Le coin des enfants
For children and their families, fun active holidays full of colour and things to do.
Fascinating food
• Guided tour of the Kerry Aptunion candied fruit production facility
Put your taste buds to work and taste the different candied fruits – taste the difference between orange and tangerines, distinguish pear and apricot, peach, cherry and other fruits.
Visit the biggest candied fruit plant in the world, and learn a lot about how candied fruit is made. Enjoy tasting!
Free guided tour.
» Kerry Aptunion
Curious about history and nature
• Fun at the museum
In the footsteps of the Romans and the Gallo-Romans, you can make your own little oil lamps, mosaics, pottery, and writing tables ...
1 ½ hours, for children 6 and over. 1.50€/child/activity.
» Industrial Adventure Museum
• Night observations at the SIRENE Observatory
The sky is the limit in Lagarde d'Apt. Here you can observe the stars, the moon (at night) and the sun (during the day) using the powerful telescopes.
2 hours – book ahead - 15 €/pers. Free under 8, ½ price for 8 to 15 year olds.
• The Okhrâ workshops
Do you know how to make and mix colours, how to make green, and orange? do you know how to make watercolours? How to make paint with water, with egg, with blood? How to use pigments on paper, on fabric, on wood? How about making sticks of pastels? The Okhrâ workshop activities teach all that and more! Come along!
» Conservatoire des ocres and de la couleur
• The Geology Museum
Discover how the earth was formed, learn the geology of Provence and see fossils from the Luberon at the Geology Museum. Free of charge.
» for more information on the Maison du parc du Luberon
• The Bruoux Mines
Come explore the Bruoux mines and learn the history of the miners who dug out the long steep galleries, using just an axe and their miners' lights, searching for the ochre lodes. » for more information on les Mines de Bruoux
Proud explorers
• A hike in the Provencal Colorado
A day in the beautiful ochre sands in the Provencal Colorado: right here in Rustrel! Streak your cheeks with red and yellow during a one-hour hike with the whole family. White tennis shoes will no longer be white! Free of charge.
» Colorado provençal
• Colorado aventures
After fun with the ochre sands in the Provencal Colorado, try your hand at being as acrobatic as Tarzan, swinging from branch to branch and grasping the bridges and ziplines on zipline itineraries for all different ages. Fun for parents too!
» Colorado aventures
• Cycling routes along the Calavon river
Cycle or roller-skate on the "greenways". Totally safe, away from all traffic – skate or cycle all the way to the Pont Julien bridge, built by the Romans and still in beautiful condition.
» for more information on la véloroute du Calavon
Young artists
• Exhibitions at the Fondation Blachère
Come see the paintings, sculptures and photos by artists from Africa. To explore the exhibitions, there is a special game book just for children – ask for it as you enter!
» Fondation Blachère
• Classes in Ska barré
As of 3 years old – lots of fun learning about the circus arts and trying your skills at juggling and acrobatics!
» Ska barré
• The Doll Clinic
When a doll is ill, Ninou heals it. Dolls with broken arms, stuffed animals losing their innards, all kinds of mishaps are cured at the doll clinic – come and visit! » Oursillon
