In November, we will be spending one week in Burgundy and one week in Provence with our 3 young kids (ages 3, 5 and 8) and I am looking for any ideas on things the kids might enjoy doing/seeing. We have been traveling with the kids since they were infants and will have a car. We prefer a slow travel style - taking ca. 1-hr day trips, going for walks in the countryside, exploring smaller villages and towns, discovering playgrounds and just basically getting to know the area where we are staying. On this particular trip we don't want to visit any cities or museums.
In Burgundy, we will be staying very near Semur-en-Auxois in Burgundy (Guedelon is already on our list). In Provence, we have rented a cottage between Menerbes and L'Isle-sur-la-Sorgue.
Any suggestions people have of things for us to consider would be appreciated. In particular, I would love to find a nice tourist train, regular train, cable car, etc for a short ride or day-trip. We will have a carrier for the youngest and would also love to find a few short (1-1.5hr) walks to go on. Any indoor ideas would be helpful as well, since it will be November and we could get some very cold and rainy days.