2 weeks in/out Paris with toddlers - where to?
Jul 19th, 2019, 03:49 PM
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Many thanks - I love these pictures of Bordeaux! If life allowed it, I'd move the family there tomorrow.
This trip, however, we are gaining some clarity and will spend 1 week Paris and 1 week Lyon. Paris we are trying to decide between some of the "typical" day trips as kids' energy allows, or just stay put in the city and explore. The Lyon part is where I'd like some help now.
Do you have any favorite Lyon day trips that are kid friendly? I looked on Google and found a site with 5 enticing possibilities: 1) Beaujolais 2) Aix-les-Bains 3) Perouges 4) Lac d' Aiguebelette 5) Annecy. Are any of these places where you can get off the train and there are places to eat and walk around and things to see/do, or is a car needed after the train? We are currently planning for Annecy and/or Chamonix. In late August, what might we expect weather-wise in Chamonix? The rest of the trip we will plan for warm weather clothing, but does Chamonix necessitate layers? And if we took the tram to Aiguille du Midi, can you do a quick roundtrip for the experience but not need winter clothing?
Thanks again.
This trip, however, we are gaining some clarity and will spend 1 week Paris and 1 week Lyon. Paris we are trying to decide between some of the "typical" day trips as kids' energy allows, or just stay put in the city and explore. The Lyon part is where I'd like some help now.
Do you have any favorite Lyon day trips that are kid friendly? I looked on Google and found a site with 5 enticing possibilities: 1) Beaujolais 2) Aix-les-Bains 3) Perouges 4) Lac d' Aiguebelette 5) Annecy. Are any of these places where you can get off the train and there are places to eat and walk around and things to see/do, or is a car needed after the train? We are currently planning for Annecy and/or Chamonix. In late August, what might we expect weather-wise in Chamonix? The rest of the trip we will plan for warm weather clothing, but does Chamonix necessitate layers? And if we took the tram to Aiguille du Midi, can you do a quick roundtrip for the experience but not need winter clothing?
Thanks again.
Jul 20th, 2019, 07:20 AM
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My brother-in-law lives in Chambery and I can tell you that most of the times we have been there in August that whole area (Aix and Annecy) it has been hot and humid. Not we I would have expected, so generally if you can get higher up in the mountains it is cooler and nicer. I don't have nay specific suggestions with kids other than just exploring the lakeside areas.
