Paris with Kids
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Take your kids traveling!

Paris with kids is about making everyone's happy. It is the pleasure of showing your children how amazing is the world.

There are many things to do!

Almost every monument and museum have something for them.

Depending of the season you will visit Paris and the weather, you would like to stay inside or outside.

Visiting Paris with children can be exhausted for them and also for you. There are many sights where there is something for little ones but still they can be tired easily!

Common things to do with the kids

Musee Grevin 10 boulevard Montmartre 75009 Paris. Metro Grands Boulevards. Open on Monday to Friday 10 am to 6:30 pm and Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays from 10 am to 7 pm. This unique show, created in 1900 has now over 300 wax figures Philippe Starck, Barack Obama, Celine Dion. A dazzling scenery of Hindu temple and rainforests. Free entry to Grevin Wax Museum - Saving €20!

The Eiffel Tower Metro Bir Hakeim.
All you have to do is visit the first floor of the Eiffel Tower (either by the stairs or the elevators) and pick up a game book Follow Gus. Gus is a likable fellow, curious and energetic. This 12-step discovery requires that you ask and answer questions about the history and mystery behind the Eiffel Tower.

Parc de la Villette Metro porte de la Villette.
The Cite des sciences is an enormous 35 acre park with a huge playground for 3-11 years old. There is a High tech museum, the Geode, an enormous globe that houses a IMAX 3D. Free entry to The Paris Science Museum . Save more and discover more with a Paris Pass

La Villette is one of the most instructive fun museums that you could ever hope to visit Paris with kids.

Musee de la Magie 11 rue Saint-Paul 75004 PARIS. Tel 01 42 72 13 26. Metro Saint Paul. Your child likes magic tricks! Seven rooms with a large collection of antiques objects wands, boxes of secrets, magic hat. Very nice magic shows for kids and grown-up. Optical illusions, automate, interactive games for children.

Museum national d'Histoire naturelle 57 rue Cuvier 75005 Paris. Metro Jussieu. A large collection of 7000 different species including extinct, endangered animals and species of marine and terrestrial worlds.

Centre Georges Pompidou Metro Hotel de Ville.
Amazing architecture, ride external escalator to the children gallery.

Patinoire place de l'Hotel de Ville From December to March. Metro Hotel de Ville. It's free!

Best events for autumn and winter

Aladin show between October 1 to December 30, 2011 at the Theatre des varietes 7 boulevard Montmartre. Metro Grands Boulevards. Not recommended for kids before 5.

Kidexpo from October 21 to 24, 2011 at VIPARIS Porte de Versailles. A family event for kids 4 to 14 years old will present leisure activities, games and sports.

Circus Bouglione Virtuose from October 22 to March 4, 2012. Address: 110 rue Amelot Paris 11. Metro: Filles du Calvaire.

Disney on Ice from November 30 to December 11, 2011 at the Zenith de Paris. Metro: Porte de la Villette Porte de Pantin. Enjoy again your Disney Heroes on ice.

Parks for kids

Parc Asterix from CDG Airport buses run to the park.
36km north of Paris with an authentic Gaulish Village, a roman Arena and a terrifying roller-coaster. you can watch sword play by musketeers. A lot of fun for children.

Jardin d'acclimatation M/RER Porte Maillot.
In Paris with kids, a traditional amusement park in the Bois de boulogne, to reach it, take the petit train (small train). The park contains a small zoo, a hall of mirrors, a circus and a puppet theater.

The Aquaboulevard is the best water park in Paris.

Zoo in Paris

Parc Zoologique de Paris Vincennes 53 Avenue de Saint-Maurice 75012 Paris. Metro Porte Doree. Open from Monday to Saturday 9 am to 6 pm. Your children will be very happy to watch the acrobatic gibbons, baboons, macaques...

Menagerie du Jardin des Plantes 57 rue Cuvier 75005. Metro Gare d'Austerlitz. This small zoo is fun fun with monkeys, ostriches, flamingos...also a petting zoo. Open every day 9am to 5pm.

Institut Oceanographique 195 rue Saint-Jacques 75005 Paris. Metro Luxembourg. 7 tropical fish aquariums, a tank where you can touch starfish, urchins and crabs.

Paris with kids can be fun, go to a traditional circus .
Paris with kids, family holidays will show you what's really important.

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