TROTTIMAPPools, beaches and water
Ride the waves at L'Odyssée
L'Odyssée (Chartres) · Chartres (28)
In Chartres, L'Odyssée brings together an aquatic centre and an ice rink under one roof.
Things to do with kids in Chartres
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Chartres, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 17 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Animals and farms
Meet the rescued animals at La Tanière
Refuge La Tanière · Nogent-le-Phaye (28)
On the edge of Chartres, this sanctuary takes in around 600 animals rescued from abandonment, mistreatment or trafficking, from tigers and lions to badgers and ostriches.
Museums and science
Step inside the mosaic house
Maison Picassiette · Chartres (28)
A Chartres road mender spent years covering his house, furniture and garden with pieces of broken crockery.
Museums and science
Sit in an old-fashioned classroom
Musée de l'École de Chartres et d'Eure-et-Loir · Chartres (28)
In the Porte Drouaise district, this museum has recreated a classroom from a hundred years ago with wooden desks, inkwells and wall maps.
Museums and science
Understand stained glass near the cathedral
Centre international du Vitrail · Chartres (28)
A short walk from the cathedral, this centre set in an old vaulted cellar explains how stained glass is made, from coloured glass to lead.
Sport and adventure
Climb through trees in the city
AccroCamp Chartres · Chartres (28)
In the André Gagnon park, a few minutes from the cathedral, the courses run from tree to tree with zip lines and nets.
Museums and science
See the big farm machines at the Compa
Le Compa, musée de l'Agriculture · Mainvilliers (28)
In a former locomotive roundhouse, the Compa tells the story of farming past and present with tractors, combine harvesters and steam engines.
Sport and adventure
Drive an electric kart in Chartres
Karting de Chartres · Chartres (28)
On this indoor track the electric karts make almost no noise and there is no smell of petrol.
Leisure parks
Travel through time in an escape room
Escape Time Chartres · Barjouville (28)
Four escape rooms fill this venue in Barjouville, each with its own period and mechanisms.
Leisure parks
Try an escape room in Barjouville
ClockWise Escape Game · Barjouville (28)
In the retail park south of Chartres, ClockWise runs several escape rooms with careful sets and a quiz room.
Leisure parks
Crack a family puzzle in Chartres
Escape Yourself Chartres · Nogent-le-Phaye (28)
Five themed rooms await teams at this escape game on the edge of Chartres.
Leisure parks
Bounce on the Luisant trampolines
Espace 360 Luisant · Luisant (28)
On the edge of Chartres, this large air conditioned hall lines up linked trampolines, free jump zones and challenge courses.
Leisure parks
Bowl a game near Chartres
Bowling de Chartres · Nogent-le-Phaye (28)
Just outside Chartres, this bowling alley open all week brings together lanes, pool tables, arcade games and car simulators.
Leisure parks
Pedal along an old railway line
Vélorails du Pays Chartrain · Bailleau-Armenonville (28)
From the former Pont-sous-Gallardon station, the rail bikes run on a disused line through fields and copses to the Senainville halt.
Museums and science
Admire the old cars at Gallardon
Ateliers des Pionniers · Bailleau-Armenonville (28)
In the station's former goods shed, this small volunteer run museum displays cars, motorbikes, bicycles and tools from the early days of mechanics.
Castles and heritage
Walk to the Maintenon aqueduct
Château de Maintenon · Maintenon (28)
Madame de Maintenon's château can be visited with its drawing rooms, formal French garden and the arches of Louis XIV's unfinished aqueduct at the end of the park.
Pools, beaches and water
Splash in the Auneau leisure pool
Centre aquatique L'Iliade · Auneau-Bleury-Saint-Symphorien (28)
At the Auneau aquatic centre, the leisure pool lets children play in shallow water while swimmers do their lengths next door.
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