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Things to do with kids in Tarbes

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

Leisure parks

Bounce and bowl at the Arsenal

Arsenal Park · Tarbes (65)

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

In Tarbes' former Arsenal, this leisure centre combines twelve bowling lanes with 350 m² of trampolines and unlimited jumping time.

Leisure parks

Lead a laser mission at the Arsenal

Laser Quest Tarbes · Tarbes (65)

From age 8 · Indoor · €10 to €25 · Good on rainy days

Set up in 2011 inside the Tarbes Arsenal, a former arms factory, Laser Quest gives each player a vest and a laser gun before sending them into a 300 m² maze.

Pools, beaches and water

Swim at the Vic aquatic centre

Espace aquatique Louis Fourcade · Vic-en-Bigorre (65)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

In the north of the department, the Louis Fourcade aquatic centre in Vic-en-Bigorre opens its pools from June to late August.

Leisure parks

Play adventure golf in Espoey

Golf aventure d'Espoey · Espoey (64)

From age 3 · Outdoor · Under €10

Between Pau and Tarbes, the Espoey leisure base offers an eighteen-hole adventure golf on artificial turf, dotted with straw huts.

Castles and heritage

Climb up to Lourdes castle

Château fort de Lourdes, Musée pyrénéen · Lourdes (65)

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

Perched on its rock above Lourdes, the fortress has been in turn a residence of the counts, a military stronghold and a royal prison.

Castles and heritage

Tour Lourdes by little train

Petit train touristique de Lourdes · Lourdes (65)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

Leaving from Place Monseigneur Laurence, the Lourdes tourist train spares children's legs from the town's climbs.

Animals and farms

Meet the animals at La Ferme du Bon'Air

La Ferme du Bon'Air · Lourdes (65)

All ages · Outdoor · Under €10

On the forest road west of Lourdes, La Ferme du Bon'Air combines a discovery farm with a small animal park.

Parks and nature

Ride the funicular up the Pic du Jer

Funiculaire du Pic du Jer · Lourdes (65)

All ages · Outdoor · €10 to €25

From Lourdes, a century-old funicular climbs to the Pic du Jer in about ten minutes.