Animals and farms
Drive through the savannah at Sigean
Réserve africaine de Sigean · Sigean (11)
Beside the lagoons between Narbonne and Perpignan, you first drive seven kilometres of tracks where lions, bears and rhinos live in wide open spaces.
Days out with kids in Occitanie
Looking for a family outing in Occitanie? Here are our favourites, from the classics to the unexpected, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 650 places on the Trottimap map.
Pools, beaches and water
Whizz down the slides at Aqualand Agde
Aqualand Cap d'Agde · Agde (34)
At Cap d'Agde, this water park opens its pools and slides during the summer.
Castles and heritage
Walk the ramparts of Carcassonne
Cité de Carcassonne · Carcassonne (11)
Behind its two rings of walls and 52 towers, the medieval Cité can be explored freely on foot, through the Porte Narbonnaise and along cobbled lanes.
Castles and heritage
Glide by boat beneath the earth
Gouffre de Padirac · Padirac (46)
You go down 103 metres underground, by lift or by 172 steps, to the bottom of an immense shaft open to the sky.
Castles and heritage
Picnic below the Pont du Gard
Pont du Gard · Vers-Pont-du-Gard (30)
The three-tier Roman aqueduct spans the Gardon a short walk from the car parks.
Animals and farms
Watch seals and sea lions at Le Grau-du-Roi
Seaquarium · Le Grau-du-Roi (30)
On the left bank at Le Grau-du-Roi, this large aquarium devotes a whole area to sharks, the Requinarium, and is home to seals and sea lions that you watch swimming underwater through…
Parks and nature
Take the funicular beneath the causse
Aven Armand · Hures-la-Parade (48)
A funicular takes visitors sixty metres below the Causse Méjean, into a vast chamber where some four hundred stalagmites stand.
Animals and farms
Walk among the Barbary macaques
La Forêt des Singes · Rocamadour (46)
Across some twenty hectares of forest, more than a hundred and fifty Barbary macaques live without cages and cross visitors' paths.
Parks and nature
Ride the Pic du Midi cable car
Pic du Midi · Bagnères-de-Bigorre (65)
From La Mongie, the cable car lifts visitors in a quarter of an hour to 2,877 metres, to the summit where an observatory founded in 1878 stands watch.
Animals and farms
Meet marmots and bears of the Pyrenees
Parc animalier des Pyrénées · Ayzac-Ost (65)
At the entrance to Argelès-Gazost, this hillside park is home to nearly five hundred animals, from the marmots that made its name to brown bears, wolves, lynx and vultures.
Museums and science
Climb aboard Concorde
Aeroscopia · Blagnac (31)
Beside the runways at Blagnac, this museum traces the history of civil, military and leisure aviation through more than forty aircraft.
Parks and nature
Hunt for the pink diamond underground
GROTTE DE DARGILAN · Meyrueis (48)
Nicknamed the pink cave, Dargilan is explored along just over a kilometre of passages, through vast chambers and colourful formations.
Castles and heritage
Ride the little train up to Rocamadour
Le Petit Train de Rocamadour · Rocamadour (46)
From the shady car park in the Alzou valley, the little train takes families up to the medieval town clinging to the cliff, sparing little legs a long climb.
Also worth a visit
- Ride the Train Jaune up into the CerdagneTrain Jaune · Fuilla · From age 3 · Castles and heritage
- Sail the underground river at BétharramGrottes de Bétharram · Saint-Pé-de-Bigorre · From age 4 · Castles and heritage
- Follow the penguins at Mare NostrumAquarium Mare Nostrum · Montpellier · All ages · Animals and farms
- Watch live insects at MicropolisMicropolis la Cité des Insectes · Saint-Léons · From age 3 · Museums and science
- Follow the wolf packs of the GévaudanParc des Loups du Gévaudan · Saint-Léger-de-Peyre · All ages · Animals and farms
- Watch the birds of prey at RocamadourRocher des Aigles · Rocamadour · From age 3 · Animals and farms
- See sweets being made at the Haribo museumMusée du Bonbon Haribo · Uzès · From age 3 · Museums and science
- Step aboard the Mir space stationCité de l'Espace · Toulouse · From age 4 · Museums and science
- Mix rides and water games at MontagnacLe village des enfants - DélirOpark · Montagnac · All ages · Leisure parks
- Whizz down the slides at La SauleParc Aquatique La Saule · Bétaille · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Drive a mini kart at Circus KidsCircus Kids Vauvert · Vauvert · All ages · Leisure parks
- Ride the giant slide in ColomiersEspace Nautique Jean-Vauchère · Colomiers · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Jump the waves at Grand BleuEspace Grand Bleu · La Grande-Motte · All ages · Pools, beaches and water
- Climb the volcano at Europark IndoorEuropark Indoor · Vias · From age 1 · Leisure parks
- Go on a treasure hunt at Hopy ParcHopy Parc · Beauzelle · All ages · Leisure parks
- Ride the bumper cars at Sept DeniersYou Kids Toulouse Sept Deniers · Toulouse · All ages · Leisure parks
- Try the ninja modules at MontaudranYou Kids Toulouse Montaudran · Toulouse · All ages · Leisure parks
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