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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I booked tickets to the 2nd floor of the Eiffel Tower that was $35 total.

My 7yo asked if we can go to a thrift store and find fancy dresses and have a "Paris picnic" by the Eiffel Tower.

Parc des Buttes-Chaumont
Jardin d'Acclimatation
Jardin du Luxembourg

Pastries

Walking along the river / exploring bridges

The Plages- free swimming "beaches" they have in the summer

Place du tertre to see the painters, then meander around Montmartre

Mussee Rodin is free for kids and they have a kids art studio where they can draw and sculpt with clay

Pretty old carousels

Street performers

Markets

Ice cream

We travel via home exchanges so we are doing that for accommodations. It's free and comes with lots of perks- they're leaving their bikes for us, kitchen for cooking so we don't spend too much eating out, laundry, etc. The flat has a view of the river so honestly even sitting on the balcony in the mornings sipping coffee and people watching while the kids play with all the "new" toys in the flat is a big treat for me.[/quote]

If your DCs are into the show Miraculous, the main character's bakery is based off one in Montmartre. It looks exactly the same as the cartoon.

No stroller, because it just won't be useful and more of a pain. Plan to use the metro instead of long walks. I'd do backpacks for everyone and carry-ons for you and the 7 year old. [/quote]

So OP, no food/coffee out, parks and gardens, doing laundry/dishes, concrete beaches (I get that if you live in Paris)…I can see where the trip is favorable for an adult. But with young kids, [b]what is the point[/b]? They won’t remember, aren’t doing some spectacular event, etc. Coupled with the airport/metro/someone else’s apartment[/quote]

Have you been to Paris?  Even with these "limitations" as you infer, OP/kids will have a marvelous time and ABSOLUTELY feel like they're in Paris, not back home.  Parks, gardens, grocery shopping/cooking in a Paris flat is EXTREMELY different to doing all those things in the US.  [/quote]

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