Paris with children, 8 and 5
Feb 12th, 2008 | 08:58 AM
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Here are Fodor's suggestions on what to see and do in Paris with kids. Hope this helps.
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Feb 14th, 2008 | 07:05 AM
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Buy "Take the Kids Paris and Disneyland Resort". Excellent book.
Things our 6 year old son really liked:
Riding the Batobus to get around (the multi-day passes are very reasonable).
The Tuilleries, particularly sailing boats on the fountain, but also the playground and trampolines.
Playing in the great playground (small admission fee) in the Jardin du Luxembourg.
The menagerie at Jardin des Plantes.
The Cites des Infant at the science museum at Parc de Villette.
Climbing the stairs to the top of Notre Dame.
The Eiffel Tower, including the sparkling lights.
Things our 6 year old son really liked:
Riding the Batobus to get around (the multi-day passes are very reasonable).
The Tuilleries, particularly sailing boats on the fountain, but also the playground and trampolines.
Playing in the great playground (small admission fee) in the Jardin du Luxembourg.
The menagerie at Jardin des Plantes.
The Cites des Infant at the science museum at Parc de Villette.
Climbing the stairs to the top of Notre Dame.
The Eiffel Tower, including the sparkling lights.
Feb 14th, 2008 | 10:39 AM
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Young children adore the Grande Galerie de l'Evolution at the Natural History Museum (taxidermied animals, sound and light effects, and plenty of room to run around with no one yelling at you) and also the Cité des Sciences et de l'Industrie at the Parc de la Villette. It also has the most magnificent Imax dome in the world.
Feb 14th, 2008 | 12:48 PM
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From other postings that I've made re Paris:
When I asked my now 5 year old daughter, what she liked best about our trip to Paris a year ago, she said Disneyland Paris!
I bought Take the Kids: Paris & Disneyland Resort and Open Road's Paris with Kids and found them both very useful on our trip.
The Cite des Enfants was perfect for her age but the rest of the museum was obviously over her head. The Jardin du Luxembourg has a great playground - I think you have to pay for it but it is well worth it. Lots of great play structures. She also had fun pushing the boats and having a pony ride there. The Menagerie (zoo) was wonderful - could get very close to a lot of animals. Also, she is really into carousels so we made a point of finding a good number of them.
The Palais de le Decouverte is a science museum and was way over her head - and had very little information in english. We went to an aquarium that I can't recall the name of but it was pretty basic and needed some TLC. And the other zoo (Vincennes / Parc Zoologique) was undergoing major rework when we were there so we had to skip it.
When I asked my now 5 year old daughter, what she liked best about our trip to Paris a year ago, she said Disneyland Paris!
I bought Take the Kids: Paris & Disneyland Resort and Open Road's Paris with Kids and found them both very useful on our trip.
The Cite des Enfants was perfect for her age but the rest of the museum was obviously over her head. The Jardin du Luxembourg has a great playground - I think you have to pay for it but it is well worth it. Lots of great play structures. She also had fun pushing the boats and having a pony ride there. The Menagerie (zoo) was wonderful - could get very close to a lot of animals. Also, she is really into carousels so we made a point of finding a good number of them.
The Palais de le Decouverte is a science museum and was way over her head - and had very little information in english. We went to an aquarium that I can't recall the name of but it was pretty basic and needed some TLC. And the other zoo (Vincennes / Parc Zoologique) was undergoing major rework when we were there so we had to skip it.
