Things to do with kids in Poitiers

Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Poitiers, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 14 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.

Leisure parks

Try the screen-based rides at Futuroscope

Futuroscope · Chasseneuil-du-Poitou (86)

From age 4 · Indoor and outdoor · Over €25 · Good on rainy days

Near Poitiers, the park is all about images and simulators: you chase tornadoes, set off on a mission to Mars and, since 2025, explore Bermuda.

Leisure parks

Whizz along the zip line at Looky Land

Looky Land · Poitiers (86)

From age 1 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

South of Poitiers, this indoor park, heated in winter and air-conditioned in summer, welcomes children aged 1 to 12 all year round.

Sport and adventure

Skate as a family in Poitiers

Patinoire de Grand Poitiers · Poitiers (86)

From age 3 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

The Grand Poitiers ice rink reopens every September for public sessions.

Museums and science

Watch the stars at the Poitiers planetarium

Espace Mendès France · Poitiers (86)

From age 4 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Close to the cathedral, Espace Mendès France combines science exhibitions, workshops and planetarium shows.

Museums and science

Explore archaeology at the Sainte-Croix museum

Musée Sainte-Croix · Poitiers (86)

From age 5 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Near the cathedral, the Sainte-Croix museum traces the history of Poitou from prehistoric tools to nineteenth-century sculpture.

Leisure parks

Crack Eleanor's treasure as a family

The Escape League · Poitiers (86)

From age 6 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Near the palace in central Poitiers, this escape room venue offers family missions such as Eleanor's treasure or the fire station alert.

Parks and nature

Stroll through the Blossac gardens

Parc de Blossac · Poitiers (86)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

Perched above the Clain, Blossac park links a formal French garden with its bandstand and fountain to an English-style garden full of grottoes and springs.

Sport and adventure

Climb the boulders at The Roof

The Roof Poitiers · Poitiers (86)

From age 2 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Set in a former post office sorting centre, this bouldering hall offers around a hundred problems across seven levels and a corner kept for toddlers.

Leisure parks

Combine bowling, laser tag and glow golf

Game Parc · Migné-Auxances (86)

From age 1 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

North of Poitiers, this large indoor complex brings together a pirate play area for little ones, bowling lanes, a laser tag arena and a fluorescent mini-golf where animals glow in the dark.

Leisure parks

Bounce on the Air Jump trampolines

Air Jump · Poitiers (86)

From age 5 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

In the Bois d'Amour area south of Poitiers, more than seventy trampolines link up with a ninja course, a foam pit and basketball hoops.

Pools, beaches and water

Swim in the Smarves lagoon

Lagon du bois de Saint-Pierre · Smarves (86)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

Among the oaks of the Bois de Saint-Pierre, this sandy-bottomed artificial lagoon offers supervised swimming in July and August.

Sport and adventure

Go tree to tree at Fun Forest

Fun Forest · Fontaine-le-Comte (86)

From age 5 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In the Bois des Feuillants on the edge of Poitiers, seven tree-top courses range from small bridges for children to long zip lines for older ones.