Planning a trip to Cork City this summer? Check this out!
Are you looking for interactive, educational, and playful things to do with your kids this summer?
Museums, galleries, and attractions in Cork City have come together to create a Playful Culture Trail, featuring 30 fun and playful places where kids can explore the city’s culture, heritage and green spaces through play.
Each attraction on the trail will have a unique activity pack for kids on arrival with numerous challenges to complete from scavenger hunts, to sketching tasks, crosswords and investigation work.
Families participating in the trail will have the opportunity to hop through labyrinths at St. Fin Barre’s Cathedral, design costumes for superheroes at Crawford Art Gallery, find their Bog Age at the Cork Butter Museum, trace tombstones at St Peter’s Church, make daisy chains at Nano Nagle Place, enjoy the playground at the Old Cork Waterworks, and lots more.
Make sure to keep a beady eye out for ‘BlaithÃn’ on your adventures – a cute and cuddly lizard who is the play trail mascot and will be playing hide and seek in lots of attractions.
The full trail is highlighted on a colourful and child friendly map that can be picked up along with a unique tote bag, colouring pencils, a Pure Cork pencil, and a bookmark, from attractions and hotels in the city.
Some of the 30 spots on the trail include ‘Get locked up at Cork City Goal’, ‘See underground at Triskel Christchurch’,
‘Get in the stocks at Elizabeth Fort’, ‘Star gaze at Blackrock Castle Observatory’ and my personal favourite ‘Go otter spotting along the lee’.
So if you want to get involved in all the Rebel County fun you can by picking up your free canvas goodie bag or download the virtual map at purecork.ie/playtrail, get set by choosing where you want to visit, and go, go, go before the summer is out!
