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On the territory of this fairy-tale country there are 2 parks (Disneyland and Walt Disney Studios), hotels, cafes and restaurants, souvenir stores, Golf Disneyland golf resort, Disney Village with movie theaters, bowling club and discos.
Disneyland Park includes 5 themed areas grouped around Sleeping Beauty's castle:
Daily shows are held with the participation of favorite Disney cartoon characters.
Walt Disney Studios Park will be interesting for those who want to get behind the scenes and learn more about the process of movie production: the work of stuntmen, creating special effects, etc. Here is one of the most popular attractions of the complex - "roller coaster" Rock 'n' Roller Coaster, the ride on which is accompanied by Aerosmith hits. The kids who have not yet grown up to extreme entertainment will be interested to meet cartoon characters: Mickey and Minnie Mouse, as well as cowboy Woody and Buzz Lightyear from "Toy Story".
The only thing that can spoil your experience during the season is the queues, which can be several hours long at the most popular attractions. Fastpass - a free ticket, which gives you the right to ride the chosen attraction within the time interval specified on it, will help to shorten the wait. There is one more option - the excursion "Disneyland without queue", which gives you VIP-accompaniment for the whole day - a pass to any attractions out of the queue and a discount on purchases.
Planning to visit the park with a small child? You won't have to stand in line twice! The Baby Switch system allows the second parent to enter the attraction as soon as the first parent leaves.
Don't forget to bring your own food and water - this way you will save money and avoid queues at cafes. There are picnic areas where you can eat everything you bring.
Address: 77777 Marne-la-Vallée (32 kilometers from Paris). The nearest train station is Marne-la-Vallée/Chessy, a 2-minute walk from the park entrance. You can also get here from Paris by car (guest parking coordinates - 48.876077, 2.79646) or Disneyland Paris Express bus. The latter departs from Gare du Nord station at 8:20, on the way stops near Châtelet and Opéra metro stations, arrives at Disneyland at 10:00, and at 20:00 leaves back to Paris.
Working schedule: from 10:00 to 19:00.
Ticket price: for children 3-11 years old - from €42 to €71, for adults - from €42 to €79 for 1 day. The price depends on the date of visit.
You can book a hotel in Paris with a discount of up to -65% on the website.
An alternative to "Disneyland" for children over 12 years old and adults. In season, there are queues for rides here too, but they are often shorter. It is difficult to compare these two parks, they are aimed at different audiences.
The rides are divided into three groups: for kids, family rides and extreme rides. Some of them have restrictions on the age and height of passengers.
For the youngest visitors to the park there is a steam train, water slides, French carousels, a driving range and several playgrounds with rope structures, slides and swings.
For children over 100 centimeters tall, there are more serious attractions: Pégase Express - a high-speed ride on a steam train down dashingly twisting rails, a huge rotating disk Discobélix, Le Grand Splatch - overcoming river rapids on a boat and many others.
Adrenaline lovers will appreciate OzIris - a roller coaster with flips, Les Chaises Volantes adult carousel or La Trace du Hourra - a bobsleigh ride.
There are also shows with the participation of heroes of the famous French comic strip "Asterix and Obelix", restaurants and cafes, souvenir stores.
Address: 60128 Plailly (30 kilometers from Paris). To get here from the capital you can:
Opening hours: from March 31 to November 4, from 10:00 to 18:00.
Ticket price: €41 for children 3-11 years old, €49 for adults for 1 day.
Even if your kids are too young to marvel at modern art, it's worth coming here for the building. All utilities are outside and painted in different colors: blue for air conditioning, yellow for electricity, green for plumbing, red for escalators and elevators. On the upper level there is an observation deck, which offers a beautiful view of Paris, including the Eiffel Tower. You can enter there with a museum ticket or a separate ticket.
The center is home to the Galerie des Enfants (Children's Gallery), an exhibition space open to all branches of the arts. Every year there are 2 new exhibitions, interactive and exciting, inviting children to immerse themselves in the world of visual arts, architecture, dance, design, music or writing and share their unconventional vision. These art projects are of interest to visitors from 3-5 to 10 years old.
Address: Place Georges-Pompidou.
Opening hours: every day except Tuesday, from 11:00 to 22:00 (the children's gallery is open until 19:00).
Ticket price: €14. Admission is free for children under 18 daily and for all visitors on the first Sunday of each month.
The main botanical garden of the country and one of the oldest in Europe. In addition to a rose garden, greenhouses with exotic plants, an exhibition of ornamental plants and an alpine garden, its grounds include:
Address: 57 Rue Cuvier. The nearest metro stations are Quai de la Rapée, Jussieu, Place Monge and Gare d'Austerlitz.
