When it rains in Auvergne: our indoor ideas

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

A team-games complex in Clermont-Ferrand: escape games, an action game in the style of a TV show, blind test (a name-that-tune music quiz) and quiz, enough to fill an evening with friends or a rainy afternoon.

🎳Games and leisure

Aubière

• 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

Three escape game rooms in La Pardieu, between Aubière and Clermont-Ferrand, open late in the evening: the ideal outing with friends or family.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h
• Under cover

Escape game in Clermont-Ferrand: four worlds inspired by the local area (Gergovie, catacombs), one-hour sessions for 2 to 5 players (6 for L'Asile).

🖼️Museums

Montluçon

• 1 h 30 to 2 h
• Under cover
• With the family

A museum of popular music housed in two town houses in the old centre of Montluçon, a collection unique in France.

🎳Games and leisure

Roffiac

• 30 min to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

Laser tag, escape games, racing simulators, axe throwing and karaoke under one roof, a stone's throw from Saint-Flour: the outing that gets everyone to agree.

♨️Spas and thermal baths

Vichy

• 2 h to 3 h
• Under cover
• With the family

Private spa in Vichy: a suite with a whirlpool bath, sauna and sensory shower, just for the two of you.

🖼️Museums

Moulins

• 1 h 30 to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

The CNCS, unique in France. Opera, theatre and ballet costumes, in exhibitions renewed during the year.

🖼️Museums

Moulins

• 1 h 30 to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

The Bourbons' museum, in Anne de Beaujeu's Renaissance pavilion.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h 15 to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

A sensory course in the dark: your five senses put to the test for 1 hour 15, to do with mates or as a family from age 7.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

🎳Games and leisure

Riom

• €€
• Under cover
• With the family

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

Five themed rooms, one hour to get out, on Rue Lamartine in the middle of Clermont-Ferrand: the escape game rated 4.9 stars.

🎳Games and leisure

La Bourboule

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

Three escape rooms in the heart of the resort, from an 1890 American train to infiltrating the Yakuza, with a bar to debrief after the game.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 45 min to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

Two escape game missions designed in Clermont-Ferrand, a pirate ship and a cursed manor, for 2 to 6 players and one hour to get yourselves out.

🖼️Museums

Le Puy-en-Velay

• 1 h 30 to 2 h
• Under cover
• With the family

A museum in Le Puy-en-Velay. Lace, palaeontology, fine arts: the museum that tells the story of Haute-Loire, rethought in 2018.

🎳Games and leisure

Le Puy-en-Velay

• 1 h to 1 h 15
• €€
• Under cover

Two escape games in Le Puy-en-Velay: a secret 16th-century brotherhood and a western-style manhunt playable by up to 20, in teams competing against each other.

🎳Games and leisure

Aubière

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

26 cells, 26 challenges to take on as a team against the clock: a high-energy adventure game in Aubière, on the doorstep of Clermont-Ferrand.

🎭Culture and shows

Clermont-Ferrand

• Under cover

Clermont-Ferrand's big contemporary music venue: rock, rap, electro, two halls and about 130 concerts a year.

🎳Games and leisure

Aubière

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

Laser tag over 5 rooms, a trampoline park, a karaoke-style blind test and an arcade: the indoor combo for a day out with friends or a birthday, in Aubière, south of Clermont.

♨️Spas and thermal baths

Le Mont-Dore

• 2 h to 3 h
• Under cover
• With the family

Thermes du Mont-Dore. Gallo-Roman waters, 19th-century vaults, a thermal spa open to the general public from April to early November.

🎭Culture and shows

Vichy

• Under cover

Napoleon III's former casino turned Vichy's main stage: an auditorium of almost 500 seats, side by side with the Opera.

🎳Games and leisure

Riom

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

Two immersive rooms in Riom, a 1914-18 trench and a fugitive hunt: 60 minutes to solve the puzzle as a team, 2 to 6 players.

🎭Culture and shows

Riom

• Under cover
• With the family

A small-capacity concert venue in Riom: rock, chanson, rap or reggae, plus a proper season for young audiences.

🎳Games and leisure

Thiers

• €€
• Under cover
• With the family

⛪Castles and heritage

La Chaise-Dieu

• 1 h 30 to 2 h 30
• Under cover

A Gothic abbey church paid for by a local pope, a 26-metre Danse macabre, 14 Flemish tapestries of the 16th century: a thousand years of history at 1,080 metres, on the Livradois plateau.

🎳Games and leisure

Saulcet

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

Three escape rooms on a wine estate in the Allier, at Saulcet: a story in three chapters, from age 8, between Moulins and Vichy.

🎭Culture and shows

Clermont-Ferrand

• Under cover

The big performance venue in the centre of Clermont: theatre, dance, concerts, and the Short Film Festival at the end of January.

🖼️Museums

Thiers

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• Under cover
• With the family

Forging, assembly, polishing: France's knife capital shows you everything, live.

🎳Games and leisure

Prémilhat

• 1 h 30 to 3 h
• €€
• Under cover

12 lanes, laser tag, karaoke and a bar on the edge of Montluçon: an all-in-one outing for an evening with friends or a rainy afternoon.

🎳Games and leisure

Le Puy-en-Velay

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

An indoor leisure park in Le Puy-en-Velay: trampolines and a ninja course, a climbing wall, virtual reality and a bar to catch your breath between sessions.

🎳Games and leisure

Saint-Flour

• 1 h to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

Saint-Flour's bowling alley, with a bar attached: a game for €5, single price, no booking, Wednesday to Sunday evenings (annual closure in June and from late August to early September).

