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Things to do with kids in Saint-Nazaire

Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Saint-Nazaire, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 29 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.

Leisure parks

Try everything at Parcofolies

Parcofolies · La Baule-Escoublac (44)

From age 2 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Near the Château de Lesnerac, Parcofolies brings together more than fifty outdoor games included in the ticket, across five shaded hectares.

Pools, beaches and water

Jump the waves at the Aquaparc

Aquaparc Saint-Nazaire · Saint-Nazaire (44)

All ages · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Near the Parc Paysager, the Saint-Nazaire Aquaparc gathers five pools, including a wave pool with jets and bubbles that children love.

Leisure parks

Rescue Merlin as a team at Ruban Bleu

Exitime Escape Game Saint-Nazaire · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 10 · Indoor · Over €25 · Good on rainy days

In the Ruban Bleu shopping arcade, Exitime has built its own puzzle rooms, including Sauvons Merlin, a medieval adventure open from age ten with an adult.

Shows and workshops

Go to a show at Le Théâtre, Saint-Nazaire

Le Théâtre, scène nationale de Saint-Nazaire · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 3 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

This national stage on rue des Frères Pereire programmes circus, object theatre and dance, with family afternoons and performances for school classes from nursery to lycée, depending on the show.

Sport and adventure

Climb under the submarine base concrete

Base Jump · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 3 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

In three bays of the former submarine base, Base Jump has strung five levels of courses between the concrete pillars, open from age three.

Museums and science

Step aboard a recreated ocean liner

Escal'Atlantic · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 4 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Inside the submarine base, you walk through the decks, cabins and lounges of a rebuilt transatlantic liner, from the promenade deck down to the kitchens.

Castles and heritage

Squeeze through a real submarine

Sous-marin Espadon · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 4 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Moored in the fortified lock, the Espadon is visited from bow to stern, past bunk beds, the control room and the torpedo room.

Museums and science

Pedal to make your own power

EOL Centre éolien · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

Set inside the fortified lock, this centre explains how the wind turbines off Saint-Nazaire work.

Museums and science

Trace the story of Saint-Nazaire's port

Écomusée de Saint-Nazaire · Saint-Nazaire (44)

From age 6 · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

This museum tells how a small village became a town of shipyards and aircraft, with ship models, harbour photos and a room on aviation up to the Airbus plants.

Sport and adventure

Race a sand yacht along the beach

Centre nautique de Saint-Brevin, char à voile · Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (44)

From age 8 · Outdoor · Over €25

On the long Océan beach at Saint-Brevin, the sailing centre gets children from age eight rolling in sand yachts at low tide.

Leisure parks

Play crazy golf near the sea

Minigolf de Pornichet · Pornichet (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Under €10

Opened in 1954 two hundred metres from the beach, the Pornichet crazy golf lays out its flowered holes under the trees, with obstacles of varying difficulty.

Pools, beaches and water

Slide down the Saint-Brevin Pentagliss

Complexe aquatique Aquajade · Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (44)

All ages · Indoor and outdoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

In the La Guerche business park, Aquajade combines a sports pool, a leisure pool, a paddling pool and an indoor slide.

Pools, beaches and water

Glide through the marsh in a flat boat

Promenades en Brière, port de la Chaussée-Neuve · Saint-André-des-Eaux (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

At the Chaussée-Neuve harbour, a local boatman takes families aboard a chaland, the flat bottomed marsh boat, and poles it between the reeds.

Sport and adventure

Climb the boulders in Saint-Brevin

Bloc Session Loire Estuaire · Saint-Brevin-les-Pins (44)

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

Near the Saint-Nazaire bridge, this bouldering gym lines up around a hundred problems on low walls above thick mats, with no rope or harness.

Parks and nature

Watch spoonbills and egrets at Rozé

Réserve naturelle, site de Pierre Constant · Saint-Malo-de-Guersac (44)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

From the Rozé lock, a flat path of eight hundred metres follows the canal to the reserve's hides.

Pools, beaches and water

Swim outdoors in heated seawater

Aquabaule · La Baule-Escoublac (44)

All ages · Indoor and outdoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

A short walk from La Baule's beaches, Aquabaule heats seawater pools all year round, including a thirty three metre outdoor Nordic pool lined with pines.

Animals and farms

Watch the cows being milked

Ferme Lait Prés Verts · Guérande (44)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

Between Guérande and La Baule, this organic dairy farm lets families walk in freely to greet cows, calves, pigs, dwarf goats and hens.

Castles and heritage

Wander among Brière's thatched cottages

Village de Kerhinet · Saint-Lyphard (44)

All ages · Outdoor · Free

Kerhinet is a car free hamlet where eighteen reed roofed houses have been restored around a well, a wash house and bread ovens.

Leisure parks

Putt on La Baule's clay course

Mini Golf La Baule · La Baule-Escoublac (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Under €10

Since 1953, this La Baule crazy golf has lined up eighteen clay holes in a leafy garden, a few streets from the seafront.

Sport and adventure

Drive a first kart on the Côte de Jade

Racing Kart Jade (RKJ) · Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In Saint-Michel-Chef-Chef, RKJ runs three tracks: electric baby karts for three to six year olds, a junior circuit from age seven and the adult track.

Pools, beaches and water

Ride the twists of the Guérande slide

Aquaguérande · Guérande (44)

All ages · Indoor · Under €10 · Good on rainy days

On the edge of Guérande, Aquaguérande combines a sports pool, a leisure pool and a winding slide that children happily ride again and again.

Sport and adventure

Bowl a few frames in Guérande

Presqu'île Bowling · Guérande (44)

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

In the Kerbiniou business park, Presqu'île Bowling lines up fourteen lanes fitted for children, with bumpers and light balls.

Castles and heritage

Climb inside the fortified gate

Porte Saint-Michel, château-musée de Guérande · Guérande (44)

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

The main entrance to the medieval town, the Porte Saint-Michel houses a lodging you explore floor by floor up spiral stairs.

Parks and nature

Rake salt alongside a salt worker

Terre de Sel · Guérande (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

On the edge of the Guérande salt marshes, the cooperative's guides lead families along the banks between the pans.

Sport and adventure

Climb through the pines of Saint-Molf

Monkey Forest · Saint-Molf (44)

From age 2 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Five minutes from Guérande, Monkey Forest spreads twenty treetop courses and around fifty zip lines over six hectares of woodland.

Animals and farms

Play little farmer at Heïdi's

La Petite Ferme d'Heïdi · Saint-Père-en-Retz (44)

From age 1 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In Saint-Père-en-Retz, this small two hectare educational farm welcomes families to feed, stroke and brush goats, sheep, guinea pigs and ponies.

Museums and science

Solve a trail inside a bunker

Musée du Grand Blockhaus · Batz-sur-Mer (44)

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

Facing the wild coast, this German command post is visited from the basement up to the lookout across five restored levels.

Museums and science

Learn about salt together

Musée des marais salants · Batz-sur-Mer (44)

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

In Batz-sur-Mer, this small museum shows with displays and models how salt workers have harvested coarse salt and fleur de sel for centuries.

Castles and heritage

Explore the ruins of a fortress

Château de Ranrouët · Herbignac (44)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Under €10

In the middle of the Herbignac meadows, Ranrouët shows its gutted towers and water-filled moat.