Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Rouen, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 26 ideas picked from over 950 places on the Trottimap map.
Animals and farms
Biotropica · Val-de-Reuil (27)
At the Léry-Poses leisure park, a large tropical greenhouse houses Komodo dragons, colourful frogs, fruit bats and squirrel monkeys, while outside you find red pandas, cheetahs, penguins and kangaroos.
Leisure parks
Gulli Parc Rouen · Rouen (76)
On the second floor of the Docks 76 shopping centre, this indoor park welcomes children aged 1 to 12.
Leisure parks
Happy City Rouen · Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie (76)
Across more than 2,000 air-conditioned square metres near Rouen, children aged 1 to 12 climb a six-metre-high structure, with monkey bridges, a small zip line and slides.
Leisure parks
Woupi Grand-Quevilly · Le Grand-Quevilly (76)
This indoor park of more than 1,000 m² south of Rouen welcomes children up to 12.
Leisure parks
Balygoo · Bois-Guillaume (76)
In Bois-Guillaume, in the hills above Rouen, this indoor park of about 1,000 m² welcomes children from 0 to 12.
Leisure parks
Jokoani Rouen (Barentin) · Barentin (76)
Opened in January 2026 in Barentin, this 1,250 m² park is aimed at children from birth to age 8.
Animals and farms
Parc de Clères · Clères (76)
Around a 16th-century château, this 13-hectare park run by the département lets wallabies, peacocks and Chilean flamingos roam in semi-freedom, while red pandas hide in their trees.
Leisure parks
Parc du Bocasse · Le Bocasse (76)
North of Rouen, this family amusement park is about to turn 60.
Leisure parks
Base de loisirs de Jumièges-Le Mesnil · Le Mesnil-sous-Jumièges (76)
Tucked into a loop of the Seine, this leisure park gathers two treetop courses around its lake, one of them close to the ground for small children, plus a zip line flying…
Pools, beaches and water
Parc de Léry-Poses · Poses (27)
In a bend of the Seine, this large leisure park surrounds three lakes.
Museums and science
Historial Jeanne d'Arc · Rouen (76)
A short walk from the cathedral, the former Archbishop's palace tells the story of Joan of Arc's trial through projections and sound, room after room.
Leisure parks
Team Break Rouen · Rouen (76)
On Place Saint-Marc, Team Break runs one-hour escape rooms, including a school of magic and a Koh-Lanta style adventure that suit families.
Sport and adventure
Patinoire de loisirs Édith Ballester · Rouen (76)
On Île Lacroix, the Édith Ballester leisure rink welcomes the public right next to the big rink where Rouen's hockey team plays.
Sport and adventure
AccroCamp Rouen · Rouen (76)
Right in Rouen, on Île Lacroix, AccroCamp has strung its courses between the trees of Parc Jacques Chastellain.
Parks and nature
Jardin des Plantes de Rouen · Rouen (76)
On Rouen's left bank, this ten-hectare garden is free and open all year.
Parks and nature
Parc naturel urbain du Champ des Bruyères · Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray (76)
On the edge of Rouen, this 28 hectare park lines up three playgrounds, a vast lawn and an edible forest where kids learn to recognise fruit trees.
Animals and farms
Parc animalier de la forêt de Roumare · Val-de-la-Haye (76)
West of Rouen, this free 26-hectare park lets you see red deer, fallow deer, roe deer and wild boar from viewing huts set at child height.
Sport and adventure
Espace Aventures Normandie · Saint-Martin-de-Boscherville (76)
A quarter of an hour from Rouen, near Boscherville abbey, this wooded park combines treetop courses with a continuous safety line, a hedge maze, an orienteering trail and an outdoor escape game.
Sport and adventure
Arbr'en Ciel · Préaux (76)
Fifteen minutes from Rouen, this forest park offers around ten treetop courses on a continuous safety line, open to children from 3.
Parks and nature
Espace de loisirs de Montville · Montville (76)
Twenty minutes from Rouen, this free leisure area is set around a three-hectare lake where families can go rowing.
Leisure parks
Espace 360 Rouen · Tourville-la-Rivière (76)
Fifteen minutes south of Rouen, this vast indoor park lines up 2,000 m2 of trampolines with a Ninja course, a two-level electric kart track and sixteen bowling lanes.
Pools, beaches and water
Base nautique et de loisirs de Bédanne · Tourville-la-Rivière (76)
A quarter of an hour from Rouen, this 35 hectare lake can be explored by kayak, pedal boat or on a giant paddleboard that takes the whole family.
Sport and adventure
Circuit de l'Europe · Sotteville-sous-le-Val (76)
At Sotteville-sous-le-Val, south of Rouen, this outdoor karting track welcomes drivers from age 4, alone or in groups.
Castles and heritage
Château de Robert le Diable · Moulineaux (76)
Perched above the Seine at Moulineaux, the ruins of Robert the Devil's castle can be explored freely through a three hectare wooded park.
Pools, beaches and water
L'Oasis, piscine-patinoire de Cléon · Cléon (76)
On the banks of the Seine, the L'Oasis complex puts a swimming pool and an ice rink under one roof.
Castles and heritage
Abbaye de Jumièges · Jumièges (76)
Deep in a loop of the Seine, the white towers of Jumièges Abbey rise almost 50 metres above the ruins and their large park.
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