Taking the kids to Paris at Easter Post Reply

[twomonkeys]

Just looking for some tips and advice as I'd love to take our two children (7&5) to Paris on Eurostar for the day/couple of days to see the sights. Possibly over Easter hols.

Anyone done this and have any good recommendations for a simple/inexpensive hotel in a good, safe, family area?

What is best to see, places to go, ways to get around, trips to try and fit in.

Any advice gratefully received!

thank you

[windmill26]

Hi,we have been to Paris a few times and we always stay at the Holiday Inn Express Paris - Canal de la Villette.The hotel is clean and modern with a great buffet breakfast included.The hotel is a few metro stop from Gare du Nord (I think you have to change once). Close by you have Avenue de Flandre with a couple of supermarkets for drinks and snacks,Casino and Monoprix .The closest metro stops are Crimee ,Riquet and Stalingrad .Quite close to the Hotel there is Park de la Villette with a great playgrounds and 10 different themed gardens and the Science Museum.If you want to take the kids to Disneyland that can be done as a day trip,door to door from the hotel is about 50 minutes. If you are happy to have a quick bite to eat for lunch I would recommend having a look at the boulangeries or monop' daily .Monop daily are dotted all over Paris,they are part of Monoprix and they are the equivalent of a Sainsburys Local with tables and seats plus a counter where you can order hot drinks.Enjoy your trip! Paris is a lovely city.

[supergirl]

Comparing Monoprix and Sainsbury

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[windmill26]

Comparing Monoprix and Sainsbury

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I don't understand what you mean.I mentioned Sainsburys Local so twomonkeys can picture what Monop Daily looks like and what they are all about.Instead of replying with a sarcastic comment to my post you could have given twomonkeys a few tips on Paris.Would you also like to poo poo my choice of hotel while you are at it?

[supergirl]

Well i apologise if i have hurt your feelings - but it does not even compare or look a like. M & S is more like it.

Your choice of location is great. Nothing to add on that hence me not commenting.

To the OP - all i would say is going for 1 day with the age of your children will be very tiring so not quite enjoyable better to go for 2 nights so you have a full day.

[windmill26]

Well i apologise if i have hurt your feelings - but it does not even compare or look a like. M & S is more like it.

Your choice of location is great. Nothing to add on that hence me not commenting.

To the OP - all i would say is going for 1 day with the age of your children will be very tiring so not quite enjoyable better to go for 2 nights so you have a full day.

You didn't hurt my feelings but you annoyed me with your silly remark. I was not comparing anything.I mentioned sainsburys local to explain the concept. I guess if I said M&S or Waitrose you wouldn't have felt the urge to reply. Twomonkeys, I would recommend to go for 2/3 days minimum. Paris can be done cheaply if you organise yourself properly.

[twomonkeys]

Thanks to you both for taking time to reply, I really appreciate it.

Any additional ideas very welcome x

[Battersea Mummy]

We took our two children last year to Paris over the Easter hols. We stayed at the Hotel Gustave which is close to the Eiffel Tower, it's reasonably priced for Paris, gets great reviews on TripAdvisor and the hotel has interconnecting rooms which was a must for us and hard to find. Also, the kids loved being able to see the Eiffel Tower as soon as we stepped out of the hotel.

We stayed for three nights, which I think was the right amount of time. With young children I think it's best just to plan to do one main thing per day as a city break is really tiring for them, if you achieve more it's a bonus! The main things we did was going up the Eiffel Tower which basically takes half a day with all the queuing, a boat trip along the Seine, lots of wandering around and on the last day we went up to the Sacre Coeur as that's fairly close to the Gare du Nord for catching the train back home.

Enjoy, my kids loved their first city break in Paris and has resulted in us planning another one to Barcelona this Easter.