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Ride the merry-go-round in Le Pontet
You Kids Avignon Le Pontet · Le Pontet (84)
Along the RN7, on the way out of Avignon, this You Kids welcomes children from 6 months to 12 years.
Things to do with kids in Avignon
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Avignon, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Pools, beaches and water
Surf the wave at Wave Island
Wave Island · Monteux (84)
Next door to Parc Spirou in Monteux, this water park opens in summer with its slides, wave pools and an area just for children.
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Meet Spirou and the Smurfs at Monteux
Parc Spirou Provence · Monteux (84)
Near Avignon, this amusement park is built around comic book heroes: the Smurf village, the Marsupilami jungle, Lucky Luke's town and a Kid Paddle zone.
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Ride a motorbike at Royal Kids
Royal Kids Vedène · Vedène (84)
In the Vedène shopping area, east of Avignon, this air-conditioned park welcomes children aged 1 to 12.
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Dance with the Explora Park mascots
Explora Park · Sorgues (84)
Between Avignon and Carpentras, this 1,200 m² indoor park welcomes children up to 12 on modular structures for climbing, jumping and sliding.
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Hunt for lost treasure at Mexica Parc
Mexica Parc · Roquemaure (30)
Between Avignon and Orange, this park built for 3 to 12 year olds drops children into a jungle with Mayan scenery.
Animals and farms
Stroke the goats at L'Arche de Méo
Parc Animalier - L'Arche de Méo · Mollégès (13)
Between the Alpilles and the Luberon, this 7-hectare wooded park is home to some 250 animals: goats, cows, ponies, zebus, camels, alpacas, pot-bellied pigs and birds.
Animals and farms
See the tropical butterflies at Le Carbet
Le Carbet Amazonien · Velleron (84)
On the road to Pernes, a greenhouse of more than 500 m² recreates the humid heat of a tropical forest, where exotic butterflies fly freely around visitors.
Sport and adventure
Climb as a family at Le Pan d'Avignon
Le Pan d'Avignon · Avignon (84)
Along the Montfavet road, this large climbing gym combines low boulders with thirty-five rope routes up to twelve metres high.
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Bowl a few frames near the Plaine
Bowlingstar Avignon · Avignon (84)
This bowling alley in south Avignon, close to the swimming stadium, needs no booking for a family.
Pools, beaches and water
Slide at the Avignon swimming stadium
Stade nautique d'Avignon · Avignon (84)
Near the Plaine des Sports, this large swimming stadium opens its leisure pool, slide and water games in summer next to the heated Olympic pool.
Sport and adventure
Skate on the only ice in Vaucluse
Patinoire d'Avignon · Avignon (84)
On the Plaine des Sports, this rink opens from September to April with daytime public sessions and evening sessions at weekends.
Castles and heritage
Explore the largest Gothic palace
Palais des Papes · Avignon (84)
Seat of the popes in the 14th century, this palace unfolds twenty-five rooms, frescoes and a route redesigned in 2026 with rooms never shown before.
Castles and heritage
Tour Avignon by little train
Petit train touristique d'Avignon · Avignon (84)
Leaving from the Place du Palais, two small electric trains make a forty-minute loop past the Rocher des Doms, medieval lanes and the view of the bridge.
Museums and science
Look at the fossils of Vaucluse
Muséum Requien · Avignon (84)
In a mansion on Rue Joseph Vernet, the Avignon natural history museum tells the geology of Vaucluse with rocks, minerals, shells and fossils.
Castles and heritage
Dance on the Pont d'Avignon
Pont d'Avignon (pont Saint-Bénezet) · Avignon (84)
The bridge from the nursery song stops in the middle of the Rhône after four arches, and children walk to the very end to watch the river flow beneath.
Pools, beaches and water
Enjoy the water games at Jean Clément
Piscine municipale Jean Clément · Avignon (84)
In the Montfavet district, the Jean Clément pool welcomes families all year round to swim, cool off or enjoy its water games.
Sport and adventure
Discover climbing at Vertical Park
Vertical Park · Le Pontet (84)
In Le Pontet, on the edge of Avignon, this two-thousand-square-metre gym combines boulders, rope routes and an outdoor wall.
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Pilot a simulator as a family
Avignon Loisirs · Le Pontet (84)
In the Fontvert area, this centre brings together an escape game, a TV-style quiz, karaoke and the SimAventure simulators.
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Knock down pins in Le Pontet
Bowlingstar Avignon Le Pontet · Le Pontet (84)
With twenty-two lanes, this bowling alley in the Le Pontet retail area rarely keeps a family waiting.
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Build with bricks at Bricks Factory
Bricks Factory · Vedène (84)
Near Avignon, in Vedène, this space devoted entirely to building bricks puts thousands of pieces in children's hands.
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Play laser tag in three mazes
Laser Game Evolution Avignon · Vedène (84)
In Vedène, three dark mazes over several levels host laser tag games open from age 7.
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Climb the colourful walls of Clip'n Climb
Clip'n Climb Grand Avignon · Vedène (84)
In the Les Fonds business area of Vedène, about thirty themed walls rise up to twelve metres.
Pools, beaches and water
Race down the three-lane slide
Centre aquatique Olivier Pleindoux · Châteaurenard (13)
In Châteaurenard, this aquatic centre combines a 25-metre pool, a warm pool where children learn to swim and a paddling pool for toddlers.
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Get lost in a maize field
Labyrinthe Les Hautes Herbes · Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue (84)
Near Entraigues, a farming family carves a maze into two hectares of maize every year, with a new theme and riddles to solve along the way.
Parks and nature
Step inside the Thouzon cave
Grottes de Thouzon · Le Thor (84)
Hollowed into the Thouzon hill, this cave in Le Thor is explored on a guided tour along a gallery covered in stalactites and rock formations.
Pools, beaches and water
Walk around Lac de Monteux
Lac de Monteux · Monteux (84)
Facing Mont Ventoux, this ten-hectare lake can be explored all year on a wooden boardwalk crossing the reed beds.
Sport and adventure
Drive a go-kart in Monteux
Karting Loisirs Monteux · Monteux (84)
North of Monteux, this complex lets children from age 4 drive karts sized for them, while older ones chase a lap time on the track.
Animals and farms
Watch foxes at dusk
Les Animaux et Marino · Saint-Andiol (13)
This refuge takes in wild animals from across Europe and opens to small groups just before nightfall.
Pools, beaches and water
Splash in the Neptuneo paddling pool
Centre aquatique Neptuneo · Saint-Rémy-de-Provence (13)
Open for a year in Saint-Rémy, this aquatic centre has a twenty-five-metre pool, a learner pool and a paddling pool designed for first water games.
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