3 Best Bars in Side Trips from Paris, France

The handsome bar at the Hôtel des Lumières is a luxuriously cozy spot to enjoy lunch or pre-dinner or after-opera drinks (Versailles’s Royal Opéra is five minutes away), thank to its menu of authentic French salads and classic dishes like a gourmet croque monsieur or a purist Caesar salad without the bells and whistles. The bar à Champagnes features a fine selection of handpicked vintages paired with snacks.

Nocturnal entertainment outside the park centers on Disney Village, a vast pleasure mall designed by American architect Frank Gehry. Homesick kids who’ve had enough croque monsieurs will be happy to hear that vintage American-style restaurants—a diner, a deli, and a steak house among them—dominate the food scene here, as well as U.S. brands like Five Guys, McDonald's, Sports Bar, Starbucks, and Planet Hollywood.