✨Unusual experiences

Chaudes-Aigues

• 15 min to 45 min
• Free
• Under cover

Water that gushes out at 82°C in the middle of the street: the hottest natural spring in France, the beating heart of Chaudes-Aigues.

🎳Games and leisure

Issoire

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

8 lanes, billiards, burgers and a beer bar in Issoire's retail park: enough to fill an evening with friends or a rainy afternoon.

🎳Games and leisure

Vieille-Brioude

• 1 h to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

Laser tag and an indoor play park a stone's throw from Brioude: the plan that keeps young and old busy, especially when it rains.

🖼️Museums

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h 30 to 2 h
• Under cover
• With the family

Clermont's fine arts museum in a former convent in Montferrand, from the Middle Ages to the present day.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 45 min to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

100% electric indoor karting, on a 4,600 m² track with smooth concrete to try your hand at drifting: a safe bet in Clermont, rain or shine.

🖼️Museums

Moulins

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• Under cover
• With the family

More than 1,200 pieces of art from the Visitation convents on display in Moulins, from holdings of nearly 19,000 objects: the only collection of its kind in France.

🎭Culture and shows

Bellerive-sur-Allier

• Under cover

Trot and gallop races from May to September in a Belle Époque setting, opposite Vichy. One of the cheapest outings in the area.

🎳Games and leisure

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 2 h 30
• €
• Under cover

Auvergne's biggest bowling alley: 34 lanes under the neon lights, a bar that turns out pizzas, waffles and dry sausages, and the Boudou family at the helm since 1968.

🎭Culture and shows

Clermont-Ferrand

• Under cover
• With the family

Clermont-Ferrand's scène nationale: theatre, dance and circus from September to June, in a building by Souto de Moura.

🎭Culture and shows

Cébazat

• Under cover
• With the family

Performance venue in Cébazat. Varied programme, online ticketing.

🖼️Museums

Murat

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• Under cover
• With the family

A wolf, nearly 800 taxidermy animals and more than 8,000 species of insects in a 16th-century town house in Murat. The perfect refuge on a rainy day.

🎳Games and leisure

Cusset

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €€
• Under cover

An indoor trampoline park in Cusset: 400 m² of jumping, slamball, a foam pit and an area for 3 to 5-year-olds. The outing where kids let off steam on rainy days.

🎳Games and leisure

Mozac

• 1 h 30 to 3 h
• €
• Under cover

An 800 m² indoor play park in Mozac, near Riom: inflatables, air hockey and an early-years play area, to keep children up to age 12 busy.

🎳Games and leisure

Ytrac

• 1 h to 3 h
• €€
• Under cover

8 lanes, a spray-painted laser game, karaoke booths and a restaurant, 5 minutes from Aurillac: the place for evenings with friends and rainy afternoons.

🖼️Museums

Saint-Flour

• 1 h to 1 h 30
• €
• Under cover

Cabrette bagpipes, costumes and reconstructed peasant interiors: the rural Auvergne of times gone by, preserved in Saint-Flour.

♨️Spas and thermal baths

La Bourboule

• 2 h to 3 h
• Under cover
• With the family

The historic thermal baths of La Bourboule, specialising in treatments for children (asthma, allergies), with a thermal spa open to everyone without taking a cure.

🖼️Museums

Saint-Bonnet-de-Salers

• 1 h to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

The Salers cow and its cheese, told in a 17th-century barn: films, 3D, tasting included and a shop of local products.

🖼️Museums

Le Puy-en-Velay

• 1 h to 2 h
• Under cover

Pilgrims' hospital founded around 1140, rebuilt in the 17th century, in the heart of the cathedral complex listed by UNESCO. Today a digital art centre.

🎳Games and leisure

Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule

• 1 h to 2 h
• €€
• Under cover

Next-generation bowling, laser tag, axe throwing, billiards and a big children's area under one roof, right in Saint-Pourçain.

🖼️Museums

Vichy

• 1 h to 2 h
• Under cover

Albert Londres's birthplace in Vichy: manuscripts, first editions, and the prize that has borne his name since 1933.

♨️Spas and thermal baths

Royat

• 2 h to 3 h
• Under cover

The Royat thermal baths, built in the 19th century on springs used since Roman times.

🖼️Museums

Clermont-Ferrand

• 1 h to 2 h
• Under cover
• With the family

Clermont's natural history museum, in Henri Lecoq's former town house: mounted animals, plants, rocks and fossils, a stone's throw from the Jardin Lecoq.

🖼️Museums

Riom

• 1 h 30
• Under cover
• With the family

Fine arts and goldsmiths' work in two 17th-century town houses, in the centre of Riom.

🎳Games and leisure

Aubière

• 1 h to 2 h
• €
• Under cover

The trampoline park in Aubière, on the edge of Clermont-Ferrand: jump, play basketball or volleyball mid-bounce and let off steam, especially on a rainy day.

♨️Spas and thermal baths

Royat

• 2 h to 3 h
• Under cover
• With the family

Spa centre in Royat: two large pools, indoor and outdoor, above 30°C, hammam, sauna, jacuzzis.

🖼️Museums

Aubière

• 1 h
• Free
• Under cover

The museum in Aubière, where you realise Clermont was ringed with vineyards: presses, large casks, winemakers' tools. Open to all, a one-hour visit.

🖼️Museums

Chamalières

• 1 h to 2 h
• Under cover

The Resistance in Auvergne, from the Mont Mouchet maquis to the deportation, told through the documents and voices of the period.

🖼️Museums

Murol

• 1 h to 2 h
• Under cover
• With the family

The painters of the École de Murol(s), who came to paint the snow and the landscapes of the Sancy from the 1910s onwards, brought together in the centre of Murol.