals and farms
See the aurochs at Vagnas
Parc animalier des Gorges de l'Ardèche · Vagnas (07)
This shady park presents rare or old breeds, such as Girgentana goats and Soay sheep, and above all the back-bred aurochs, the wild ox painted in the nearby Chauvet Cave.
Castles and heritage
Tour Vichy by little train
Petit train touristique de Vichy · Vichy (03)
In just over half an hour, the little train links the spa town's grandest sights: the Palais des Congrès, the Napoleon III chalets, the springs district and the lanes of old Vichy…
Castles and heritage
Discover old Chambéry by little train
Le petit train de Chambéry · Chambéry (73)
Setting off from Place Saint-Léger, the little train winds through Chambéry's old centre for three quarters of an hour.
Also worth a visit
- Mix animals and rides at Le PALLe PAL · Dompierre-sur-Besbre · All ages · Leisure parks
- Try all the rides at Walibi Rhône-AlpesWalibi Rhône-Alpes · Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin · From age 3 · Leisure parks
- Follow the sharks at the Aquarium de LyonAquarium de Lyon · La Mulatière · All ages · Animals and farms
- Play at being volcanologists at VulcaniaCité des Enfants à Vulcania · Saint-Ours-les-Roches · From age 3 · Leisure parks
- Try vaulting in Soucieu-en-JarrestAnim'aux Gosses · Soucieu-en-Jarrest · From age 6 · Animals and farms
- Make things by hand at DjogoDjogo Lyon · Lyon · From age 3 · Shows and workshops
- Ride the big slide at AquavertAquavert · Francheville · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Ride the waves at Les Hautes-RochesCentre aquatique Les Hautes-Roches · Chamalières · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Go from slide to slide at VitamUCPA Vitam · Neydens · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Swim in the tropics at AvoriazAquariaz · Morzine · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Try out jobs in a mini townKidz World · Lyon · From age 3 · Leisure parks
- Drive a mini kart at King AventureKing Aventure · Dardilly · From age 1 · Leisure parks
- Climb the dinosaur mega-structureRaptor Parc · Miribel · All ages · Leisure parks
- Climb through a wooden canopyChill & Kids · Bernin · All ages · Leisure parks
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