Customized Tours for Families

Paris for Kids

So you're coming to Paris with the kids, and you're wondering how you're going to find fun in the City of Light? Have no fear: French Links Tours has designed special introductory programs for families that include not just visits to the Eiffel Tower, the Orsay Museum and the Louvre, as well as to the city's major mouments, but also visits to the Chocolate Museum, the Catacombs, the Sewer Museum and the hands-on Science Museum with its outstanding planetarium and activities specially-geared to children ages three to twelve. Or perhaps they'll want to see the Medieval Fortress at Vincennes, or the awesome acquarium Cinéaqua at the Trocadéro.

We organize exclusive tours which will allow your family to discover parts of Paris not normally open to the public. Our 'Behind the Scenes' tour of the Eiffel Tower allows you into the underground bunker, the machine room and many other secret offices; our Backstage tour of the Lido, permits you to discover the sets, costumes and machinery of one of the greatest floor shows in the world. Our cooking classes and chocolate classes give the entire family a chance to make chocolate truffles, macarons, as well as cupcakes and even birthday cakes!

Outside of Paris, the kids can visit Versailles and the Domain of Marie Antoinette, as well as Vaux-le-Vicomte, where they can try on period costumes while they visit one of the most beautiful chateaux in France. Or they can enjoy a VIP tour at Disneyland Paris which allows priority access to the park. This program can be enhanced by a shopping trip to La Vallée Village which has the greatest selection of discount designer labels in France. If they wish to step back in time, they can visit Provins, the only walled Medieval town in northern France, where falconry and archery competitions are still maintained.

Come summer, we have a selection of seasonal family fun, including amusement parks and carnivals, bicycle and Segway tours, as well as swimming and boating activities.

Have concerns about eating and drinking? French Links Tours has scoped out restaurants that are inexpensive and entertaining, yet give kids a chance to discover French food at its best. Homesick for an ice-cream sundae or a muffin or a swimming pool/health club where kids can let off steam? French Links Tours has those answers as well.

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Paris For Families Tours

If you are a family traveling on a tight time schedule, you will want to take advantage of French Links Tours customized luxury sightseeing tour: this includes the hire of an air-conditioned roomy minivan for up to eight people, tour of Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Conciergerie Prison of the French Revolution with Marie-Antoinette's jail cell, Montmartre and the Sacre Coeur Basilica, the Marais and its splendid Place des Vosges, and a tour of Versailles and its gardens, including the Château's State Apartments and the Little Trianon. Yes, there's even time for lunch in one of the city's excellent brasseries where you can order real onion soup, Croque-Monsieurs, and French-style "hot dogs." Or we'll show you one of the city's finest creperies with main-course buckwheat crepes and dessert crepes with hot fudge sauce and vanilla ice-cream!

For the sport-loving family, there is the possibility of taking a truly exclusive day out to the courts of the French Open tennis tournament, where we will give you the chance to walk in the footsteps of Federer, Nadal and Roddick, including the courts, locker rooms and press rooms. Or if rugby and soccer are more your style, then perhaps a full tour of the Stade de France is what you might prefer. We will show you the very spot where the top players have both scored big and lost touch with the game...

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Customized Family Programs in Normandy, the Loire Valley, Provence, the French Riviera

Part of the joys of visiting France is being able to discover its gloriously different regions, and each of these, has a multitude of family-oriented activities. Whether it's for a day or for a week, French Links Tours can customize your travel program so that it includes a blend of food and fun, sports and culture, as well as interactive activities that engage the entire family. From the D-Day Beaches to the castles of the Loire Valley to the mansions of the French Riviera, or the lavender fields and oil mills of Provence, there is something for everyone to enjoy and remember.

Paris Mother-Daughter Tours

Remember when you had your first shopping spree and hot chocolate with Mommy? Well, French Links Tours' Rachel Kaplan does remember and that's why she created one of her most popular tours for mothers and daughters of all ages. Whether it's discovering the history of Paris, shopping for the latest fashions, relaxing at a spa, or savoring pastries at La Durée or hot chocolate at Angelina's, we know what it takes to make our mother-daughter tours unforgettable. Some of our favorite programs include learning to make chocolate macarons, creating your own personal fragrance, shopping for ballet clothes at Repetto and party dresses at Bon Point, getting orchestra seats for the ballet. Since each tour is customized, you can organize your visit for the day, the weekend or the week, depending on your schedule.

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