What did your kids love in Paris?

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Anonymous wrote:Great suggestions! OP here- Catacombes appear to be closed till further notice??

It's supposed the reopen this spring, but they haven't announced a date yet.

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- Boat ride on the Seine River. We did a private boat (was only around $600 for roughly 90 minutes) and it included drinks and snacks.

The other stuff listed in this post was good, but the regular boat tours are like 15 euros/adult and 8 euros for kids under 13. $600 for a private ride (with snacks!) seems pretty crazy for what is still a guided boat ride.

Also, would say if you only had time/capacity for one museum, the Orsay is a much better choice than the Louvre with kids, because it is smaller and more concentrated with good stuff, basically. And with both, go for the evening hours, better chance of smaller crowds.

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- Boat ride on the Seine River. We did a private boat (was only around $600 for roughly 90 minutes) and it included drinks and snacks.

The other stuff listed in this post was good, but the regular boat tours are like 15 euros/adult and 8 euros for kids under 13. $600 for a private ride (with snacks!) seems pretty crazy for what is still a guided boat ride.

We had a few more people (other family joined), but yeah - it was a splurge for a more intimate experience.

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Anonymous wrote:Please show your kids some real history and culture rather than endless food tours, bike rides, escape rooms, cooking classes, and the other ridiculous activities that people try to pass off as “travel” these days. Dear God.

What do you qualify as real history and culture? My kids are not going to spend days looking at Renaissance art, nor are they interested in visiting church after church. We'll do some of each, but a bike ride one day sounds like a nice break from crowds.

With all due respect, then they are not ready for Europe. Y’all can ride bikes at home.

There is always a poster on threads asking about what kids enjoyed in X place in Europe who insists that you should not take kids to Europe unless they are willing to see every art museum and every religious site

That poster would be horrified by my last trip to Europe. I spent a solid day playing pretend Minecraft at a playground with my son and my nephews (who live in Germany).

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Anonymous wrote:Please show your kids some real history and culture rather than endless food tours, bike rides, escape rooms, cooking classes, and the other ridiculous activities that people try to pass off as “travel” these days. Dear God.

What do you qualify as real history and culture? My kids are not going to spend days looking at Renaissance art, nor are they interested in visiting church after church. We'll do some of each, but a bike ride one day sounds like a nice break from crowds.

With all due respect, then they are not ready for Europe. Y’all can ride bikes at home.

There is always a poster on threads asking about what kids enjoyed in X place in Europe who insists that you should not take kids to Europe unless they are willing to see every art museum and every religious site

That poster would be horrified by my last trip to Europe. I spent a solid day playing pretend Minecraft at a playground with my son and my nephews (who live in Germany).

And we are planning to go to Parc Asterix

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The rooftop view at Galeries Lafayette Haussmann. Having pastries in the morning and afternoon at random cafe's. Day trip to Disney.

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Anonymous wrote:Great suggestions! OP here- Catacombes appear to be closed till further notice??

It's supposed the reopen this spring, but they haven't announced a date yet.

They randomly close. My ds and his friends were supposed to go and then it closed the day they had tickets for, and they still have not refunded them (for this summer!).

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Went to Paris last year with my son (11 at the time) and husband. Highlights were:
-Notre Dame Eternelle. Recommended on this board and it was fantastic. DH and DS loved it so much that they went through twice! Kind of a bummer that it was relocated (when we went it was located right on the square with Notre Dame, just across from the entrance), but still very much worth doing.
-Context tours of the Louvre and Versailles. Fascinating and both guides kept us all engaged the entire time.
-Dinner cruise on the Seine. Do the later one and the boat will return to the dock just as the Eiffel Tower lights up with all the sparkling lights.
-Lots of walking, stopping at cafes, riding on the carousel in Montmartre.

Enjoy!