Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Massy, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Animals and farms
Parc zoologique de Paris · Paris
On the edge of the Bois de Vincennes, the Parc zoologique de Paris spreads more than 3,000 animals across five biozones: Africa, Amazonia-Guiana, Europe, Madagascar and Patagonia.
Museums and science
Musée des Arts et Métiers · Paris
In the museum's former church, Foucault's pendulum swings beneath the aircraft of Clément Ader and Blériot, hanging from the vaulted ceiling.
Pools, beaches and water
Aquaboulevard · Paris
This large indoor water park in the 15th arrondissement combines a wave pool, eleven slides, jacuzzis, geysers and water mushrooms.
Leisure parks
Ballon de Paris Generali · Paris
Held by a cable, the balloon rises 150 metres above Parc André Citroën.
Castles and heritage
Catacombes de Paris · Paris
Twenty metres beneath Denfert-Rochereau, a one-and-a-half-kilometre route follows old quarry tunnels where the bones of several million Parisians are stacked.
Castles and heritage
Château de Versailles · Versailles (78)
You tour Louis XIV's château through the State Apartments and the Hall of Mirrors, then step out into Le Nôtre's vast gardens, with their ornamental pools, groves and Grand Canal.
Museums and science
Grande Galerie de l'Évolution · Paris
Beneath the great glass roof, a long caravan of taxidermy animals crosses the nave, from the giraffe to the elephant, while the lower level is devoted to marine life.
Museums and science
Musée des Arts Forains · Paris
In the former wine warehouses of Bercy, a guide shows you rooms full of century-old merry-go-rounds, automata and funfair stalls.
Animals and farms
Hippodrome ParisLongchamp · Paris
In the heart of the Bois de Boulogne, ParisLongchamp racecourse hosts races from spring to autumn.
Museums and science
Musée des Égouts de Paris · Paris
Beneath the Pont de l'Alma, a 500-metre route follows real tunnels still in use, with their street signs and the rumble of water.
Animals and farms
Aquarium tropical du Palais de la Porte Dorée · Paris
In the basement of the Palais de la Porte Dorée, an Art Deco building from 1931, the aquarium brings together more than 300 species in over 80 tanks.
Museums and science
Musée en Herbe · Paris
This small museum near the Louvre regularly changes its art exhibitions and designs them for children as much as for adults, with a playful trail to follow as a family.
Animals and farms
Ferme de Paris · Paris
In the Bois de Vincennes, this five-hectare municipal farm organically raises Gascon pigs, Ouessant sheep, rabbits and a whole farmyard of poultry.
Leisure parks
Jardin d'Acclimatation · Paris
On the edge of the Bois de Boulogne, this children's park brings together some 45 rides and attractions, from the gentlest to the bumpiest.
Museums and science
Musée Grévin · Paris
More than 250 wax figures await visitors, from sports stars to cartoon heroes, and children spend the visit taking photos next to them.
Animals and farms
Ferme de Gally · Saint-Cyr-l'École (78)
On the edge of Versailles, this open farm is home to goats, sheep, cows, ponies, donkeys, pigs and hens.
Castles and heritage
Château de Breteuil · Choisel (78)
In this furnished château in the Chevreuse valley, eight of Perrault's tales are staged with life-size characters, sound and lighting, from Puss in Boots to Sleeping Beauty.
Parks and nature
Forêt de Meudon · Meudon (92)
The closest state forest to Paris, it covers more than 1,100 hectares of chestnut and oak trees.
Castles and heritage
Château de Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard · Saint-Jean-de-Beauregard (91)
Behind its high walls, the 17th-century flower-filled kitchen garden mixes heritage vegetables, flowers and espaliered fruit trees.
Parks and nature
Parc de l'Île Saint-Germain · Issy-les-Moulineaux (92)
This departmental park of more than twenty hectares occupies an island in the Seine.
Museums and science
MAC VAL · Vitry-sur-Seine (94)
This departmental museum devoted to art made in France since the 1950s shows its collection in large, light-filled galleries in Vitry.
Castles and heritage
Pagode Tinh Tâm · Sèvres (92)
Hidden behind apartment blocks in Sèvres, this Vietnamese pagoda opened in 1990 surprises visitors with its 14-metre stupa and glazed tile roofs from China.
Parks and nature
Parc Suzanne-Lenglen · Paris
Next to the heliport and Aquaboulevard, this hilly park mixes sports grounds, winding paths and rose beds.
Parks and nature
Square Saint-Lambert · Paris
Laid out in the 1930s on the site of an old gasworks, this garden of about two hectares in the 15th arrondissement has several play areas, one of them covered, a merry-go-round…
Museums and science
Institut Giacometti · Paris
In an Art Deco mansion in Montparnasse, the institute displays Alberto Giacometti's reconstructed studio, with his furniture and belongings, alongside temporary exhibitions.
Parks and nature
Parc André Citroën · Paris
On the large esplanade, jets of water spring from the ground and children dash through them as soon as the weather warms up.
Parks and nature
Domaine national de Saint-Cloud · Saint-Cloud (92)
This 460-hectare park combines formal French gardens, woodland and wide lawns with views of Paris in the distance.
Museums and science
Musée départemental Albert-Kahn · Boulogne-Billancourt (92)
At the start of the 20th century, the banker Albert Kahn had the whole world photographed, and the museum shows these first colour images, known as autochromes.
Museums and science
Musée Postal · Paris
The former Musée de La Poste, renamed Musée Postal, tells how mail has travelled through the centuries, from post-rider relays to rare stamps.
Parks and nature
Jardin des Serres d'Auteuil · Paris
This City of Paris botanical garden combines late 19th-century glasshouses with contemporary ones opened in 2019 around a Roland-Garros court.
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