Parks and nature
Go down into the Gouffre de Poudrey
Gouffre de Poudrey · Étalans (25)
Seventy metres underground, the Gouffre de Poudrey opens onto one of the largest underground chambers in France, big enough to hold Notre-Dame de Paris.
Caves to visit with kids in France
Going underground, drifting by boat on a hidden river, discovering huge chambers: caves leave a lasting impression on children, whatever the season. Here are 20 ideas picked from over 650 places on the Trottimap map.
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.
Castles and heritage
Go down into the crystal cathedral
Gouffre de Proumeyssac · Audrix (24)
Near Le Bugue, this vast cavern nicknamed the crystal cathedral opens beneath a wooded hill.
Castles and heritage
Glide by boat beneath the earth
Gouffre de Padirac · Padirac (46)
You go down 103 metres underground, by lift or by 172 steps, to the bottom of an immense shaft open to the sky.
Parks and nature
Take the funicular beneath the causse
Aven Armand · Hures-la-Parade (48)
A funicular takes visitors sixty metres below the Causse Méjean, into a vast chamber where some four hundred stalagmites stand.
Parks and nature
Hunt for the pink diamond underground
GROTTE DE DARGILAN · Meyrueis (48)
Nicknamed the pink cave, Dargilan is explored along just over a kilometre of passages, through vast chambers and colourful formations.
Also worth a visit
- Climb the trees at FlorevalAventure Floreval · Bruyères-le-Châtel · From age 3 · Sport and adventure
- See prehistoric paintings at ArcyGrottes d'Arcy-sur-Cure · Arcy-sur-Cure · From age 3 · Parks and nature
- Sail the underground river at BétharramGrottes de Bétharram · Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre · From age 4 · Castles and heritage
- Take on the Fort Boyard challengesFort Boyard Aventures Brétigny · Brétigny-sur-Orge · From age 7 · Leisure parks
- Follow the murals along the Canal Saint-DenisStreet Art Avenue · Saint-Denis · From age 6 · Museums and science
- Climb trees at Le CoudrayNolimit Aventure Le Coudray-Montceaux · Le Coudray-Montceaux · From age 3 · Sport and adventure
- Drive a mini kart at King AventureKing Aventure · Dardilly · From age 1 · Leisure parks
- Go from maze to garden at KizouKizou Aventures Clermont-Ferrand · Clermont-Ferrand · All ages · Leisure parks
- Find the way out of the maze forestForêt Labyrinthe, Parcours Aventure Trièves · Saint-Michel-les-Portes · From age 3 · Leisure parks
- Climb in the pines at Quend-PlageArbres Aventures · Quend · From age 5 · Sport and adventure
- Dive into Ailly's tree-top ball pitTerrains d'Aventure · Ailly-sur-Noye · From age 3 · Sport and adventure
- Climb through the trees at AngiensAngiens Accrobranche Aventures · Angiens · From age 2 · Sport and adventure
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