Going mid June. Will hit the main tourist highlights but don't want to bore them with too much sight-seeing and walking. What were the hits on your trips? |
London was Camden Market and Paris was strolling along the Champs-Élysées |
Food. Always the food. I have a teen boy and girl. We have always brought them to museums, historical sites, zoos/wildlife centers, and beauty spots. My son likes war sites, my daughter likes animals and nature. But what makes them happy very day is finding good spots to eat! |
My girls looooved afternoon tea at the Shard. 13 and 10 years old. And seeing the Eiffel Tower sparkle in all its glory in the evening. |
DH here. I am not into fashion at all, but our whole family loved the Dior museum in Paris. Very interesting
And eye appealing. Easy to navigate. |
Camden Market and theater shows in London. Musee d’Orsay in Paris. |
Marche des enfants rouges in Paris if you have foodie teens |
+1 I wanted to do this but found out about it too late and couldn't get tickets. I've heard nothing but good things about it. My teen DDs liked a perfume making class. Montmartre was a hit. Also, if your kids were into the show Miraculous when they were younger, the parent's bakery is designed off a bakery there. There were several teens taking selfies in front of it, including my own, and acting like excited kids. |
Paris has some make your own perfume stores. My daughter loved it. |
Did a small group macaron making class. Was a lot of fun and she loved it. Also the Montemarte neighborhood |
We had afternoon tea at I think this place and it was very nice:
https://thelane.co.uk/eat-and-drink-venues/grand-saloon-afternoon-tea We rented bikes at Hyde park and got great pictures at the flower garden there plus ice cream at the lake. We saw Six on the west End. |
Giverny
Gallerie Lafayette Stopping in random patisseries Creperie Seine dinner cruise Monmatre street artists |
Second Camden Market - we had tea there in what was once a horse stable and is now a tea room/vintage shop. Jazz concert in the crypt of St. Martin in the Fields, Kew Gardens, Jack the Ripper walking tour in the East End of London, Tate Modern, Stonehenge, Hyde Park speakers corner, Tower of London tour. Stayed in Le Marais in Paris and loved the walkability and proximity to so many things. |
Seven Dials and Spitalfields Markets have good food options. There is also a fun food market on Southbank. |
London Eye
Walking around Covent Garden Great food (especially Indian restaurants) Wandering through Chinatown and Kensington Gardens a show in the West End Tower of London w/ crown jewels Two girls, 15 and 17. London was a hit. |