
Pools, beaches and water
Swim in Jean Nouvel's pools
Les Bains des Docks · Le Havre (76)
On the Le Havre quayside, this aquatic centre designed by Jean Nouvel takes its inspiration from Roman baths, with white volumes pierced by light.
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Le Havre, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 26 ideas picked from over 950 places on the Trottimap map.

Pools, beaches and water
Les Bains des Docks · Le Havre (76)
On the Le Havre quayside, this aquatic centre designed by Jean Nouvel takes its inspiration from Roman baths, with white volumes pierced by light.
Leisure parks
Gulli Parc Le Havre · Le Havre (76)
In the former warehouses of Docks Vauban, this indoor park welcomes children aged 1 to 12.
Leisure parks
Jumpilou · Gonfreville-l'Orcher (76)
Ten minutes from Le Havre, this indoor park of more than 1,000 m² welcomes children aged 1 to 12.
Leisure parks
Labyrinthe de l'Estuaire · Saint-Laurent-de-Brèvedent (76)
In the middle of a five-hectare maize field, families follow a trail dotted with riddles, with several levels of difficulty.
Animals and farms
Association Piân’Piâne · Saint-Vigor-d'Ymonville (76)
Based on a former three-hectare market garden, this association introduces sheep, goats, pigs, rabbits, poultry and above all its donkeys, which are central to its educational project.
Leisure parks
Parc Lilo Z'enfants · Benerville-sur-Mer (14)
Across 1,000 m² of fenced, supervised space by the beach, over-4s move from one inflatable to the next and tackle a big obstacle course.
Leisure parks
Le Looping Le Havre · Le Havre (76)
Near Le Havre station, this large 2,200 m2 hall brings together twelve bowling lanes, an indoor mini golf course and an arcade.
Sport and adventure
Patinoire municipale du Havre · Le Havre (76)
The municipal rink on rue Louis Blanc runs public sessions on Wednesdays, Fridays and weekends during the ice season.
Museums and science
Muséum d'histoire naturelle du Havre · Le Havre (76)
On Place du Vieux Marché, the natural history museum displays minerals, fossils and a gallery on the first humans.
Sport and adventure
LH Aventures Parc · Le Havre (76)
In Montgeon forest, this treetop park offers six courses from age 3, giant zip lines and a big net.
Parks and nature
Jardins Suspendus · Le Havre (76)
Set in an old fort on the heights of Le Havre, the Hanging Gardens offer a walk overlooking the city and the Seine estuary.
Parks and nature
Parc forestier de Montgeon · Le Havre (76)
On the heights above Le Havre, this 270-hectare forest park is reached by tram.
Pools, beaches and water
Plage du Havre · Le Havre (76)
Holding the Blue Flag for more than twenty-five years, Le Havre's pebble beach stretches along Boulevard Albert Ier, facing the ships entering the port.
Parks and nature
Parc de Rouelles · Le Havre (76)
The largest park around Le Havre, Rouelles occupies a former farm that has kept its 17th-century manor and dovecote.
Leisure parks
Normandy Jump · Gonfreville-l'Orcher (76)
In Gonfreville-l'Orcher, on the edge of Le Havre, this trampoline park strings together jumping zones, a Ninja Warrior course, a foam pit and an interactive wall where you chase the lights.
Animals and farms
Ferme pédagogique d'Épaville · Montivilliers (76)
Eight kilometres from Le Havre, this farm set in an 18th-century Caux farmstead offers two-hour family tours with the farmers.
Animals and farms
Naturospace · Honfleur (14)
Under a large greenhouse kept between 25 and 28 degrees, Honfleur's Naturospace houses more than a thousand free-flying butterflies and tropical birds among orchids and giant ferns.
Leisure parks
Jeux de plage et manèges de Trouville-sur-Mer · Trouville-sur-Mer (14)
Along the Promenade des Planches, Trouville beach has a wooden horse carousel, little cars, trampolines from 15 kg, mini golf, pony rides and a playground with slides on the sand.
Leisure parks
Mini-Golf de Deauville · Deauville (14)
A short walk from Les Planches, the Deauville mini golf has 18 open-air holes among palm trees, Norman cottages and a miniature castle.
Animals and farms
La Mangeoire, club hippique de Deauville · Deauville (14)
At the end of Les Planches, La Mangeoire riding club has welcomed families to its old-style stables for more than sixty years.
Museums and science
Les Franciscaines · Deauville (14)
In a former convent in central Deauville, Les Franciscaines brings together a museum, a media library and a FabLab.
Leisure parks
DAMA, destination loisirs et sports · Touques (14)
On the edge of Deauville, in Touques, DAMA brings together connected mini golf, an Action Game, outdoor laser tag, small cars for the youngest and pitches for football or padel.
Animals and farms
La Ferme des Falaises · Saint-Jouin-Bruneval (76)
On the road to Étretat, this farm can be explored freely among yaks, buffaloes, llamas, alpacas and ponies.
Pools, beaches and water
Centre aquatique L'Effet Bleu · Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc (76)
This aquatic centre in Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, between Le Havre and Bolbec, has a lap pool, a leisure pool and a play lagoon where toddlers get used to the water.
Animals and farms
Les Alpagas du Clos · La Cerlangue (76)
Near Saint-Romain-de-Colbosc, this small farm introduces rheas, ostriches and alpacas on a one-hour guided tour, before some time with the goats and donkeys.
Castles and heritage
Mont Canisy et ses batteries · Bénerville-sur-Mer (14)
Above Bénerville-sur-Mer, Mont Canisy overlooks the Côte Fleurie from 110 metres.