During the holidays, you may want to make an amusement park with your children, but you want to try a new experience that Disneyland or Asterix. Here is a selection of original and unknown parks.
During the holidays, amusement parks are often a popular activity by families.
In 2024, in France, the first ten accumulated more than 25 million visitors together. The turnover of the sector has even doubled in the space of ten years. Among the most famous, Parc Astérix, Disneyland Paris, Futuroscope or Puy du Fou.
However, there are many other more unknown leisure parks, but out of the ordinary. RMC Conso has made it a selection.
In the heart of nature
In the department of Maine-et-Loire, in Angers, Terra Botanica is the first plant park in Europe. You can discover the plants and biodiversity of the whole world through five different universes. The place also offers unusual ballot attractions, in boat and dynamic 4D projections.
The Vulcania park, located in the heart of the Auvergne Volcanoes Regional Natural Park, is entirely dedicated to the discovery of volcanoes, natural phenomena and the solar system. Its particularity is that it combines attractions, films on giant screens with the largest planetarium in France, shows, but also scientific animations and interactive exhibitions.
The concept of pop corn labyrinth, which has 40 parks in France, loses you in corn plantations of several hectares. To escape and find the exit, you have to solve puzzles or make wooden games. Each summer, discover new play themes.
The Ludogaïa park, in Vézeronce-Curtin in Isère, aims to entertain yourself on the theme of biodiversity through exhibitions, sensory playgrounds, scent or barefoot routes, a small train ride or the meeting with semi-liberty deer.
Immersion in past eras
Walking in the footsteps of dinosaurs is possible in Dinoplagne park, in the department of Ain. And for good reason, imprints were found by archaeologists in the town of Plagne. It is also the longest trail of fingerprints of dinosaurs in the world discovered to date. Objective: follow the imprints, while learning about information on dinosaurs. The visit is completed with a playground, experiences in virtual reality, as well as an excavation area where you can leave with fossils.
The Château des Aventuriers immerses you in the pirate era thanks to immersive sets. These are 20 different puzzles, distributed all over the island that you will have to resolve to be able to advance in your research of the treasure and access the cave where the treasure of the famous pirate “the nozzle” is hidden.
Rustik is a leisure space, located in Chailloué in Normandy, which takes on the appearance of a medieval-fantastic kingdom. He offers you to live and participate in quests in a world that is full of characters, mysteries, treasures and enemies to fight. All, disguised as period costumes.
Famous characters
In Alsace, in Ungersheim, it is the character of the little prince of Antoine de Saint-Exupéry who is honored in this family amusement park. It will immerse you in a dreamlike universe by making you go through different planets, while discovering the great adventure of Aéropostale. On 23 hectares, you can fly in the air in captive balloons, cross animals, browse gardens, lose in giant labyrinths and attend shows.
The Spirou park, in Monteux in the Vaucluse, is obviously dedicated to the famous Belgian comic strip Spirou, but also to other characters such as Lucky Luke, Gaston Lagaffe, Le Marsupilami or Boule and Bill. You can enjoy attractions accessible to everyone, as at a sensation, but also digital simulators or even shows.
Finally, there is the Miniature France Park, which does not enter any of these categories but which is just as original as the others. Located in Élancourt, in the Yvelines, the goal is to make you discover nearly 117 monuments in France in a single day. All, in miniature format. Transform yourself as a giant and stroll between the Eiffel Tower, Fort Boyard, the Stade de France or the Chambord Castle. Children can also take advantage of multiple games and attractions, and miniature train journeys.