TROTTIMAPLeisure parks
Race down the Sorbiers sledge run
L'Île aux Délires · Sorbiers (42)
On the edge of Saint-Étienne, this air-conditioned park keeps a mega maze nearly six metres high for 4 to 12-year-olds, with zip lines, ball cannons and giant slides.
Things to do with kids in Saint-Étienne
Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Saint-Étienne, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 30 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Museums and science
Tinker with science at Explora
Explora, fabrique de curiosités · Saint-Étienne (42)
In the Tarentaize district, Explora runs science workshops where you build, take apart and test rather than listen to a talk.
Museums and science
Go down into the Couriot mine gallery
Couriot, musée de la Mine · Saint-Étienne (42)
Beneath the tall headframe that towers over Saint-Étienne, the former Couriot pit tells the story of miners' lives, from the changing hall to the machines.
Museums and science
Watch the looms at work
Musée d'Art et d'Industrie · Saint-Étienne (42)
On place Louis-Comte, the museum tells three Saint-Étienne crafts: firearms, ribbons and bicycles, with a cycling gallery fully redone in 2026.
Shows and workshops
Catch a Festimômes show at La Comète
La Comète · Saint-Étienne (42)
A city-run arts venue, La Comète hosts the Festimômes on certain Sundays, children's shows at a very small price: clowns, physical theatre, sand drawing.
Sport and adventure
Climb without ropes at BlocaBrac
BlocaBrac, escalade de bloc · Saint-Étienne (42)
This city-centre bouldering gym has 4.5-metre walls above thick mats, with no ropes or harnesses.
Museums and science
Listen to former miners in La Ricamarie
Musée de la mine de La Ricamarie · La Ricamarie (42)
On the ground floor of a school behind the town hall, former miners have gathered tools and memories of the coalfield.
Shows and workshops
Laugh at a show in the pocket theatre
Théâtre de poche des Brankignols · Saint-Étienne (42)
On rue Badouillère, this small pocket theatre programmes interactive shows for children, mixing magic, humour, music and balloon modelling, especially during the Christmas holidays.
Shows and workshops
Give toddlers their first show
La Comédie Triomphe · Saint-Étienne (42)
This city-centre café-theatre has two children's formats: the Matinales, half-hour shows for 1 to 3-year-olds, and the Aprèm's, 45-minute shows for 4 to 10-year-olds.
Shows and workshops
Build LEGO models with Bricks 4 Kidz
Ze Box City, ateliers Bricks 4 Kidz · Saint-Étienne (42)
On rue de la République, the Ze Box City complex hosts Bricks 4 Kidz workshops, where 3 to 15-year-olds assemble LEGO models designed by engineers, on themes such as architecture or the…
Shows and workshops
Watch a children's film at Le Méliès
Cinéma Le Méliès Jean-Jaurès · Saint-Étienne (42)
An independent cinema since 1983, Le Méliès has four screens on place Jean-Jaurès and two at Saint-François.
Shows and workshops
Explore the Opera's young audience season
Opéra de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
At the Jardin des Plantes, the Saint-Étienne Opera devotes a whole season to young audiences, mostly in the Théâtre Copeau, its smaller hall: puppets from age 3, musical theatre, dance and circus…
Museums and science
Travel through the solar system at the planetarium
Planétarium de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
Under the dome of the Saint-Étienne planetarium, shows take the audience among the planets, with recent films including a 3D journey through the solar system.
Shows and workshops
Play at being a designer at La Cabane
La Cabane de la Cité du design · Saint-Étienne (42)
At the Cité du design, La Cabane is a 350-square-metre space made for children from age 3: self-guided workshops, a reading corner, a garden and an aquaponics pond showing how living things…
Museums and science
Get hands-on with science at the Soucoupe
La Soucoupe, centre de sciences de La Rotonde · Saint-Étienne (42)
Inside the Soucoupe, La Rotonde's historic building, the exhibitions are made to be touched: you handle, experiment and play alongside science guides.
Leisure parks
Play mini golf at the Saint-Étienne golf club
Minigolf du golf Bluegreen de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
At the Bluegreen golf course in Saint-Étienne, an 18-hole mini golf on artificial turf covers 1,000 square metres.
Museums and science
See a full-size Formula 1 car
Exposition permanente AutoMiniRacing · Saint-Étienne (42)
On boulevard Jules-Janin, an association shows its collections of miniature racing cars, staged in dioramas that tell a century of rallying and Formula 1.
Pools, beaches and water
Jump from the five-metre platform
Piscine Raymond-Sommet · Saint-Étienne (42)
In the heart of the François-Mitterrand park, the city's main pool combines a 50-metre basin, a 137-square-metre paddling pool and a diving pit with springboards and a five-metre platform.
Sport and adventure
Take first steps on the Saint-Étienne ice
Patinoire de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
In the heart of François-Mitterrand park, the city ice rink is open to the public from October to April.
Shows and workshops
Paint like Van Gogh at the Micro-Folie
Micro-Folie, musée numérique de Roche-la-Molière · Roche-la-Molière (42)
The digital museum in Roche-la-Molière's arts centre introduces art through screens and games, with workshops that are all free.
Castles and heritage
Explore the ramparts of Roche-la-Molière
Château de Roche-la-Molière · Roche-la-Molière (42)
Perched on its rock for more than a thousand years, this castle is one of the few medieval sites near Saint-Étienne open to the public.
Shows and workshops
See a play as a family at La Comédie
La Comédie de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
Saint-Étienne's national drama centre, on place Jean-Dasté, flags its family shows, from age 6 to the teenage years, and also stages great classics such as Molière or Beaumarchais.
Pools, beaches and water
Splash in the children's play pool
Centre nautique Yves-Nayme · Saint-Étienne (42)
Near the Loti business park, this municipal swimming centre pairs a deep sports pool with two play pools, including a 50-square-metre pool just for children.
Museums and science
Go behind the scenes of the Chaudron
Musée des Verts · Saint-Étienne (42)
At the Geoffroy-Guichard stadium, France's first museum devoted to a football club tells the story of ASSE, from the square goalposts to the glory years of the 1970s.
Leisure parks
Play together at the Francas toy library
Ludothèque des Francas de Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
On rue Baptiste-Marcet, the Francas toy library opens its play space to families several times a week.
Animals and farms
Watch the bees behind a glass hive
Miellerie des Gorges de la Loire · Roche-la-Molière (42)
At this Roche-la-Molière apiary, you follow the life of bees through glass hives and panels, then walk past the room where honey is extracted and jarred.
Sport and adventure
Climb the walls at Climb Up
Climb Up Saint-Étienne · Saint-Étienne (42)
This large climbing gym in Saint-Étienne mixes rope-free bouldering with high routes, using holds of every colour to track progress.
Shows and workshops
Make your own chocolate bar at Weiss
Ateliers Weiss, atelier chocolat · Saint-Étienne (42)
At the Ateliers Weiss, the shop of Saint-Étienne's chocolate maker, children from age 7 create their own chocolate bar with a chocolatier, from moulding to choosing the toppings.
Museums and science
Solve a mystery at the modern art museum
Musée d'art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Étienne Métropole (MAMC+) · Saint-Priest-en-Jarez (42)
MAMC+ holds one of the largest collections of modern and contemporary art in France and knows how to open it up to children.
Shows and workshops
Follow the Villars children's season
Médiathèque de Villars, saison jeune public · Villars (42)
The Villars media library runs a proper little season of children's shows, from toddlers aged 18 months to children of 5 and over, with tales, clowns and music.
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