Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Melun, 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
Winnoland · Saint-Pierre-du-Perray (91)
In the middle of the Rougeau forest, this family park brings together 36 rides designed for children: small carousels, a big wheel, water rides, the Ptéranodon and, since 2025, the Wild West…
Castles and heritage
Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte · Maincy (77)
You tour Fouquet's château room by room, then head down to the vast gardens designed by Le Nôtre.
Castles and heritage
Barbizon · Barbizon (77)
Barbizon's Grande Rue lines up galleries, stone houses and studios that recall Millet, Rousseau and the painters who came to work in the forest in the 19th century.
Parks and nature
Forêt de Fontainebleau · Fontainebleau (77)
The forest covers more than 22,000 hectares of oak, pine, sandy heath and jumbled sandstone boulders.
Castles and heritage
Château de Fontainebleau · Fontainebleau (77)
Home to French monarchs for eight centuries, the château unfolds its gilded galleries, Napoleon's throne room and the queens' apartments.
Castles and heritage
Pagode Khánh-Anh · Évry-Courcouronnes (91)
On the edge of the Parc aux Lièvres, the Khánh-Anh pagoda, funded by donations from Vietnamese worshippers, stacks up its glazed tile roofs.
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