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What to expect
The Luxembourg Garden, also known as Jardin du Luxembourg, is a beautiful 25-hectare park in the heart of Paris. It features formal and English gardens, over 3,000 trees, 5,000 square meters of flower beds, an orchard with over 500 old varieties of pear and apple trees, and a collection of exceptional orchids. The garden is home to 102 statues and monuments, including the famous Medici fountain. Visitors can enjoy guided tours, horticulture courses, and an apiary school. The garden also hosts exhibitions throughout the year in its Orangery, on its Grilles, and in the Davioud Pavilion. Families can enjoy the playground, pony rides, swings, tennis, and model yacht hire to sail in the large pond. There is also a restaurant, Madame's Terrace, and several kiosks selling food, drinks, and toys. The garden is accessible and has toilets and facilities for visitors
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Activities: We walked through the gardens and enjoyed the many things to do for children: eat a waffle, go on a swing, crawl around the playground or ride a pony
Highlights: We enjoyed the puppet theatre and the miniature sailing ships that the kids could pushe with a stick ✨
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Activities: We visited the Luxembourg Gardens and rented and sailed wooden toy boats on the fountain pool
Highlights: Our children enjoyed sailing their little boats and meeting other kids from around the world, and we enjoyed watching them and commiserating with other parents ✨
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Activities: We strolled in the beautiful gardens, lay down on the lawn, and the kids had fun in the playground, rode a pony, and enjoyed the puppet theatre
Highlights: The kids enjoyed the puppet theatre, the playground, and the pony ride, while the parents enjoyed the beautiful gardens ✨
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Activities: We headed to the Luxembourg Gardens to mingle with local families as the kids played with boats in the pond (available for rent for just a few Euros), take to the slides or even watch a puppet show
Highlights: Since you’ll be sharing space equally with locals, this is one of the great non-touristy things to do in Paris and one of the most fun things to do in France for kids ✨
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Activities: We strolled with statues, fountains, flowerbeds and includes the Palais de Luxembourg. How about pony rides, sandboxes, carousel, playground, mini-sailboat sailing on the pond and puppet shows for the kids?
Highlights: The kids enjoyed pony rides, sandboxes, carousel, playground, mini-sailboat sailing on the pond and puppet shows ✨