Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Pau, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 24 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
AcroJungle Indoor · Serres-Castet (64)
North of Pau, this indoor, air-conditioned park keeps a large structure with slides, trampolines and mazes for 4 to 12-year-olds, along with giant Lego, a mini disco, a football pitch and electric…
Animals and farms
Poney club de la Ferme Saint-Joseph · Pau (64)
North of Pau, this pony club welcomes children from ten months old for early-learning sessions, then lessons suited to each age, from Shetland pony to horse.
Sport and adventure
Beta Bloc · Pau (64)
North-east of Pau, near the motorway exit, this large bouldering gym welcomes families from age three, with instructors keeping an eye.
Leisure parks
Positive Park · Pau (64)
North of Pau, a former factory has been turned into a large trampoline complex.
Leisure parks
Bowling Star Pau · Pau (64)
This twelve-lane bowling alley in Pau adapts to children with bumpers, light balls and mini lanes for the youngest.
Pools, beaches and water
Stade nautique de Pau · Pau (64)
Below Beaumont park, the Pau swimming stadium brings together a learner pool, a leisure pool with a bubble bench and counter-current river and, outside, a large fifty-metre pool.
Parks and nature
Parc Lawrance · Pau (64)
At the northern entrance to central Pau, near the exhibition centre, this park shaded by tall cedars offers lawns to run on, a playground and a carousel that delights the youngest.
Parks and nature
Parc Beaumont · Pau (64)
In the centre of Pau, this large English-style park leads along its paths to a bandstand and a lake lined with century-old trees from around the world.
Sport and adventure
La Forêt des Vert'tiges · Pau (64)
North of Pau, in an oak wood near the Sers estate, this treetop park offers sixteen courses from age three, a jump tower and a giant zip line.
Castles and heritage
Château de Pau · Pau (64)
At the end of boulevard des Pyrénées, the castle where Henri IV was born is visited room by room, with its large tapestries and the famous turtle shell said to have served…
Castles and heritage
Petit train touristique de Pau · Pau (64)
Leaving from the castle quarter, the Pau little train covers boulevard des Pyrénées, place Royale and Beaumont park in half an hour.
Pools, beaches and water
Piscine Aqualons · Lons (64)
In Lons, on the edge of Pau, this aquatic complex in green surroundings appeals to children for its forty-five-metre slide.
Leisure parks
Mini-golf Le Moulin · Lons (64)
On the Lons sports grounds, this approved mini golf is tucked away in a shady wood, with a covered refreshment stand for a break between holes.
Pools, beaches and water
Parc Aquasports, stade d'eaux vives Pau-Pyrénées · Bizanos (64)
On the edge of Pau, the whitewater stadium where kayak champions train is also open to the public.
Parks and nature
Lac des Carolins · Lescar (64)
About ten minutes from Pau, this small two-basin lake makes an easy family walk.
Museums and science
Féerie Gourmande, musée des arts sucrés · Uzos (64)
On the edge of Pau, confectioner Francis Miot opens his jam, sweet and chocolate workshops, followed by a museum of sugar arts with a thousand objects.
Leisure parks
Freebowl · Lescar (64)
In the Quartier Libre shopping centre in Lescar, Freebowl lines up sixteen computerised lanes, eight of which can be set up for children.
Leisure parks
Jump Academy Pau-Lescar · Lescar (64)
In the Quartier Libre shopping area west of Pau, this large hall brings together trampolines, a foam pit, a mega ramp and a ninja course.
Leisure parks
Laser Quest Pau-Lescar · Lescar (64)
At the foot of Lescar's medieval town, this laser tag centre plunges players into a dark maze of tunnels and ramps.
Leisure parks
Mini-golf Bluegreen Pau Artiguelouve · Artiguelouve (64)
West of Pau, the Bluegreen golf club in Artiguelouve has built a proper little eighteen-hole course to discover the sport.
Sport and adventure
Bosdarros Aventure · Bosdarros (64)
On the hillsides south of Pau, this treetop park has fourteen courses of increasing difficulty, plus a big net and a castle for the youngest.
Parks and nature
Lac de l'Ayguelongue · Mazerolles (64)
North of Pau, this sixty-hectare lake is explored on a four-kilometre loop dotted with picnic areas and fitness equipment.
Pools, beaches and water
Water Jump Les Ö Kiri, lac de Baudreix · Baudreix (64)
Between Pau and Lourdes, Lac de Baudreix works as a mountain beach.
Leisure parks
Golf aventure d'Espoey · Espoey (64)
Between Pau and Tarbes, the Espoey leisure base offers an eighteen-hole adventure golf on artificial turf, dotted with straw huts.
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