Are you in Montpellier and looking for something to do with the whole family? Discover our selection of the best things to do with your children in Montpellier!
With its mild Mediterranean climate, it’s a great place to live. Whether you’re here for a few days with your family, or even a lifetime, you’ll never be bored. Montpellier has plenty of activities to keep your children happy.
To keep the whole family happy, discover our selection of the 13 best activities to do with your children in Montpellier.
Let off steam in the open air
1. Parks and squares
Montpellier may be a beautiful city, but it’s also home to areas where you can enjoy the great outdoors. After all, what could be better than taking your children to let off steam in the open air?
Whether it’s playing ball, cycling or any other outdoor activity, taking your children to enjoy nature is the ideal outing that gets everyone on the same wavelength. Montpellier’s many parks are sure to delight the whole family.
Among them, we recommend the Font Colombe park with its wooden playground. Alternatively, the Georges Charpak park offers large expanses of green and a water mirror where your children can cool off in summer.
2. Montpellier Zoological Park
Opening hours: closed on Mondays
Official website: zoo.montpellier.fr
Staying with the theme of nature, let’s add that of animals. With its 80 hectares, Montpellier’s Lunaret zoological park is the city’s largest green space.
Brown bears, cheetahs, lions, giraffes, rhinoceroses, wolves, lemurs… over 1,350 animals and 141 animal species can be discovered along 11 kilometers of trails. All in all, it’s the ideal activity to do at least once with your children in Montpellier, especially as admission is free!
3. Plant garden
Contact: 04 34 43 36 20
Opening hours : 12h to 17h30 every day of the week / closed on Mondays
Want to spend some quality time with the family? The Jardin des Plantes is the ideal place to get some fresh air and a break from the hustle and bustle of city life.
Your children will love this large natural area to explore, right in the center of Montpellier! A great idea for a family outing. Once again, admission is free.
4. Le Petit Paradis
Contact: 04 67 91 99 33
Prices: €6.90 children / €7.90 adults
Official website: www.petitparadis.com
Located in Vendargues on the outskirts of Montpellier, Le Petit Paradis is an animal and leisure park for children. Bouncy houses and games, pony or boat rides, a park with free-roaming farm animals… your children won’t know where to start!
If you’re looking for the best things to do with your children in Montpellier, Le Petit Paradis has everything you need for unforgettable family moments. It’s the ideal place to create beautiful memories with your children!
Also, stay informed: Le Petit Paradis regularly organizes events for young and old.
5. Journey to the top: ecological tree climbing
Contact: 06 09 33 13 25
Official website: voyagecime.jimdofree.com
Among the best activities to do with your children in Montpellier, Voyage au bout de la cime is definitely worth a visit. This tree-climbing association in Montpellier offers your children the chance to discover nature-based sports activities.
Voyage au bout de la cime offers tree-climbing and accrobranche workshops to awaken the senses, allowing your children to experience heights at their own pace. Abseiling, climbing in pairs, monkey bridges, slacklines, observation posts in perched hammocks… the options are numerous!
The association organizes sports and environmental education outings, as well as unusual overnight stays in hammocks perched in the trees. Experiences your children won’t soon forget!
Finally, Voyage au bout de la cime even organizes birthday parties for children!
Indoor activities
6. Planet Ocean Montpellier
Contact: 04 67 13 05 50
Price: from €6.50
Official website: www.planetoceanworld.fr
Located in the Odysseum leisure complex, Planet Ocean brings together the Mare Nostrum Aquarium and the Galilée Planetarium. All in all, a real space and underwater odyssey awaits you, from the depths of the oceans to the farthest reaches of the universe!
Planet Ocean is a fun and immersive exploration for the whole family, with the discovery of a biodiversity of over 300 species, as well as thrilling experiences: step into the shoes of an astronaut and admire the Earth from the ISS station, or meet the penguins of Cape Town.
Finally, it’s the perfect place to take your kids for activities in Montpellier they won’t soon forget.
7. Laser Game Evolution
Contact: 04 67 06 90 01
Price: from €8 per person
Official website: www.lasergame-evolution.com
Are you still looking for ideas for activities for your children in Montpellier? Take them on a Laser Game experience!
Located in Odysseum, Laser Game Evolution invites your children to experiment with laser technology in its dark, multi-storey mazes. They’ll love playing and letting off steam in these dedicated play zones!
8. Goolfy
Contact: 06 78 78 04 93
Prices: children and adults: €9 / children (under 3): free
Official website: goolfy-montpellier.com
Would you like to take your children to an activity in Montpellier that’s a little out of the ordinary? Goolfy is the place to be!
An innovative concept, unique in Montpellier, Goofly offers a 450m² indoor mini-golf course on the theme of endangered species and dinosaurs, all in black light with 3D fluorescent decorations! For children and adults alike, a unique experience for the whole family!
9. Rebound world
Contact: 04 99 64 54 49
Rates: from €12 per hour
Official website: www.mpl.rebound.world
Located in Odysseum, the Trampoline park Rebound world is a great way to let off steam in Montpellier. The state-of-the-art trampoline hall welcomes children and adults alike. It’s even possible to celebrate a birthday!
Bouncing at Rebound World is not only fun, it’s also a great way to get some exercise without really realizing it. Experience it with the whole family!
10. Mad Monkey
Contact: 04 67 42 49 55
Price: from €8
Official website: madmonkey.fr/montpellier
Welcome to Mad Monkey, a fun climbing area for adults, teenagers and children aged 4 and over. Giant punching-balls, stopwatches, a transparent wall, rotating holds, relief walls… there are 19 original courses to delight the whole family!
11. ESCAPEGAME.LOL
Contact: 04 99 13 90 88
Price: from €12 per child
Official website: escapegame.lol
Still looking for ideas for activities to do with your kids in Montpellier? Head to ESCAPEGAME.LOL for a unique family experience. Real teamwork awaits you as you solve the game’s various enigmas.
Located in the heart of Montpellier, the escape game offers 5 original rooms: a Prison Break room, a Magic room with Harry Potter, a Horror room with Saw, a Mission Possible room to experience life as a secret agent, and last but not least, a Fun Fair room!
For the summer season
12. Luna Park in Palavas
Contact: 04 67 07 73 34
Official website: www.lunapark-palavas.fr
The summer season marks the opening of magical places to take your children for unforgettable family moments. Luna Park has been delighting visitors for over 50 years.
Located in Palavas-les-Flots, not far from Montpellier, Luna Park de Palavas offers the best thrill-seeking attractions for the whole family. With shooting galleries, lottery booths and the traditional barbe-à-papa, you’ll find everything you need to spend an unforgettable evening with your children.
13. The beaches
To finish our selection of the best things to do with your children in Montpellier, how could we not mention the beaches?
Finally, a family afternoon at the seaside remains a sure bet. Whether for fun or relaxation, it’s the ideal place to spend some quality time with your children. Carnon beach is the closest to the town, around 20 minutes away by car. Alternatively, Prévost beach, a little further away, is a great option for spending an afternoon with your children.