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Castles and heritage
Get lost in the Villandry maze
Château de Villandry · Villandry (37)
Villandry owes its fame to its gardens, including an ornamental kitchen garden where vegetables and flowers form geometric patterns.
Things to do with kids in Joué-lès-Tours
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Joué-lès-Tours, 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
Climb the giant shark in Ballan-Miré
La Vallée des Rois · Ballan-Miré (37)
In Ballan-Miré, five minutes from Tours, this fully indoor park splits children aged 1 to 12 across five zones by age.
Leisure parks
Follow Youpi the mascot in Chambray
Youpimom' · Chambray-lès-Tours (37)
Billed as the largest indoor park in the Tours area, Youpimom' lines up more than 130 play features for children up to 12.
Leisure parks
Play in the warm at Play Café
Play Café · Tours (37)
Three small playrooms welcome children up to 9, with a corner designed for toddlers.
Pools, beaches and water
Swim in warm water at Spadium in Monts
Spadium Centre Aquatique · Monts (37)
Next to the 25-metre sports pool, the leisure pool heated to 30 degrees has a slide and a paddling pool for the youngest.
Leisure parks
Slide and pedal at Lulu Parc
Lulu Parc · Rochecorbon (37)
In the shade of the trees on the banks of the Loire, the park lines up slides, trampolines, pedal karts and rope pyramids, with an area reserved for the youngest.
Sport and adventure
Drive a kart on the Étang des Marais
Ligaya · Montlouis-sur-Loire (37)
On the edge of the Étang des Marais, Ligaya mainly offers activities for over-10s: electric water karts in short sessions, team challenges around a totem and an escape game.
Castles and heritage
Visit farms carved into the rock
Vallée troglodytique des Goupillières · Azay-le-Rideau (37)
In this small valley near Azay-le-Rideau, three farms cut into the tufa stone show rural life of the past: wells, a bread oven, stables and silos dug into the rock.
Castles and heritage
Take on challenges at Château de Jallanges
Le Château des défis de Jallanges · Vernou-sur-Brenne (37)
At the Château de Jallanges, children aged 4 to 12 work through around thirty riddles and challenges, mostly outdoors, in the grounds and around the buildings.
Pools, beaches and water
Race down the Bulle d'O multi-lane slide
Centre aquatique Bulle d'O · Joué-lès-Tours (37)
In Joué-lès-Tours, the Bulle d'O water centre has a three-lane slide, a splash beach with water games for little ones and a 170-square-metre fun pool.
Sport and adventure
Zip line over the Bretonnières lake
Gadawi Park Sud · Joué-lès-Tours (37)
On the shore of the Bretonnières lake, this treetop park has courses of rising difficulty and six zip lines that speed over the water.
Shows and workshops
Share a Wednesday show at the Espace Malraux
Espace Malraux · Joué-lès-Tours (37)
In the Bretonnières park in Joué-lès-Tours, the Espace Malraux devotes a whole season to young audiences, with around fifteen shows from November to June and, in March, the Circuit Biscuit festival for…
Leisure parks
Try new games at La Malle aux jeux
Ludothèque La Malle aux jeux · Chambray-lès-Tours (37)
At the Perriers shopping centre, this volunteer-run toy library in Chambray-lès-Tours lends games and hosts family game sessions listed in the town diary.
Leisure parks
Go bowling as a family in Tours
Bowlcenter Tours · Tours (37)
South of Tours, this venue lines up around twenty bowling lanes, an arcade room and pool tables.
Parks and nature
Cycle between two rivers at La Gloriette
Parc de la Gloriette · Tours (37)
South of Tours, the eco-play park of La Gloriette covers almost 200 hectares between the Cher and the Petit Cher, crossed by the Loire à Vélo cycle route.
Parks and nature
Stroll through the Candé park
Domaine de Candé · Monts (37)
South of Tours, the Candé estate pairs a castle furnished as in the nineteen thirties with a wooded park of more than two hundred hectares.
Shows and workshops
Watch a show at the Salle Marcadet
Salle Marcadet (Chambray-lès-Tours) · Chambray-lès-Tours (37)
The Salle Marcadet hosts the Chambray-lès-Tours cultural season: contemporary theatre, circus and concerts, with several shows for all audiences from age 7 and school-only performances.
Pools, beaches and water
Splash about at the Lac aquatic centre
Centre aquatique du Lac · Tours (37)
Beside the Bergeonnerie lake, this large aquatic centre has a leisure pool, a paddling pool for toddlers and, in summer, sunny lawns around the outdoor pool.
Shows and workshops
Follow the city's children's theatre season
Espace Jacques Villeret · Tours (37)
In the Fontaines district, the Espace Jacques Villeret hosts the City of Tours children's programme: theatre, puppetry, dance and live animation for children aged about 3 to 10.
Pools, beaches and water
Set off the water cannon at Carré d'O
Espace aquatique Carré d'O · La Riche (37)
Near the château du Plessis in La Riche, Carré d'O pairs a 25-metre sports pool with a fun pool featuring bubble benches, a water cannon and massage jets.
Animals and farms
Visit the llamas on Balzac island
Parc animalier de l'île Honoré-de-Balzac · Tours (37)
On Honoré-de-Balzac island, beside the Cher, the city of Tours keeps a small animal park home to llamas, sheep and goats.
Shows and workshops
See a children's show at La Pléiade
La Pléiade · La Riche (37)
The performance venue of the town of La Riche, La Pléiade hosts family shows co-presented with the Théâtre Olympia or the national choreographic centre, Ciné Off film screenings and part of the…
Leisure parks
Bounce at the Chambray trampoline park
New Jump Trampoline Park Tours · Chambray-lès-Tours (37)
In a large air conditioned hall south of Tours, children move from jumps to dodgeball and obstacle runs across linked trampolines.
Castles and heritage
Explore the priory where Ronsard rests
Prieuré Saint-Cosme · La Riche (37)
In La Riche, on the edge of Tours, the former Saint-Cosme priory keeps the remains of the church where the poet Ronsard is buried, surrounded by monastic gardens.
Animals and farms
Say hello to the botanical garden wallabies
Jardin botanique de Tours · Tours (37)
Created in 1843 on almost six hectares, the Tours botanical garden mixes greenhouses and plant collections on one side with play areas and animal enclosures on the other.
Sport and adventure
Skate on the ice in central Tours
Patinoire municipale de Tours · Tours (37)
A short walk from the station, the municipal ice rink runs public sessions from autumn to spring, with skate hire on site.
Leisure parks
Solve a team puzzle in Tours
Escape Yourself Tours · Tours (37)
Near central Tours, this escape game offers six rooms with different settings, each played against a one hour clock.
Leisure parks
Play together at the Tours toy library
Ludothèque de Tours · Tours (37)
On rue Guillaumet, the municipal toy library opens play areas where parents and children play together on site, with toys and games chosen by the staff.
Shows and workshops
Go to the theatre as a family in Tours
Comédie de Tours · Tours (37)
On rue Michelet in Tours, the Comédie de Tours stages comedy for adults and a children's season: tales, nursery rhymes, musical shows and magic for ages 1 to 12, mostly on weekends…
Shows and workshops
Introduce children to jazz at Le Petit Faucheux
Le Petit Faucheux · Tours (37)
The Tours venue for jazz and improvised music, Le Petit Faucheux slips children's shows, film concerts, musical tales and a Little Jazz Festival into its season, often late on Wednesday or Saturday…
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