Activities All year round in Canton Vaud

Illustration du parc à biches de Leysin : un troupeau de biches et un cerf en liberté sur une prairie en lisière de forêt alpine, montagnes des Alpes vaudoises en fond

🌳 Nature & Animals

Leysin Deer Park: a free-roaming herd, with free access

Leysin, Vaud

Looking for a gentle encounter with animals, with no ticket or timetable to keep an eye on? In Leysin, the deer park is home to a herd of free-roaming semi-wild deer, visible all year round, free of charge. A perfect nature stop with young children.

1-12 years

Illustration du train ASD Aigle-Les Diablerets : petit train panoramique vert et crème franchissant un viaduc en arches, village alpin et sommets enneigés des Alpes vaudoises, enfants saluant aux fenêtres

ASD Train Aigle-Le Sépey-Les Diablerets: a panoramic family journey

Aigle, Vaud

What if the journey became the adventure? Aboard the ASD train, your children climb from Aigle to Les Diablerets in 50 minutes, through tunnels, vertiginous viaducts and bends on the mountainside. A spectacular panoramic journey to the heart of the Vaud Alps.

Until 17 years

Illustration du train à crémaillère Vevey - Les Pléiades grimpant à travers une prairie de narcisses, avec le lac Léman et les Alpes enneigées en arrière-plan et des enfants qui regardent passer le train

Train Vevey – Les Pléiades: the rack railway climb to the summit

Vevey, Vaud

What if you took the train up to a summit at over 1,300 m? From Vevey station, the rack railway climbs through villages and pastures up to Les Pléiades, between daffodil fields in spring and sledging in winter. A family excursion to enjoy all year round.

Until 17 years

Illustration of the covered pool in Leysin: 25 m pool with lanes, large inflatable water course in yellow, blue, and green, children climbing and sliding, glass hall

Leysin Swimming Pool: a covered pool with a giant inflatable course

Leysin, Vaud

Indoor

Are you looking for a sheltered water activity, open all year round? The covered pool in Leysin combines a semi-Olympic pool, a practical movable floor for children, and on certain days, a large inflatable WIBIT course for hours of splashing around.

1-17 years

Illustration of the Leysin ice rink: helmeted children skating on the ice in front of the large wooden building of the sports center, snowy forest and Vaud Alps in the background.

Leysin Ice Rink: year-round skating in the resort

Leysin, Vaud

Indoor

What if your children could put on skates even in the middle of summer? In Leysin, the sports center of the ice rink is open all year round. Skates, helmets, and even ice scooters are available for rent on-site for an easy and accessible sliding outing.

3-17 years

Illustration of the climbing room Grimper.ch in Villeneuve: high white walls covered with colorful holds and yellow volumes, children belayed climbing and a parent belaying.

Grimper.ch Villeneuve: the largest climbing gym in French-speaking Switzerland

Villeneuve, Vaud

Indoor

What if your children tried climbing in the largest climbing gym in French-speaking Switzerland? In Villeneuve, Grimper.ch offers about 4000 m2 of walls, a dedicated area for children with auto-belays, and classes starting from ages 4 to 5. An exhilarating activity, open all year round.

4-17 years

Illustration of Parc Guillemin in Pully: the deer enclosure, the playground with slide and swings, the blue wading pool where little ones splash around, under large trees, with a view of Lake Geneva and the Alps.

🛝 Playgrounds

Guillemin Park: the playground for the deer of Pully

Pully, Vaud

A playground, a wading pool, deer, and a view of the lake: are you looking for the three-in-one park? Parc Guillemin, nicknamed the park of deer, brings all this together in Pully, for free and under large trees. The perfect spot for a family afternoon.

Until 12 years