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Leisure parks
Play cowboys at OK Corral
OK Corral · Cuges-les-Pins (13)
Between Marseille and Toulon, this amusement park opened in 1966 recreates a Wild West town.
Things to do with kids in La Ciotat
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around La Ciotat, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Pools, beaches and water
Go down slide after slide at Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer
Aqualand Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer · Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer (83)
Between Marseille and Toulon, this water park opens its slides during the summer.
Parks and nature
Walk down to a calanque
Calanques de Marseille · Marseille (13)
Between Marseille and Cassis, the Calanques National Park alternates white cliffs, pine woods and clear-water coves.
Parks and nature
Tour the Île des Embiez by little train
Petit train de l'île des Embiez · Six-Fours-les-Plages (83)
Once off the boat, head to the Place de l'Obélisque, where the little train sets off on a guided loop of about six kilometres.
Pools, beaches and water
Paddle in the river at Cap Provence
Cap Provence · Cassis (13)
Set in a pine wood at Les Gorguettes, above Cassis, this metropolitan pool has a 25-metre sports pool and a large learner pool.
Leisure parks
Bounce on the bungee tower
Dream Kidz · Marseille (13)
Formerly Magic City, this 750 m² air-conditioned park is in the La Valentine area.
Leisure parks
Let off steam at Minotopia in Six-Fours
Minotopia - Games Park · Six-Fours-les-Plages (83)
In the Playes area, this indoor play centre welcomes children up to 12 in a large maze with a giant slide, trampolines and zip lines.
Pools, beaches and water
Paddle at Plage Lumière
Plage Lumière · La Ciotat (13)
Facing allée Lumière, named after the brothers who filmed in La Ciotat, this fine sand beach slopes gently, which is reassuring with young swimmers.
Pools, beaches and water
Paddle to the coves of île Verte
ExpéNature, kayak de mer à La Ciotat · La Ciotat (13)
Starting from La Ciotat, the three-hour guided trip follows the Mugel cove and then reaches the coves of île Verte, which you only really see from the water.
Animals and farms
Visit the Bastide Marin farm
Bastide Marin · La Ciotat (13)
The only old bastide in La Ciotat to have survived, this seafarers' house built around 1550 is a listed historic monument.
Shows and workshops
Visit the oldest cinema in the world
Eden Théâtre · La Ciotat (13)
In La Ciotat, home town of the Lumière brothers, the Eden is listed by Guinness as the oldest cinema in the world still in use.
Pools, beaches and water
Ride the carousel at Les Capucins
Plage des Capucins et son manège · La Ciotat (13)
At the end of the old harbour, Capucins beach is the family beach of central La Ciotat, with a sand-covered playground and restaurants close by.
Shows and workshops
Make your own slime in La Ciotat
La Maison du Slime · La Ciotat (13)
In this small lab in central La Ciotat, children put on a coat and safety glasses to mix, colour and add glitter to their own slime.
Pools, beaches and water
Cross to the Île Verte by shuttle
Navette de l'île Verte · La Ciotat (13)
From the old port of La Ciotat, a small shuttle reaches the Île Verte in about a quarter of an hour, the only wooded island in the department.
Museums and science
Discover the La Ciotat shipyards
Maison de la Construction Navale · La Ciotat (13)
Run by the town with an association of former shipyard workers, the Maison de la Construction Navale tells the naval story that kept La Ciotat alive through free exhibitions and films.
Shows and workshops
Catch a show at La Chaudronnerie
La Chaudronnerie · La Ciotat (13)
A former shipyard building turned into a venue in 2017, La Chaudronnerie has a large hall of almost five hundred seats and a smaller one of a hundred.
Sport and adventure
Climb the boulders at Bloc Session
Bloc Session La Ciotat · La Ciotat (13)
La Ciotat is where the Bloc Session network began: a gym with 230 square metres of walls, around a hundred problems of all levels and a team that coaches children from four.
Leisure parks
Try to break out at Immersio
Immersio Escape Game · La Ciotat (13)
In the Athélia business park, five escape rooms play on strong themes: mystery, western, cinema, gold hunters and a horror room best avoided with youngsters.
Pools, beaches and water
Walk down to the Figuerolles cove
Calanque de Figuerolles · La Ciotat (13)
A staircase of about eighty-seven steps leads to this small pebble beach framed by puddingstone cliffs, below the Capucin rock, in the Calanques National Park.
Parks and nature
Climb to the Parc du Mugel lookout
Parc du Mugel · La Ciotat (13)
At the foot of Cap de l'Aigle, this botanical garden created in the nineteenth century protects rare tropical species over more than ten hectares.
Parks and nature
Cycle along the top of Cap Canaille
Route des Crêtes et cap Canaille sans voitures · Cassis (13)
Every Sunday, the fifteen-kilometre scenic road between Cassis and La Ciotat is closed to cars and handed over to walkers, bikes and scooters.
Animals and farms
Meet the goats of Cassis
Chèvrerie de Cassis · Cassis (13)
Above the town of Cassis, a small goat farm opens its doors late in the day to groups of no more than ten people.
Castles and heritage
Ride the little train up to Port-Miou
Petit train touristique de Cassis · Cassis (13)
Leaving from the harbour, this little train climbs to the heights of Cassis then runs along the Port-Miou peninsula at the edge of the calanques.
Pools, beaches and water
Sail along the calanque cliffs
Bateliers de Cassis, promenade dans les calanques · Cassis (13)
From Cassis harbour the boatmen offer four tours, from three to nine calanques, lasting about an hour for the shortest and over two hours for the longest.
Leisure parks
Follow Marius's trail through Cassis
Jeu de piste de Cassis (office de tourisme) · Cassis (13)
You start outside the tourist office, smartphone in hand, as an app guides the team through the old village, along the harbour and down to the beaches.
Castles and heritage
Tour the Méhari workshop in Cassis
2CV Méhari Club Cassis · Cassis (13)
For more than forty years this family firm has restored and rebuilt 2CVs, Méharis and Dyanes, and it even converts old cars to electric power.
Sport and adventure
Climb under the pines from age two
Cassis Forest · Cassis (13)
Under a pine wood at the entrance to Cassis, seven courses and more than 160 challenges rise around a climbing wall.
Parks and nature
Follow the Little Prince trail
Sentier du Petit Prince, presqu'île de Port-Miou · Cassis (13)
On the Port-Miou peninsula, an easy loop of under two kilometres pays tribute to Saint-Exupéry, who flew over this coast on his last missions in 1944.
Parks and nature
Hike to the En-Vau calanque
Calanque d'En-Vau par Port-Pin · Cassis (13)
The Calanques National Park describes this route via Port-Pin, a cove with a small beach ringed by Aleppo pines, as the hardest way to reach En-Vau.
Leisure parks
Play bubble football in Cuges
Starter Park · Cuges-les-Pins (13)
At the Col de l'Ange on the RN8, this large outdoor leisure centre brings together paintball, bubble football, human bowling, laser games, archery, electric mini quads and a bungee trampoline.
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