Tag Archives: For Kids Activities

Jardins du Palais Royal

By Jessica Cherry | Published: September 11, 2011
I managed to spend almost a year hearing and reading about the seemingly mythical Jardins du Palais Royal. Yet I was continually unable to find an entrance. Every time I walked down to the Place Colette, I was faced by the beautiful Théâtre du Palais Royal, with its colourful, stripy awnings, but there were no [...]
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Quartier d’Été–Paris Summer Celebrations

By Kacee Taylor | Published: July 25, 2011
For four weeks during the summer, the streets of Paris, especially in the Latin Quarter, are transformed into huge, artistic performing areas. With most local Parisians away on vacation, visitors get to reap the benefits of these talented expressions ranging from jazz and classical concerts, operas, films, dance, theater, to various acrobatic and circus performances.  [...]
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La Fête Foraine du Jardin des Tuileries

By Kacee Taylor | Published: July 21, 2011
If you have wandered near the Louvre or Jardin des Tuileries lately, you will notice an exciting addition on the rue du Rivoli wing, and a rather large one at that! La Fête Foraine is the temporary summer carnival implanted by le mairie of Paris for those looking for an entertaining night out with the [...]
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Best Summer Events In Paris

By Kacee Taylor | Published: July 14, 2011
Paris has a full menu of events for summer, from its Paris Jazz Festival in Parc Floral, to scattered brocante fairs for treasure hunters seeking antique Christofle silver and oil paintings. On the first Sunday of each month the national museums are free and every Sunday bicycle riders can freely experience riding by the Seine in a [...]
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Sundays in Paris: ‘Paris Respire’

By Lauren Robinson | Published: July 14, 2011
In Paris, Sunday is a day when the office is left behind and family is the main focus. After the habitual grasse matinée, or ‘fat morning’ in English, the city has little to offer in terms of activities, seeing as France retains a traditional view with regards to Sunday, meaning that very few establishments remain [...]
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Bastille Day (July 14th)

By David Dadoun | Published: July 11, 2011
  Photograph by Hélène Loiré: http://aparisouailleurs.canalblog.com/ Celebrations for Le Quartorze de Juillet (14th of July), also commonly known as Bastille Day or La Fête Nationale, mark one of the major party events in Paris for the year.  It commemorates the storming of the Bastille prison and the French revolt against Louis XVI and the French [...]
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