Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Belfort, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
La Clé du Bastion · Belfort (90)
One of Belfort's first escape rooms, La Clé du Bastion offers several historical puzzles, themed around Vauban, Bartholdi or 1916, as well as trails to follow through the town.
Pools, beaches and water
Plage et base nautique du Malsaucy · Sermamagny (90)
On the peninsula, the fine sandy beach offers lifeguarded swimming in summer, with pedal boats, mini golf, play equipment and beach volleyball.
Pools, beaches and water
Base de loisirs du Pays de Montbéliard · Brognard (25)
A stone's throw from Sochaux, this leisure base surrounds five lakes, including the Pâquis with a sandy beach and lifeguards in summer.
Animals and farms
The Tiny Ranch · Étupes (25)
Near Montbéliard, this family-run breeder of miniature horses, ponies and donkeys opens its grounds to visitors from April to All Saints' Day.
Sport and adventure
Domaine skiable du Ballon d'Alsace, secteur Gentiane · Lepuix (90)
From the Gentiane car park, you reach the resort's alpine area, which has fourteen runs including six green ones, and the ski school takes children in lessons from age 3.
Leisure parks
Bowling des 4 As · Belfort (90)
In the 4 As shopping centre, this sixteen-lane bowling alley puts up bumpers for younger children, so their ball never ends up in the gutter.
Sport and adventure
Skatepark de Belfort · Belfort (90)
With more than 1,800 m² of features, this skatepark welcomes scooters, rollerblades, BMX bikes and skateboards, from beginners to skilled riders.
Pools, beaches and water
Piscine du Parc · Essert (90)
All year round, the 300 m² leisure pool has a lazy river and water games, with an aquatic garden on Saturdays for the youngest.
Sport and adventure
Patinoire Christian-Ochem du Grand Belfort · Essert (90)
The only ice rink in the urban area, its 1,680 m² surface runs to music and light effects.
Museums and science
Planétarium de Belfort (CERAP) · Belfort (90)
Belfort's astronomy club opens its planetarium two Saturdays a month for a trip under the dome lasting about two hours.
Castles and heritage
Train touristique de Belfort · Belfort (90)
In one hour, the little train leaves Place de l'Arsenal, crosses the old town and climbs up to the citadel, with a stop on the panoramic terrace.
Castles and heritage
Citadelle de Belfort et musée d'Histoire · Belfort (90)
At the top of Vauban's citadel, the history museum fills the old pink sandstone barracks, a short walk from the terrace of Bartholdi's 22-metre Lion.
Pools, beaches and water
Base nautique Imier-Comte et étang des Forges · Belfort (90)
During the summer holidays, the water sports centre on the Étang des Forges rents canoes, paddleboards and catamarans on weekdays, life jacket provided.
Shows and workshops
Théâtre de Marionnettes de Belfort · Belfort (90)
This venue devoted to puppetry runs shows all year, each labelled by age, from 4 for the youngest.
Leisure parks
Rush Action Game Belfort · Danjoutin (90)
In teams of two to five, players move through about ten physical and puzzle challenges in one hour, each in a room with its own setting.
Leisure parks
Escape Hunt Belfort · Danjoutin (90)
Locked in a themed room, the family has one hour to search the set, piece the clues together and find the way out.
Sport and adventure
Bloc Session Belfort · Danjoutin (90)
This 500 m² bouldering gym is climbed without rope or harness, above thick mats, with routes changed every week.
Sport and adventure
Go Kart 90 · Danjoutin (90)
On a fully rebuilt indoor track, children take the wheel from age 7 and 1.30 m tall, with sessions kept for under-14s.
Parks and nature
Maison départementale de l'environnement · Sermamagny (90)
On the shore of the Malsaucy lake, this house run by the Department offers exhibitions, workshops and nature outings from April to October.
Animals and farms
L'écurie des p'tits bouts · Denney (90)
This pony club welcomes children from age 1, in a space designed to their size where each one looks after a pony.
Leisure parks
10·55 Belfort · Bessoncourt (90)
In the Bessoncourt business park, this large indoor complex brings together a giant kid park with slides, a trampoline park, a laser game and fourteen bowling lanes.
Sport and adventure
Paintball de Vézelois · Vézelois (90)
At the edge of the woods, three paintball fields await players from age 12, fitted with masks and paint-ball markers.
Castles and heritage
Fort de Bessoncourt (fort Sénarmont) · Bessoncourt (90)
This pentagonal fort from the 1880s was modernised until 1918, with turrets and galleries dug deep underground.
Castles and heritage
Fort Ordener (fort de Vézelois) · Vézelois (90)
Surrounded by wide moats, this large pentagon could house more than 500 men and watched the roads coming from Switzerland.
Animals and farms
Équitation Passion · Chèvremont (90)
This riding centre and pony club covers several hectares near Belfort, with an indoor arena kept for ponies, two outdoor arenas and paddocks.
Leisure parks
Mille Et Un Jeux · Trévenans (90)
In Trévenans, between Belfort and Montbéliard, this games house offers nine escape room scenarios and a bar stocked with more than 500 board games.
Castles and heritage
Fort Dorsner · Giromagny (90)
Built of pink sandstone around an octagonal courtyard, rare in France, this fort guarded the road down from the Ballon d'Alsace.
Pools, beaches and water
Piscine Béatrice Hess · Étueffont (90)
At the foot of the southern Vosges, this local pool keeps its 25-metre basin between 27 and 28 degrees.
Museums and science
Forge-musée d'Étueffont · Étueffont (90)
Four generations of blacksmiths lived and worked in this Étueffont house, kept as it was with its workshops and kitchen.
Animals and farms
Ferme équestre de la Forge · Étueffont (90)
In Étueffont, the farm breeds donkeys that families can take on a hike, carrying the bags and sometimes the youngest children.
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