Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Gap, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 14 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Pools, beaches and water
Plan d'eau du Champsaur · Saint-Julien-en-Champsaur (05)
Between Saint-Bonnet and Saint-Julien, beside the Drac, this mountain-ringed lake offers supervised swimming in summer, water slides, pedalos and trampolines.
Pools, beaches and water
Base de loisirs Les 3 Lacs · Rochebrune (05)
Beside the Durance, three lakes ringed with pines welcome families with free access.
Parks and nature
Domaine de Charance · Gap (05)
Above Gap, this large estate combines terraced gardens, a rose garden, a vegetable plot and a small lake where children watch the ducks.
Museums and science
Muséum départemental des Hautes-Alpes · Gap (05)
On the edge of the Pépinière park, the departmental museum shows mounted animals, fossils and objects from the Dauphiné.
Sport and adventure
Stade de glace Alp'Arena · Gap (05)
Gap's municipal ice rink is also home to the Rapaces hockey team, and children are struck by the big stands.
Leisure parks
Oziris Agency · Gap (05)
Near the centre of Gap, Oziris Agency offers escape rooms with home-made sets and missions to complete around town or in the Charance park.
Leisure parks
LaserGames Gap · Gap (05)
Two mazes on two levels, with walkways and corners to hide in: the twenty-minute games fly by and children ask for a rematch.
Pools, beaches and water
Stade nautique de Fontreyne · Gap (05)
In summer the water play area opened in 2024 draws every child: a multi-lane slide, a long winding run and a big bucket that tips onto the crowd.
Animals and farms
La Ferme du Col · Jarjayes (05)
In the village of Jarjayes, a few minutes from Gap, this mountain farm lets children get close to goats, cows and pigs, as well as ostriches, yaks and alpacas.
Pools, beaches and water
Centre aquatique du Champsaur · Saint-Bonnet-en-Champsaur (05)
In Saint-Bonnet, the aquatic centre renovated in 2025 combines a lap pool, a leisure pool with water jets and a paddling pool for toddlers.
Leisure parks
La Dévoluge, luge 4 saisons · Dévoluy (05)
At the foot of the Superdévoluy slopes, this rail toboggan runs down the mountain in summer, in winter and during the autumn half-term.
Sport and adventure
Karting des 3 Lacs · Piégut (05)
On this track of over seven hundred metres beside the Durance, children from age 7 take the wheel of a small kart sized for them.
Parks and nature
Demoiselles coiffées de Théus · Théus (05)
From the village, a marked path follows the stream, crosses several footbridges and leads to the fairy chimneys, earth pillars topped by a big boulder.
Museums and science
Écomusée du Cheminot Veynois · Veynes (05)
Near Veynes station, once a rail hub of the Alps, this house tells the life of railway workers through reconstructions, films and large model railway layouts.
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