Day trips with kids from the UK.
Real prices, real ages.
362 family days out in 40 cities, cheapest day trip first. Zoos, aquariums, science museums, parks and beaches, with ticket prices, best ages and what works if it rains. Fly out in the morning, home the same night.
Every city, cheapest day trip first
40 cities
Wroclaw with kids
Wroclaw, Poland
Top picks: Zoo Wrocław and Afrykarium, Hydropolis, Panorama Racławicka
Day trips: from £64
Faro with kids
Faro, Portugal
Top picks: Centro Ciência Viva do Algarve, Zoomarine Algarve, Museu Municipal de Faro
Day trips: from £66
Tirana with kids
Tirana, Albania
Top picks: Tirana Zoo, Dajti Ekspres cable car and Dajti Mountain, Pyramid of Tirana
Day trips: from £68
Alicante with kids
Alicante, Spain
Top picks: MARQ Museo Arqueológico de Alicante, Museo de Aguas de Alicante y Pozos de Garrigós, Museo de Hogueras
Day trips: from £72
Katowice with kids
Katowice, Poland
Top picks: Silesian Zoo, Chorzów, Legendia Silesian Amusement Park, Chorzów, Silesian Planetarium, Chorzów
Day trips: from £72
Poznan with kids
Poznan, Poland
Top picks: Nowe Zoo, Stare Zoo, Malta Ski summer coaster and toboggan
Day trips: from £73
Dublin with kids
Dublin, Ireland
Top picks: Dublin Zoo, Dead Zoo Lab at National Museum of Ireland, Dublinia
Day trips: from £74
Porto with kids
Porto, Portugal
Top picks: SEA LIFE Porto, Galeria da Biodiversidade, Museu do Carro Eléctrico
Day trips: from £76
Malaga with kids
Malaga, Spain
Top picks: BIOPARC Fuengirola, SEA LIFE Benalmadena, Aqualand Torremolinos
Day trips: from £78
Sofia with kids
Sofia, Bulgaria
Top picks: Sofia Zoo, Muzeiko Children's Science Center, TechnoMagicLand
Day trips: from £79
Barcelona with kids
Barcelona, Spain
Top picks: L'Aquàrium de Barcelona, Zoo de Barcelona, CosmoCaixa
Day trips: from £80
Palma with kids
Palma, Spain
Top picks: Palma Aquarium, Katmandu Park, Western Water Park
Day trips: from £81
Turin with kids
Turin, Italy
Top picks: MAcA Museo A come Ambiente, MAUTO Museo Nazionale dell'Automobile, Museo Egizio
Day trips: from £82
Bucharest with kids
Bucharest, Romania
Top picks: Bucharest Zoo, Admiral Vasile Urseanu Astronomical Observatory, Dimitrie Gusti National Village Museum
Day trips: from £84
Gothenburg with kids
Gothenburg, Sweden
Top picks: Liseberg, Universeum, Göteborgs naturhistoriska museum
Day trips: from £84
Krakow with kids
Krakow, Poland
Top picks: Krakow Zoo, Las Wolski, Polish Aviation Museum, Rynek Underground, Museum of Krakow
Day trips: from £84
Palermo with kids
Palermo, Italy
Top picks: Museo Geologico G.G. Gemmellaro, Museo Internazionale delle Marionette Antonio Pasqualino, Palermo Cathedral rooftops
Day trips: from £85
Seville with kids
Seville, Spain
Top picks: Acuario de Sevilla, Casa de la Ciencia, Isla Mágica
Day trips: from £86
Rome with kids
Rome, Italy
Top picks: Bioparco di Roma, MagicLand, Castel Sant'Angelo
Day trips: from £87
Valencia with kids
Valencia, Spain
Top picks: BIOPARC Valencia, Oceanogràfic, Museu de les Ciències
Day trips: from £87
Lisbon with kids
Lisbon, Portugal
Top picks: Jardim Zoológico de Lisboa, Oceanário de Lisboa, Pavilhão do Conhecimento
Day trips: from £88
Bari with kids
Bari, Italy
Top picks: Planetario Sky-Skan di Bari, Castello Normanno-Svevo, Basilica di San Nicola
Day trips: from £90
Prague with kids
Prague, Czechia
Top picks: Prague Zoo, Kingdom of Railways, National Technical Museum
Day trips: from £91
Venice with kids
Venice, Italy
Top picks: Doge's Palace, Murano and the Glass Museum, Natural History Museum of Venice
Day trips: from £91
Cork with kids
Cork, Ireland
Top picks: Fota Wildlife Park, MTU Blackrock Castle Observatory, Cork City Gaol
Day trips: from £93
Madrid with kids
Madrid, Spain
Top picks: Faunia, Zoo Aquarium de Madrid, Parque de Atracciones de Madrid
Day trips: from £94
Milan and Bergamo with kids
Milan and Bergamo, Italy
Top picks: Acquario Civico di Milano, Parco Faunistico Le Cornelle, Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci
Day trips: from £97
Pisa with kids
Pisa, Italy
Top picks: Livorno Aquarium, Museum of the Ancient Ships, Natural History Museum, Certosa di Calci
Day trips: from £97
Eindhoven with kids
Eindhoven, Netherlands
Top picks: Eindhoven Zoo, De Ontdekfabriek, DAF Museum
Day trips: from £99
Nice with kids
Nice, France
Top picks: Musée Océanographique de Monaco, Parc Phoenix, Musée National du Sport
Day trips: from £100
Naples with kids
Naples, Italy
Top picks: Aquarium of Naples + DaDoM Darwin-Dohrn Museum, Lo Zoo di Napoli, Citta della Scienza
Day trips: from £103
Bremen with kids
Bremen, Germany
Top picks: Zoo am Meer Bremerhaven, Klimahaus Bremerhaven 8 Ost, Universum Bremen
Day trips: from £105
Cologne with kids
Cologne, Germany
Top picks: Kölner Zoo & Aquarium, Lindenthaler Tierpark, Deutsches Sport & Olympia Museum
Day trips: from £105
Gdansk with kids
Gdansk, Poland
Top picks: Gdańsk Zoo, Gdynia Aquarium, Experyment Science Centre
Day trips: from £106
Budapest with kids
Budapest, Hungary
Top picks: Budapest Zoo & Botanical Garden, Tropicarium, Csodák Palotája
Day trips: from £112
Toulouse with kids
Toulouse, France
Top picks: Cité de l'espace, Aeroscopia aircraft museum, Muséum de Toulouse
Day trips: from £112
Corfu with kids
Corfu, Greece
Top picks: Archaeological Museum of Corfu, Kanoni, Vlacherna Monastery and Mouse Island, New Fortress of Corfu
Day trips: from £120
Split with kids
Split, Croatia
Top picks: Diocletian's Palace Substructures, Museum of Illusions Split, Salona Archaeological Park
Day trips: from £122
Amsterdam with kids
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Top picks: ARTIS Zoo, ARTIS-Micropia, NEMO Science Museum
Day trips: from £132
Copenhagen with kids
Copenhagen, Denmark
Top picks: Copenhagen Zoo, Den Blå Planet, Bakken
Day trips: from £132
About these places
Every place was checked against its official site in October 2026. Ticket prices are the venue's own adult and child prices converted to pounds; where we could not confirm one we show none. Day trip prices are the cheapest whole day we have checked in the next 8 weeks: return flights plus a day in the city.
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