{"id":1535,"date":"2010-12-14T19:46:18","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T17:46:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colleensparis.com\/blog\/?p=1535"},"modified":"2021-01-28T15:07:18","modified_gmt":"2021-01-28T14:07:18","slug":"activities-with-kids-in-paris-at-christmas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-wptechsupport.com\/colleensparis\/2010\/12\/activities-with-kids-in-paris-at-christmas\/","title":{"rendered":"Activities With Kids In Paris At Christmas"},"content":{"rendered":"

Have Fun for a Couple of Days with Kids at Christmas<\/strong><\/p>\n

Traveling with four children at Christmas sounds challenging. One of my readers is doing that. So I offered the following suggestions.<\/p>\n

If you, my readers, have additional information, please share it with me and I will pass it on.<\/p>\n

First, visit my Colleen’s Paris<\/a><\/strong> Web site for a list of activities available all year round.<\/p>\n

Depending on the ages, the marionettes\/guignols\/puppets are sometimes in heated halls.<\/p>\n

Check the Web site for l’Officiel des spectacles and click on “enfants” for the latest activities. Use Google Translate<\/a><\/strong> for their Web site. Buy their weekly, small format magazine for 35 cents. I have done a basic translation of\u00a0 l’Officiel des spectacles<\/a><\/strong>‘s highlights.<\/p>\n

What about puppet shows, marionettes or guignols<\/a>\u00a0– some are indoors (Luxembourg Gardens).<\/p>\n

If it is cold, how about the Natural History Museum<\/a>, the old paleontology one. There are actually nine different parts to this museum, including a zoo, hot houses and an insect museum.<\/p>\n

If it is not slippery, walk up a couple of flights of the Eiffel Tower<\/a><\/strong> and look for a magazine called “Gus”.
\nBuy your tickets ahead of time on line.
\nThey have the\u00a058 Tour Eiffel Restaurant<\/strong> (picnic basket even!) or the buffet.<\/p>\n

There is ice skating in Paris – at Trocadero<\/strong><\/a> across from the Eiffel Tower; and at the Hotel de Ville<\/strong><\/a> (Paris city hall).<\/p>\n

FREE merry-go-round<\/a><\/strong> rides between the second Saturday in December and January 2.<\/p>\n

A large Christmas market is going on along the Champs Elys\u00e9es. Keep tabs on the latest Paris Christmas information<\/a><\/strong> with Paris Tourist Office.<\/p>\n

Watch the video about the Man\u00e8ge Carr\u00e9 merry-go-round<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Read more about “<\/span>le Man\u00e8ge Carr\u00e9 Senart<\/strong>” (Use Google Translate) Ticket information for the merry-go-round\u00a0 at <\/span>104 Cent Quatre<\/strong> (4 euros)<\/span>
\nDirections to 104<\/strong> on metro lines 2, 5 and 7 for the merry-go-round.
\nThanks to Camille’s Baby’tems Blog<\/strong> for the idea.<\/p>\n

Be sure to visit a Paris food market<\/a><\/strong>. They are colorful. The larges is the Bastille\/Richard Lenoir market. On Thursday is half the size of the Sunday market. Or, you may have a market along the street where you are staying. One example in the south is in the 13th arrondissement:<\/p>\n

March\u00e9 Auguste-Blanqui.
\nBoulevard Blanqui between Place d’Italie and rue Barr
\n7 a.m. to 3 p.m. Tuesday and Sunday
\nM\u00e9tro : Corvisart, Place d\u2019Italie<\/p>\n

Consider visiting a Paris flea market<\/strong> for your souvenirs or the perfect decorative arts for your home or kids room. I personally prefer the Puces de la Porte de Vanves. This is a video of my niece and her friend and my nephew when they visited Paris and the girls and I visited the Vanves flea market.<\/p>\n

Or you can find Paris-themed Christmas ornaments.<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n

Note: For return visitors, the magic show, Metamorphosis<\/strong>, in Paris is no longer. They have opened a magic museum in Barfleur – Normandy.<\/p>\n

On a transformed barge along the Seine with Notre-Dame as a backdrop, Metamorphosis<\/strong>, was a magic show. You can eat on board. Use Google Translate<\/a><\/strong> to read the French pages of Metamorphosis.<\/p>\n

In the video you will notice that we took a tour of the Paris Sewers (des \u00c9gouts). It is a must do in Paris with kids as are the catacombs. The Paris city museums<\/strong>, which include the Carnavalet (Paris history) and Petit Palais, are generally free for permanent exhibits.<\/p>\n

Click around the Paris mayor’s office (Mairie de Paris)<\/strong> for more ideas on visiting Paris.<\/p>\n

This is probably 1\/3 of the iceberg of things to do. Let me know what you find exciting for children in Paris!<\/p>\n

A Day with Children in Paris<\/a><\/p>\n

Blue Velvet Christmas in Paris<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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