family outings

Family-friendly places in Paris

Paris for families reaches well beyond the obligatory Eiffel Tower selfie. The city keeps places that genuinely surprise children and adults alike, far from the major tourist queues. At the Musée des Arts et Métiers, visitors find Foucault's pendulum suspended inside a former church nave alongside steam engines that still look ready to roar. The Musée de la Magie hides in a vaulted cellar in the Marais, bringing antique automata, illusion mirrors, and Houdini memorabilia back to life. And the Parc Floral de Paris in the Bois de Vincennes offers wading pools and playgrounds beneath old chestnut trees on hot afternoons — a corner of the city where nobody is in a hurry.

56 places · Paris, France · Editorially curated