What to do with children at Christmas in Limousin?

A quick of a view

1. Christmas Markets

a feast for the eyes

You don’t have to go all the way to Alsace to enjoy the Christmas spirit! Many Christmas markets are organized all over Limousin to delight you and make you dream.

For a Limousin Christmas market experience in December, don’t forget to :

Have your photo taken with Santa Claus
Enjoy a hot chocolate
Admire our illuminated towns and villages
Find gourmet products to enjoy with your family
Shop for handcrafted gifts 100% made in Limousin.
Take a ride on the giant toboggan run

All our Christmas markets

2. Christmas creative workshops

Make memories with your hands!

During the festive season, we take the time to relax and enjoy activities together. The little ones will love getting their hands dirty and will be proud to make Christmas creations with their little hands.

What would you like to make with your children? A greeting card made from local Moulin du Got paper to send to friends and family, a porcelain garland to add kaolin to your Christmas decorations, story-telling lanterns or a totem candlestick to light up your holiday table? Or how about a tailor-made pastry workshop to create the desserts you’ll put on your Christmas table?

All our creative Christmas workshops

Atelier Enfants Musee Et Jardins Cecile Sabourdy

3. Christmas shows

to marvel together

Why not bring your little elves to the show? Christmas tales, sparkling magic, breathtaking stories and enchanting shows… Haute-Vienne has everything you need to enchant your little ones!

Shows are already scheduled in Saint-Léonard de Noblat, Saint Mathieu, Feytiat… more dates to come!

All our Christmas shows

4. Nature walks

breathe clean air

Here Nature is Queen! Rejuvenate in Limousin with your family this Christmas! Rolling, varied landscapes await you for peaceful walks with your children in our nature parks and protected sites.

Put on your hat and mittens and head out into the tranquil Haute-Vienne countryside for a breath of fresh air. And why not glean leaves, bread apples and holly branches for a land art workshop with the kids, or to decorate the Christmas table?

Our family outings

Pierre branlante - Pays du Haut Limousin

5. Living adventures

with Terra Aventura geocaching

The festive season is a time for family get-togethers. And there’s nothing like geocaching to keep young and old busy! Born in Limousin, Tèrra Aventura is a giant outdoor treasure hunt that takes you on a fun tour of our region’s treasures.

With over 60 different routes, it’s your chance to discover our towns, villages, natural sites and secret spots! And as we all crave the fantastic and the wonderful at Christmas, we particularly recommend these quests:

Journey to fairyland
Pursuing the legendary Mandragore
Follow the trail of megaliths and their legends
Confront the Dragon de la Maulde (by night!)

Discover Terrà Aventura

6. Bubbling at the aquarium

Would you like to take refuge in your own bubble among the fish? The Limoges Aquarium’s zen trail will take your family to the shimmering depths of the ocean and the rivers of the Limousin. The little ones will love this timeless moment with you. Don’t miss :

treasure hunts
fish dinner
tactile workshop
behind-the-scenes tour

Nemo's World

Buller en famille à l'aquarium de Limoges

Escape Game au Musée interactif de la mine Urêka

7. Dive into history

while having fun

What if you took advantage of the end-of-year vacations in Haute-Vienne to dive into history with your children and teenagers in a fun way with our escape games? You’ll love it!

Escape Game at “Urêka
Mayday, mayday! The “Galena” from the end of the world has gone astray! And our laboratory had to analyze it in order to create the galena station of the future… Come and help us find it. You’ve got one hour before the lab closes its doors and loses 10 years of research.
“Steam Escape Game
A plunge into the heart of medieval Japan, the Egypt of the Pharaohs, the path of Richard the Lionhearted, the quest for the Philosopher’s Stone… 6 missions to choose from for an adventure in which YOU are the hero, in carefully designed settings with puzzling enigmas to thwart.

Our best escape games in Limousin

8. All to the funfair

For maximum sensations

Are your little wolves all excited about Santa ‘s upcoming visit? Take them to the funfair! They’ll get their fill of excitement while they wait for Christmas Eve.

Feast on cotton candy, try to catch Mickey’s tail on the merry-go-round, try your hand at the pincer machines or sing along on the Ferris wheel– what could be more fun than watching your children’s eyes sparkle?

Fancy a ride?

9. Treat yourself to a trip to the zoo

sure to please the kids

Little ones love meeting animals! At Reynou Park & Zoo, over 600 different species from 5 continents await them. Enough to satisfy their curiosity!

And for an even more unique experience, offer them the chance to become an animal keeper for a day, or to sleep in one of the lodges overlooking the park. It’s the perfect way to create unforgettable memories!

Reynou Zoo: a must-see for the whole family

10. Visit our museums

differently with your children

Museums in the Haute-Vienne are bending over backwards to offer innovative visit formats and interest younger visitors with a more playful experience. Don’t miss this opportunity to have fun and learn something new during the holiday season! What will you try?

The family museum at Christmas: a fun discovery of Limoges porcelain followed by an original creative activity for parents and children.
The “Résistance en poche” app: follow the adventures of a group of children from 1933 to the end of the Second World War.
Everything for youngsters at the Musée des Beaux Arts: memory games, dominoes, treasure hunts, tactile tours, game books… There’s a thousand and one ways to get the whole family interested in art!