Opening hours: the garden is open daily, the time depends on the season (in winter - from 8:00 to 17:30). Evolution Gallery - daily except Tuesday, from 10:00 to 18:00.
Ticket price: entrance to the garden is free. Children and young people under 26 can visit the Evolution Gallery for free, others for €9.
The center of the complex built in 1986, which is second only to the Louvre and the Pompidou Center in terms of attendance, is the Museum of Science and Industry. Its permanent exhibition is called Explore and includes exhibits on the universe, the structure of the human body, means of communication, mathematics, energy, and automobile construction. Many of the exhibits are interactive.
On the grounds of La Villette are:
Address: 30 Avenue Corentin Cariou. The nearest metro station: Porte de la Villette.
Opening hours: open daily except Monday, from 10:00 to 18:00 (19:00). La Géode spherical movie theater - from 10:30 to 20:30.
Ticket price: admission to the museum OR the La Géode cinema is €9 for visitors aged 2-25, €12 for adults. A single ticket to both can be purchased for €16.
One of the largest zoos in the world underwent an expensive reconstruction and was reopened to the public in 2014. Animals can be seen here in their natural environment: conditions close to the African savannah, European forests, tropical jungles, pampas, etc. have been recreated. Thanks to comfortable living conditions, even those animals that are reluctant to breed in captivity regularly bear offspring.
The zoo has the endangered Saharan oryx and Grevy's zebra. Among the more familiar ones there are lemurs, anteaters, wolves, lions, giraffes, penguins, sea lions - representatives of about 1,000 species.
Visitors are delighted by the artificial rock, which rises to 65 meters. On its top there is a viewing platform, and on the slopes there are animals grazing whose natural habitat is the mountains.
Address: 53 Avenue de Saint-Maurice. The nearest metro stations are Porte Dorée and Saint-Mandé.
Opening hours: from 9:30 (10:00) to 17:00 (20:30), depending on the season. Closed on Tuesdays from October 28 to March 24, otherwise open daily.
Ticket price: €14 for children 3-11 years old, €16.5 for youth 12-25 years old, €22 for adults.
On 5 hectares there are 1:30 scale copies of sights and settlements of France. There is a Roman amphitheater in Provence, Notre Dame Cathedral in Lourdes, the Eiffel Tower, the Palace of Versailles, the castles of Chambord and Chenonceau, cities with tiny cars and pedestrians moving along the streets, rivers with ships, airport with airplanes. The exhibits are distributed throughout the park according to their real geographical location.
There are also free attractions for children: a driving range, toboggan rides, a climbing wall, merry-go-rounds and trampolines. You can also compete with your peers in the game "Fort Boyarde", try to pull the sword Escalibur out of the stone, take part in excavations or learn rock painting.
Address: Boulevard André Malraux, Elancourt (25 kilometers from Paris). From the capital's stations La Defense and Paris Montparnasse there are trains to La Verriere station, from where you will be taken to the park by bus number 411.
Opening hours: from March 31 to November 4, daily in summer, other times according to the schedule, which you can see on the website. Time: from 10:00 to 17:00 (19:00), depending on the season.
Ticket price: €14-15 for children, €20-21 for adults, depending on the season.
Of course, we have not listed all the options that will be of interest to young explorers of Paris. During the rain, for example, you can pass the time at the Grévin Museum (10 Boulevard Montmartre), the Museum of Magic (11 Rue Saint-Paul) or the Chocolate Museum (28 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle).
If your child has a passion for science, take them to the Palace of Discovery (Avenue Franklin-D.-Roosevelt), where complex laws and phenomena are explained in a playful way. And those who dream of airplanes will appreciate the Museum of Aviation and Astronautics at Paris-Le Bourget Airport. We also recommend taking a children's tour of the Musée d'Orsay - the best way to familiarize children from 6 to 14 years old with the works of the best representatives of Impressionism.
If your child loves animals, besides the zoo, you should visit the safari park in Thoiry (Rue du Pavillon de Montreuil) or Georges Ville's farm in Paris (1 Route du Pesage). At the farm, a city child can experience the atmosphere of village life: milk a cow, make butter from cream by hand, learn how to spin or harvest from a bed.
There are good children's playgrounds with amusement rides in the Bois de Boulogne (quite safe during the day) and the Luxembourg Gardens.
Here are a few parent-recommended places where you'll find kid-friendly menus, high chairs, play areas and summer playgrounds:
