Winter stroll guide - activities

The 2025 winter Paris crossing in vintage vehicles

Vintage and automobile enthusiasts take note: the winter crossing of Paris in vintage vehicles returns on Sunday, January 12, 2025 for its 25th edition. It's the perfect opportunity to take part in this unusual and festive event organized by Vincennes en Anciennes!

The giant Christmas Market at La Défense is open! Festive entertainment and ice rink on the program

The Paris la Défense Christmas Market is back from November 14 to December 29, 2024. This year, the market expands to include some 250 wooden chalets, bringing the parvis de la Défense to life with gift ideas, gourmet stalls and entertainment galore! As an added bonus, a real ice Christmas skating rink will be set up at the foot of the arch.

Thoiry Lumières Sauvages 2024-2025: immerse yourself in the Extraordinary Voyages of Jules Verne!

Thoiry Lumières Sauvages returns from October 27, 2024 to March 2025 with a new, ever more enchanting route. This year, the largest lantern trail in the Ile-de-France region takes us on "Voyages Extraordinaires", inspired by the works of Jules Verne, to make us dream.

The Cherqui Foundation: the kinetic art museum just outside Paris!

Do you like optical and kinetic art? Head for the Fondation Cherqui, a few kilometers from Paris. This art gallery, similar in size to a museum, houses a collection of over 5,000 works by Jean Cherqui. Book your visit now!

Mille et une Orchidées 2024, the floral exhibition in the large greenhouses of the Jardin des Plantes

Here's a flower show you won't want to miss: Mille et une Orchidées returns from February 8 to March 4, 2024! Come to the Grandes Serres of the Jardin des Plantes to enjoy this magnificent floral tour.

Nuits des Étoiles d'hiver 2024: the program in Paris and the Île-de-France region

Even in winter, Parisians can enjoy the Nuits des Etoiles! Even if it's a little colder than August, there's plenty of entertainment on offer from February 9 to 11, 2024.

Rue des Bulles 2023 unveiled, magical illumination of the rue des Martyrs

From December 7 to 31, 2023, the Rue des Bulles, aka Rue des Martyrs, will unveil a mountain of balloons suspended in the air and champagne-fueled entertainment.

Christmas 2023 in Vincennes: Christmas market, skating rink, horse-drawn carriage, concerts and magical shows

Vincennes celebrates Christmas from December 8, 2023 to January 7, 2024! On the program? The traditional Christmas Market and its unique gift ideas, an ice rink to show off your best tricks, horse-drawn carriage rides and enchanted parades, and even the famous Christmas carols.

Cancellation: the skating rink perched on the roof of the Tour Montparnasse will not be returning after all

The Paris Montparnasse Observatory has announced in a press release that Paris's highest skating rink will not be returning to the top of the Tour Montparnasse after all. The statement cited "reasons beyond the control" of the Observatoire.

Anastasia, Ratatouille, the Aristochats: a walk in the footsteps of Disney cartoons in Paris

Paris is a city known throughout the world for its beauty, which is why Walt Disney and then the company chose it as the setting for many cartoons. Let's go on the tracks of Anastasia, the Hunchback of Notre-Dame or Ratatouille, through the capital!

Saint-Denis Basilica: climb up and visit the organ

How about going for an unusual tour and discover the famous Saint-Denis Basilica? On Sundays January 15 and 22, and then on February 12, 2023, you can climb it up and visit the organ whilst enjoying unobstructed views on the nave!

La Cité des Merveilles 2022: an incredible immersive experience at La Cité Fertile

An immersive experience that combines artistic wandering and raising awareness of biodiversity protection? That's what the Cité Fertile eco-responsible wasteland offers every weekend from November 26, 2022 to March 5, 2023. For more than three months, over an area of 8,000m², immerse yourself in this magnificent odyssey to discover the wonders of our planet Earth and the Living World. Rides, artistic scenography, Christmas markets, games, food court and winter bars... Don't miss the return of the Cité des Merveilles to Pantin!

Nature Illuminée, a new light festival comes to Paris

Nature Illuminée is the name of the brand-new magical experience coming in November 2021 to Paris. This light festival will take place in a still unknown place but promises a dreamy walk around lit works including an extra augmented reality treasure hunt.

Discover Paris in the footsteps of Victor Hugo

Take a stroll around Paris in the footsteps of the great French writer Victor Hugo, and discover the many places that marked his life.