What is there to do in the Aosta Valley with children?

Two hundred documented options, from free playgrounds and lake walks to castles, wildlife parks, sledging runs, rope courses and cable cars. Around 87 of them cost nothing, and 55 work indoors or partly indoors for wet days.

What can you do in the Aosta Valley with kids when it rains?

Around 55 of the 200 places on this guide are indoor or partly indoor: public swimming pools in Aosta and the larger towns, soft play centres at Quart and Saint-Christophe, the Forte di Bard museums, the regional observatory at Lignan and several castles with covered routes.

Is the Aosta Valley good for a family holiday?

Yes, and unusually so for the Alps, because the distances are short. The valley is about 100 km end to end with side valleys running off it, so most families find that 40 to 60 of these 200 places sit within half an hour of wherever they are staying.

How much does it cost to visit the Aosta Valley with children?

Less than the equivalent in France or Switzerland. 87 of the 200 places in this guide are free, including every playground, picnic area, most of the easy walks and lake shores, and the valley-floor cycleways.

Do I need a car to get around the Aosta Valley with a family?

A car or a driver makes a large difference, because the side valleys are dead ends served by infrequent buses. The main exception is Aosta itself, where a gondola runs from the town up to the Pila ski area and bike park.

A ski-school group resting on an open snow slope under deep blue sky with their instructor

The Top 200

EVERY FAMILY DAY
IN THIS VALLEY,
SORTED BY DISTANCE.

Two hundred places to take children in the Aosta Valley, in nine categories, on one map. Share your location and the whole thing re-sorts to what is closest to you right now.

Start with what is nearest See the map

200

places, every one with parking and booking notes

that cost nothing at all

that work in the rain

towns and villages covered

How to use it

It is a finder,
not an article.

This is built to be opened repeatedly during a holiday — on a wet Tuesday, in the hour before dinner, on the day someone refuses to ski. Five things worth knowing.

Share your location, or type where you are staying

Every list re-sorts from nearest to furthest and each card shows roughly how far it is. If you would rather not share it, type your village and it works the same way.

Pick the kind of day you need

Raining? Filter to indoor. Two hours before dinner? Filter to free and under two hours. The filters combine, so you can ask for a free indoor thing within twenty minutes of here.

Read the cards, not the marketing

Each one tells you who it suits, what it costs, how long it takes, whether a pushchair survives it and whether you need to book. That is usually enough to decide in ten seconds.

Use the map to see the shape of the valley

All 200 are on the map below, split into the same nine layers. Turn layers off to see one kind of thing at a time, and turn them on to see what else is near where you are already going.

Unlock the rest with your email

Every category shows a few for free. Your email opens all 200, permanently, on any device you use it on. No confirmation link to go and find.

Pick your book back up

That is the actual point of all this. An hour where somebody else is being climbed on, and you get to the end of a chapter for the first time since you landed. Every card says how long it takes, so you can tell in advance whether it buys you a coffee or an afternoon.

Where are you?

Nearest first.

Distances are straight-line and approximate — in a valley this shape the road is always longer, so treat them as a ranking rather than a drive time.

Town or village

Not sorted by distance yet. Everything below is in guide order.

200 places

The map

All two hundred,
in nine layers.

Open the layer panel at the top left to switch categories on and off. One layer at a time answers "what kind of thing is near me"; all nine at once answers "what else is near the thing we are already doing". Click any pin for the same details as the cards below.

The map opens full screen from the icon in its top-right corner, and can be saved to your own Google Maps so it travels with you offline in the app.

Indoor & rainy day

For the afternoon the forecast ruins.

Soft play, pools, museums and cinemas — the list you want open on your phone when it starts raining at eleven in the morning and nobody has a plan.

20 places · 1 free

Spassalandia

Quart

Paid

Large indoor children's play centre; useful for a full bad-weather session.

PaidIndoor1–3 hPushchair OK

Practical details

Suits: Toddlers–primary age
Season: Year-round
Access: Walk-in / check hours
Pushchair: Yes
Parking: Commercial-area/on-site parking.

EVERY FAMILY DAYIN THIS VALLEY,SORTED BY DISTANCE.

It is a finder,not an article.

Share your location, or type where you are staying

Pick the kind of day you need

Read the cards, not the marketing

Use the map to see the shape of the valley

Unlock the rest with your email

Pick your book back up

Nearest first.

All two hundred,in nine layers.

For the afternoon the forecast ruins.

Spassalandia

Cinelandia Kids Village

Cinelandia Aosta cinema

Playcity Aosta

Biblioteca Regionale Bruno Salvadori – kids section

Palaindoor Aosta climbing wall

Lo Tatà playroom – Courmayeur Sport Center

Courmayeur Sport Center ice rink

Courmayeur Climbing Center

Gressoney Sport Haus multisport

Gressoney Sport Haus climbing & boulder

La Piramide boulder hall

MegaMuseo – Area Megalitica

MAR – Museo Archeologico Regionale

Museo Regionale di Scienze Naturali Efisio Noussan

Museo delle Alpi + Le Alpi dei Ragazzi

Planetario di Lignan

Osservatorio Astronomico della Valle d'Aosta

PNGP Visitor Centre – TutelAttiva

PNGP Visitor Centre – Chanavey

Somewhere to swim, indoors and out.

Piscina Regionale coperta di Aosta

Piscina scoperta di Aosta

Piscina Regionale di Pré-Saint-Didier

Piscina e palestra di Verrès

Piscina Giomein

ANS Aquatic Center / Piscina Variney

Gressoney Sport Haus swimming pool

Piscina coperta Saint-Vincent

Piscine estive Saint-Vincent

Piscina Comunale di Pont-Saint-Martin

Piscina Les Îles

Piscina Alpina Plan Chécrouit

Lago di Brusson – seasonal boating

Lago di Brusson – sport fishing

Chantorné sport-fishing area

Animals close enough to matter.

Parc Animalier d'Introd

Alpaca Sapé

Agriturismo La Reina – fattoria didattica

Aville Ranch

Green Ranch – Barmasc

Horse/pony outing at Lago Gover

Valnontey horse/carriage experience

Horse riding in La Thuile

Alpe Metsan / La Tchavana farm outing

Gran Paradiso family wildlife safari

Giardino Botanico Alpino Paradisia

Valnontey wildlife-spotting stroll

Pont / Valsavarenche wildlife day

Rhêmes-Notre-Dame nature & wildlife day

Centro Ippico Epos

Free, and often the best hour of the day.

Parco Saumont

Giardini Liliana Brivio

Parco della Lettura

Parco giochi Pré-Saint-Didier

Parco giochi Saint-Oyen

Tzanté de Bouva

Lo Berlò

Parco Lago Gover

Parco Bollino

Lignan playground & BBQ area

Pila free playground

Prato Sant'Orso playground

Chamois village playground

Lago di Brusson playground

Laghetto4Kids / summer inflatables

Piazza Frutaz playground

EVERY FAMILY DAY
IN THIS VALLEY,
SORTED BY DISTANCE.

It is a finder,
not an article.

All two hundred,
in nine layers.