Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Brive-la-Gaillarde, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 16 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Pools, beaches and water
Lac du Causse corrézien · Lissac-sur-Couze (19)
South-west of Brive, this large lake ringed by limestone hills is where families gather in summer: a supervised beach, play equipment and picnics under the trees.
Sport and adventure
Antipode, salle d'escalade de Brive · Brive-la-Gaillarde (19)
In this bouldering gym you climb without ropes above thick mats, on colour-coded problems that change every month.
Museums and science
Musée Labenche · Brive-la-Gaillarde (19)
Set in a fine Renaissance mansion in central Brive, the Labenche museum tells the history of the Brive area across seventeen rooms.
Pools, beaches and water
La Piscine, centre aquatique de Brive · Brive-la-Gaillarde (19)
The Brive aquatic centre is split between a large sports pool and a wide leisure pool with a fast river, a geyser and massage jets.
Leisure parks
Bowling de Brive · Brive-la-Gaillarde (19)
Close to the stadium and the town centre, this ten-lane bowling alley welcomes families all year round.
Leisure parks
Le Complexe (Kidooland et Laser Wars) · Brive-la-Gaillarde (19)
West of Brive, this large complex combines Kidooland, an indoor play area for children under 11, with a laser game arena themed on space wars.
Parks and nature
Les Jardins de Colette et leur labyrinthe · Varetz (19)
Near Brive, these gardens pay tribute to the writer Colette with a large hedge maze shaped like a butterfly.
Sport and adventure
Parc Wizz'titi · Ussac (19)
Five minutes from Brive, this shady park offers fifteen treetop courses with a continuous safety line, open to children from two and a half.
Parks and nature
Gouffre de la Fage · Noailles (19)
Between Brive and Noailles, this chasm is visited through two galleries decorated with colourful draperies, columns and calcite bridges.
Sport and adventure
Nature Évasion · Jugeals-Nazareth (19)
In woodland a few minutes south of Brive, this park brings together seventeen treetop courses, long zip lines and a mini golf course.
Castles and heritage
Les Pans de Travassac · Donzenac (19)
Near Donzenac, huge blades of schist rise where slate workers have been cutting the rock since the 17th century.
Castles and heritage
Château de Turenne · Turenne (19)
At the top of Turenne village, the castle overlooks the whole Brive area.
Museums and science
Musée du Chocolat Bovetti · Terrasson-Lavilledieu (24)
In Terrasson, the Bovetti chocolate factory tells the story of cocoa from bean to bar, with a view of the workshops.
Pools, beaches and water
ÉcoPiscine d'Objat · Objat (19)
In the middle of an 18 hectare leisure park, the Objat eco pool offers a heated Nordic pool where you swim outside even in winter, an indoor activity pool and water games…
Sport and adventure
Mayaventure, parc du Coiroux · Aubazine (19)
On the shore of Lac du Coiroux, Mayaventure sets out its forest courses by age group, the first one from age 2.
Parks and nature
Les Jardins de l'Imaginaire · Terrasson-Lavilledieu (24)
Above the Vézère, these contemporary gardens unfold thirteen themed spaces over six hectares: a golden ribbon in the trees, water features, a rose garden, a green theatre and a greenhouse of dry…
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