For some leisurely browsing, head to La REcyclerie, Ground Control or Comptoir Général, three trendy yet family-friendly crossover venues where you will find eating areas, secondhand or vintage objects and clothes, exhibitions, DIY workshops, plays, concerts and children’s activities.įood and entertainment are on the menu of the River Café at weekends.
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There are also creative workshops for children every Sunday afternoon, such as how to make a dragon’s egg, a cat mask or a Snow Queen crown.įor Asian food fans, a good option is Chez Hé, where parents can enjoy a meal in the restaurant section while keeping an eye via monitors on the kids playing in the basement room filled with games. On the Île de la Jatte, Café La Jatte is the perfect place to enjoy classic Italian dishes in an amazing location, with a fake dinosaur skeleton providing added interest. What if it’s raining and your children insist on going out? Paris has any number of family-friendly places to explore, whatever the weather! There are lots of good places to have lunch with the kids, starting with Casa Luca, which serves a delicious Italian brunch, and the Atelier des P’tits Chefs, where children learn how to make tasty pizzas. Treat yourself to delicious Oriental pastries while sipping mint tea in the Moorish interior of the tea room while you wait for the rain to stop – or why not go one step further and pamper yourself in the hammam, or Turkish bath (women only). In the Latin Quarter, the Grande Mosquée de Paris is a peaceful haven amid the city’s bustle. Further east, Pavillon Puebla’s wooden terrace with ethnic decor is a cosy spot from which to watch the drizzle. Or you could go slightly off the beaten track and sink into a comfortable chair at the glass-ceilinged restaurant L’Île in Issy-les-Moulineaux to gaze out at the view of the Île Saint Germain island. For starters, there’s Le Très Particulier, tucked away amid leafy greenery in the heart of Montmartre, or, a short way away, the terrace of Terrass’ Hotel, with its famed view over all of Paris. If it’s raining but you’d still like to be sitting out on a terrace, no problem – there are covered terraces to be found in many parts of Paris. A white sand beach, wicker chairs and traditional Seychelles delicacies to feast on: it’s as good as being there! For a French summer holiday atmosphere complete with Pastis, a charcuterie platter and a game of boules, head to one of the three Chez Bouboule restaurants, open every day except Sunday. After your exertion, you can chill out at Coco de Mer, the restaurant with a feel of the Seychelles. If you feel like a trip to the beach, that’s possible too, at Sandfabrik – a great place to enjoy a game of beach volleyball, beach rugby and other beach sports, with your feet in the sand and not a single drop of rain. Another way to stay dry is to visit the tropical aquarium in the Palais de la Porte Dorée and spend time admiring the fascinating collection of 5,000 animals including primitive fish, ‘electric’ fish, sharks, piranhas and crocodiles. And for an all-inclusive experience, head to the huge glass-ceilinged Grande Galerie de l’Evolution, where you can observe a variety of very lifelike stuffed animals and their natural habitats. From palm trees to exotic birds, everything in here is guaranteed to give you a real change of scene! Inside the greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes in southern Paris, you can wander among creepers, banana trees, ferns and orchids, imagine yourself transported to the heat of the American desert, and explore New Caledonia’s amazing plant life. It feels like the Tropics inside the greenhouse of the gardens of Auteil, where the atmosphere is kept hot and humid all year round to benefit the 6,000 plant species growing here.
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