Activities In winter

Indoor Wheelchair accessible

Illustration plate of the Arena MEGA hall at Arena Cinemas in La Praille (Lancy): large curved screen, rows of red seats, and joyful children with popcorn.

🎭 Culture & Shows

Arena Cinemas Geneva - La Praille

Lancy, Geneva

Want a simple and comfortable movie outing with the kids? Arena Cinemas, in the center of La Praille in Lancy, offers nine modern theaters, family screenings in French, and perfect accessibility in all weather.

Illustration plate of the Piscine de Marignac in Grand-Lancy: the large spiral concrete diving tower next to the 50 m Olympic pool with its lanes, children swimming and diving, surrounded by lawns and trees under a blue sky.

Outdoor Wheelchair accessible

Outdoor Pool of Marignac – Grand-Lancy

Lancy, Geneva

Want a great day of swimming with the family near Geneva? The Marignac Pool, in Grand-Lancy, is a vast outdoor space with pools for all ages, a wading pool, slides, and large lawns to settle down on.

Covered pool of Livron in Meyrin: indoor pool, yellow and blue starting blocks, glass wall overlooking the trees, mural of fish and children swimming.

Indoor Pool of Livron – Meyrin

Meyrin, Geneva

Indoor

Feeling like a warm outing when the cold sets in? The indoor pool in Livron, in Meyrin, welcomes families from mid-September to mid-May with a large 25-meter pool, a wading pool for the little ones, and floating games on Saturday afternoons.

Illustration of the Lignon Pool in Vernier: large turquoise outdoor pool, purple spiral slide, diving boards, wading pool with water jets and children swimming, with the Lignon towers in the background.

Outdoor Indoor Wheelchair accessible

Indoor and Outdoor Pool of Lignon - Vernier

Vernier, Geneva

Want a great day of swimming with the family, no matter the weather? The Piscine du Lignon, in Vernier, features indoor pools and a large outdoor area, complete with a slide, paddling pools, and playgrounds to keep both young and old entertained.

Illustration of the Ferme de la Gavotte in Grand-Lancy: children are petting and feeding haflinger ponies in grassy enclosures surrounded by wooden fences, with goats, sheep, and chickens, under a rainbow near Geneva.

🌳 Nature & Animals

Ferme de la Gavotte in Lancy

Lancy, Geneva

Outdoor

Feeling like a breath of fresh air and tender moments with the kids, just a stone's throw from Geneva? La Ferme de la Gavotte, in Grand-Lancy, welcomes families for free all year round to observe, feed, and pet a joyful bunch of animals.

From 2 years

Indoor Wheelchair accessible

🎭 Culture & Shows

Pathé Balexert Cinema

Vernier, Geneva

Want an easy and comfortable outing to the movies with the kids? Pathé Balexert, in the heart of the largest shopping center in French-speaking Switzerland, is the biggest multiplex in the country: 13 screens, family-friendly films in French, and everything you need to have a good time with the family, no matter the weather.

Illustration of the toboggan run at the Marchairuz pass: a long snowy descent winding between the fir trees of the Jura, families and children on sleds under a blue sky.

Sledding track of Marchairuz

Saint-George, Vaud

Outdoor

At the Marchairuz pass, in the heart of the Parc Jura vaudois, one of the longest toboggan runs in the region awaits you: nearly a kilometer of descent. With a groomed area for the little ones at the bottom of the slope, it's a free and friendly winter outing for the whole family.

4-17 years