Group activities in Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes

Walibi Rhône-Alpes

Theme park with thrill rides and water play areas in summer. Located in Les Avenières Veyrins-Thuellin, in the Isère department, it opened in 1979 as Avenir Land before becoming Walibi Rhône-Alpes in 1989. The operating park covers 33 hectares. A…

Safari de Peaugres

80-hectare safari park, visited by car and on foot, with more than 120 species. Opened in 1974 in Peaugres, near Annonay in the Ardèche, it is home to around 1,000 animals. The park is a member of the World Association…

Musée des Confluences

Museum of natural history and society with spectacular architecture. Opened in 2014 in Lyon, at the southern tip of the Presqu’île where the Rhône and the Saône meet, it is the heir to the Guimet natural history museum. Its deconstructivist…

Vulcania

A European park devoted to volcanism, Vulcania offers immersive experiences about the Earth and volcanoes. It lies at the heart of the Chaîne des Puys, about fifteen kilometres from Clermont-Ferrand. Opened in 2002, the park was designed by the Austrian…

Aiguille du Midi

Cable car ascent towards the 3,842 m summit, with a panoramic view of the Mont Blanc massif. The highest of the Chamonix Aiguilles, the Aiguille du Midi is reached from Chamonix-Mont-Blanc by the cable car built between 1951 and 1955,…

Grotte Chauvet 2 – Caverne du Pont d’Arc

A replica of the Chauvet Cave, one of the oldest known decorated caves, a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Opened in 2015 in Vallon-Pont-d’Arc and called the Caverne du Pont-d’Arc until 2019, this replica was built on a wooded hill, under…

Musée Lumière

The Villa Lumière traces the invention of the cinematograph by the Lumière brothers. The museum occupies the family villa in the Monplaisir district of Lyon (8th arrondissement). It is home to the Institut Lumière, an association founded in 1982 to…

Parc de la Tête d’Or

Large urban park with a free zoo, botanical garden and lake. Designed by the brothers Denis and Eugène Bühler and open since 1857, it covers 117 hectares in the heart of Lyon. It is one of the largest urban parks…

Musée de l’Automobile Henri Malartre

Collection of vintage vehicles housed in a château on the banks of the Saône. Opened in 1960 in Rochetaillée-sur-Saône, near Lyon, the museum displays the collection assembled by Henri Malartre from the 1930s onwards. It became a museum of the…

Château des Ducs de Savoie

Former residence of the Dukes of Savoy, the château is now home to the Departmental Council of Savoie, as well as the prefecture. This former fortified castle in Chambéry, whose origins date back to the 11th century, has been remodelled…

Cité du Design

A former arms factory converted into a venue dedicated to design and creation. Opened in 2009 on the site of the Saint-Étienne arms factory, the Cité du Design aims to introduce design to all audiences. It brings together a design…

Parc animalier de Merlet

A mountain reserve where ibex, marmots and chamois live in semi-freedom, facing Mont Blanc. Created in 1967-1968, the Parc animalier de Merlet occupies a former alpine pasture hamlet at an altitude of 1,550 metres, above Les Houches and Chamonix, in…

Grotte de la Balme

A cave opening into a cliff overlooking the Rhône, occupied in prehistoric times and visited since the Middle Ages. Located in La Balme-les-Grottes, in the north of the Isère, it has been open to the public since 1807 and appears…

Cruises on Lake Annecy

Guided boat trip on Lake Annecy and past its lakeside villages. The second-largest lake of glacial origin in France, excluding the French part of Lake Geneva, it formed at the end of the last ice age, between the Bornes and…

Château de Grignan

Renaissance château famous for the letters of Madame de Sévigné. Built on a rocky outcrop overlooking the village of Grignan, in Provençal Drôme, the former stronghold of the Adhémar family was turned into a Renaissance residence in the late 15th…