Pecs · With kids

Felsovamhaz utca 50, with separate programmes for toddlers, preschoolers, primary-age children and adults, plus craft workshops built around the shows. Performances are in Hungarian, though a good deal of the repertoire is visual enough to follow.

Angyan Janos utca 1 on the Mecsek slope: the highest-lying zoo in Hungary, four hectares holding around 1,500 animals across 300 species, with a two-floor reptile house as the main draw.

Fourteen activities spread through the forest above town — rope courses, a gravity bob run, climbing walls, go-karts and an indoor play barn — with free parking. The 2026 season opened on 3 April; check the calendar, because it shuts on some weekdays outside high summer.

Szendrey Julia utca 7: a wave pool running since 1935 alongside a 50-metre pool at 27°C and a shallow teaching pool, with over 8,000 square metres of grass, wooden play equipment, swings and a sandpit for the hours between swims.

Tettye utca 65, a few minutes from the palace ruins but a separate site: a labyrinth of tufa passages and a cave dwelling, visited on guided tours that leave on the hour. It holds a steady 14°C inside, so take a layer even in August.