Here are our ideas for days out with kids in and around Valence, each one checked, for little ones and older kids alike. Here are 22 ideas picked from over 8,500 outings in the Trottimap app.
Leisure parks
Savanna & Cie (Jungle Kids), complexe de loisirs · Valence (26)
This 2,500 m² indoor park, south of Valence, welcomes children up to 12 with monkey bridges, climbing walls, big slides and small token-operated karts.
Leisure parks
Le Monde de Merlin · Bourg-lès-Valence (26)
In Bourg-lès-Valence, a huge indoor modular structure serves as an adventure playground for 1 to 14-year-olds, with an area reserved for under-4s.
Leisure parks
Jardin des Trains Ardéchois · Soyons (07)
Across a 2,800 m² garden, miniature trains you can hear rolling along go through tunnels, cross rivers and stop at stations, among hundreds of bonsai trees and tiny figures.
Leisure parks
Domaine de Valsoyo, activités · Upie (26)
Around a lake, in a six-hectare wooded park near Upie, this estate brings together a zip line, rafts, footgolf, blowpipe shooting, recumbent bikes and an orienteering course through the woods.
Animals and farms
Le Zoo d'Upie · Upie (26)
This Drôme zoo presents more than 800 animals from 180 species, led by parrots and birds of prey, but also lemurs, servals, pelicans and meerkats.
Leisure parks
Escape Time Valence · Valence (26)
In central Valence, the Super Alpha World room locks players inside a late-eighties arcade, with puzzles that speak to parents and children alike.
Sport and adventure
Patinoire de Valence Jo Boyadjian · Valence (26)
In the Polygone district, the agglomeration's ice rink offers a large surface where children take their first glides along the barrier.
Leisure parks
Closed Escape Game Valence · Valence (26)
Near Valence Ville station, this venue runs adventure rooms where teams hunt for clues for an hour.
Museums and science
Musée de Valence · Valence (26)
In the former bishop's palace near the cathedral, the museum lends activity booklets by age and has set up play modules in the galleries.
Pools, beaches and water
Centre aqualudique de l'Épervière · Valence (26)
South of Valence, near the Rhône, this aquatic centre adds large slides and a sliding simulator to its indoor pools.
Leisure parks
Trampoline Park You Jump Valence · Valence (26)
In the south of Valence, this trampoline park accepts children from age 3.
Leisure parks
Xtrem Valence · Valence (26)
South of Valence, this large hall brings together a two-level karting track, sixteen bowling lanes and a laser tag maze.
Castles and heritage
Château de Crussol · Saint-Péray (07)
Perched on a limestone ridge facing Valence, this ruined castle is reached by a fairly steep path that feels like an adventure to children.
Pools, beaches and water
La Truite du Père Eugène · Beaumont-lès-Valence (26)
Six kilometres from Valence, these spring-fed ponds let children land their first trout with a rod lent on site.
Castles and heritage
Grottes et musée archéologique de Soyons · Soyons (07)
Above the Rhône, these caves sheltered prehistoric people and animals now extinct, including the cave hyena.
Sport and adventure
Paintball & Games · Alixan (26)
Close to the Valence TGV station, this outdoor field offers paintball adapted to children from seven, with softer paintballs and team scenarios.
Leisure parks
Labyléo, labyrinthe végétal · Charmes-sur-Rhône (07)
Near Charmes-sur-Rhône, this maze is planted with elephant grass, a plant so tall and dense that you can no longer see anything around you.
Sport and adventure
The Roof Vercors · Bourg-de-Péage (26)
In the Diabolo leisure area, this large hall combines rope-free bouldering walls, taller routes and an outdoor space.
Museums and science
Cité du Chocolat Valrhona · Tain-l'Hermitage (26)
On the banks of the Rhône, the Cité du Chocolat takes families along a trail where you touch, smell and taste the beans at every step.
Museums and science
Musée international de la Chaussure · Romans-sur-Isère (26)
In a former convent in Romans, this museum shows shoes from around the world and every period, from ancient sandals to designer creations.
Castles and heritage
Château-musée de Tournon-sur-Rhône · Tournon-sur-Rhône (07)
Set on a rock by the Rhône, this castle was a fortress and later a prison, and children enjoy spotting traces of that past in the rooms.
Castles and heritage
Train de l'Ardèche · Saint-Jean-de-Muzols (07)
From Saint-Jean-de-Muzols station, this heritage train pulled by a locomotive climbs the Doux gorges on a line clinging to the cliff.
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