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Things to do with kids in Sète

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

Aqualand Cap d'Agde
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Pools, beaches and water

Whizz down the slides at Aqualand Agde

Aqualand Cap d'Agde · Agde (34)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Over €25

At Cap d'Agde, this water park opens its pools and slides during the summer.

Pools, beaches and water

Play pirates in the pools

PARC AQUATIQUE PIRATE LAND · Marseillan (34)

From age 1 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Designed for 1 to 12-year-olds, this small water park in Marseillan-Plage lines up water cannons, slides, jets and two pirate ships around a 300 m² pool.

Pools, beaches and water

Jump in the Fonquerne waves

Centre balnéaire Raoul-Fonquerne · Sète (34)

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

Beside the lagoon in Sète, this large aquatic centre combines a wave pool, an adventure pool with a slide and a splash pad where toddlers play under the jets.

Parks and nature

Climb Mont Saint-Clair in Sète

Mont Saint-Clair · Sète (34)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Free

The highest point in Sète at 175 metres, Mont Saint-Clair can be reached on foot by the stairways of the Quartier Haut.

Museums and science

Discover the boats of Sète harbour

Musée de la Mer de Sète · Sète (34)

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

Between the Théâtre de la Mer and the seaside cemetery, this municipal museum tells the story of Sète harbour through a fine collection of model ships.

Pools, beaches and water

Sail under the bridges of Sète

Sète Croisières · Sète (34)

From age 1 · Outdoor · Under €10

From the Savonnerie bridge, Sète Croisières boats glide under nine bridges to the Pointe Courte district, or head out to the Thau lagoon.

Castles and heritage

Go aboard a Sète trawler

Chalutier Louis Nocca · Sète (34)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

Moored on a quay in Sète, this trawler is shown by its captain, who explains life as a fisherman.

Museums and science

Hunt through the MIAM display cases

MIAM, Musée international des arts modestes · Sète (34)

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

On quai de Lattre-de-Tassigny, the International Museum of Modest Arts shows the art of popular objects, toys and everyday images, with Bernard Belluc's display cases and Hervé Di Rosa's caravans.

Museums and science

Follow the bluefin tuna at Tunoscope

Tunoscope · Sète (34)

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

On the quays of Sète, this interactive trail follows the Mediterranean bluefin tuna from birth to its long migrations, then takes visitors out with the fishermen through a documentary filmed at sea.

Shows and workshops

Discover the national stage in Sète

Théâtre Molière, scène nationale archipel de Thau · Sète (34)

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

In the heart of Sète, the Archipel de Thau national stage groups shows recommended from age 4 to the teenage years under its family label.

Leisure parks

Go bowling near the Thau lagoon

Xtreme Bowling Sète · Sète (34)

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

In Sète's retail area, this air-conditioned complex brings together bowling lanes, a laser game, arcade games and pool tables under one roof.

Castles and heritage

Walk above the Loupian mosaics

Musée Villa-Loupian · Loupian (34)

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

Near the Thau lagoon, this museum shelters under a large building the remains of a wealthy Roman villa and its colourful mosaics more than fifteen hundred years old.

Museums and science

Look for the pipefish at the lagoon museum

Musée de l'Étang de Thau · Bouzigues (34)

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

On the fishing harbour of Bouzigues, this small museum tells the story of oyster and mussel farming with models, old tools and aquariums renovated in 2016.

Pools, beaches and water

Visit an oyster farm by boat

Promenade Bleu Marin · Bouzigues (34)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

From the harbour of Bouzigues, the Bleu Marin takes families out on the Thau lagoon with an oyster farmer at the helm.

Pools, beaches and water

Learn to sail on the Thau lagoon

Centre nautique Manuréva · Balaruc-les-Bains (34)

From age 6 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In a pine wood beside the lagoon, the Balaruc sailing centre welcomes children from age 6 to its sea garden, then in optimists or fun boats depending on age.

Shows and workshops

Watch a film by the water

Cinéma Quai des Lumières · Frontignan (34)

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

Set in a former wine estate turned arts hub in Frontignan, the Quai des Lumières opened in late 2025 with four screens by the water.

Museums and science

Walk among the dinosaurs of Mèze

Musée-parc des Dinosaures de Mèze · Mèze (34)

From age 3 · Indoor and outdoor · €10 to €25

Just outside Mèze, this museum park sits on a site where hundreds of dinosaur eggs were found.

Shows and workshops

Watch circus in Frontignan

Aire des Loisirs · Frontignan (34)

From age 8 · Indoor · Free · Good on rainy days

The town of Frontignan la Peyrade stages its circus and clown shows here, in the evening and on Sunday afternoons.

Shows and workshops

See a show at Salle de l'Aire

Salle de l'Aire · Frontignan (34)

From age 4 · Indoor · Free · Good on rainy days

This hall in Frontignan hosts young audience sessions from the town's cultural season, often open to the general public as well as school classes.

Parks and nature

Watch the birds of the Bagnas

Réserve naturelle nationale du Bagnas · Agde (34)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

Between Agde and Marseillan, this nature reserve protects lagoons and reed beds home to flamingos, herons and more than two hundred and sixty bird species.

Sport and adventure

Climb in the Bessilles forest

Global Aventure · Montagnac (34)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In the Bessilles departmental forest, Global Aventure offers a hundred and ten treetop challenges linked by a continuous safety line, from age 3.

Pools, beaches and water

Paddle at La Gardiole in Gigean

Centre aquatique de la Gardiole · Gigean (34)

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

Opened in 2023 at the entrance to Gigean, on the Balaruc side, this covered aquatic centre run by the Sète conurbation has an activity pool, a shallow learner pool and a 60…

Museums and science

See the treasures raised at Cap d'Agde

Musée de l'Éphèbe et d'archéologie sous-marine · Agde (34)

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

At the entrance to Cap d'Agde, this museum displays what divers brought up from the Hérault river, the sea and the Thau lagoon: amphorae, ship cannons and tableware from sunken cargoes.

Sport and adventure

Ride zip lines and Tarzan swings

Agd'Aventure · Agde (34)

From age 3 · Outdoor · €10 to €25

In Cap d'Agde, this adventure park lines up thirteen courses of rising difficulty, from small bridges for children to zip lines kept for the boldest.

Leisure parks

Ride the merry-go-rounds on Île des Loisirs

Luna Park du Cap d'Agde · Agde (34)

From age 2 · Outdoor · Under €10

In Cap d'Agde, this funfair park spreads over five hectares of Île des Loisirs, with around twenty rides for little ones and as many for teenagers.

Sport and adventure

Pedal along the rails at Saint-Thibéry

Pédalorail Saint-Thibéry · Saint-Thibéry (34)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

Starting from an old mill near the Roman bridge, these pedal rail carts follow the former railway towards Pézenas for three and a half kilometres before heading back.

Pools, beaches and water

Ride the slides at Archipel

Centre aquatique Archipel Agde · Agde (34)

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

This aquatic centre run by the Agde area combines a twenty-five-metre pool, a shallow pool where children can stand and two slides that draw queues on Wednesdays.

Museums and science

Rediscover old toys in Pézenas

Musée international du jouet · Pézenas (34)

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

On a street in old Pézenas, this museum gathers six thousand toys from many countries, from antique dolls to trains and tin cars.

Pools, beaches and water

Splash about at the Poséidon pool

Piscine Poséidon · Cournonterral (34)

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

Opened in 2010 at the entrance to Cournonterral, the Poséidon pool brings together a sports pool, a learner pool with bubbling benches and a paddling pool set in a quiet corner, away…