Dinosaur’Istres

Here is one great activity for the whole family! This kid-friendly dinosaur park in Istres is big fun for your kid, is super educational (including for this mum) and is even for free. And open despite sanitary restrictions. Go go go!

Dinosaur’Istres is a park on a hill where you can walk a trail from 3km, here you come across all kinds of real size dinosaurs like the Tyrannosaurus Rex and Velociraptors. Remember that kitchen scene in the Jurassic Park movie? Iiiihks, well I definitely did remember while seeing some of those species. With every species comes an explanation, though in French. The trail was just perfect for my 4 and 6 years old kids, they were so impressed with the dinosaurs that they even forgot to complain about their tired legs. Grown ups will be astonished by the view that the parc offers, oh my…

This fun activity made me a bit wiser again. I found it so special to learn that the remains of several dinosaur species and dinosaur eggs were actually found in the Provence. This area is so rich! If you would like to enrich yourself even more, you could book a guided tour. For kids I would recommend the cute printables, with all kinds of questions to be answered. Let me just add that the route is not stroller-friendly because of the rocky situation. More info and printables relating this cute kid-friendly dinosaur park are to be found here.

When you are not closely located to Istres, you could make it a day trip and combine your visit with the nearby Parc Figuerolles in Martigues.