Parisians shop for dinner at the market, and kids are welcome to tag along. Neighborhood markets set up their stalls a few mornings a week, while indoor food halls and chocolate tastings cover the rainy days. Kids can pick the fruit, watch a chocolatier at work or wander alleys of vintage stalls. Here's what we checked, from Marché d'Aligre to the Saint-Ouen flea market.
Marché d'Aligre is a street market along rue d'Aligre, with food stalls lining both sides. In the middle, on place d'Aligre, sits Marché Beauvau, a covered market hall built in 1843 and listed as a historic monument.
Kids can help pick fruit and vegetables at the stalls, then peek inside the old hall.
Marché Bastille is an open-air street market that runs along Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, from rue Amelot to rue Saint-Sabin, a short walk from Place de la Bastille. Stalls of fruit, vegetables and other fresh food line the route, so kids can walk the aisles, point out what they want to try and help pick lunch.
It suits an unhurried morning walk with a stroller and a shopping bag.
The Puces de Saint-Ouen is the world's largest cluster of antique and secondhand dealers, spread over seven hectares just past the northern edge of Paris. Eleven covered markets, among them Vernaison, Paul Bert Serpette and Dauphine, sit alongside five shopping streets and sidewalk stalls. Kids who like a treasure hunt can wander narrow alleys packed with old furniture, paintings, crystal and vintage clothes.
The food hall of Le Bon Marché department store, stocked with groceries from France and around the world. Kids can browse shelves of chocolate, a pastry counter, a blue-tiled fish counter, and stacks of fruit and miniature vegetables.
It is a shop, not a play space, so it suits kids who like looking at food more than running around.
Choco-Story tells 4,000 years of cocoa history, from the Maya to the modern chocolate bar, through a collection of about a thousand objects in three sections.
A chocolatier makes chocolate live in front of visitors, and the tastings along the route are all you can eat. Kids under 12 follow the tour with a game booklet, and the chocolate art area includes a 3-meter sculpture made from 200kg of chocolate.
Parisians shop for dinner at the market, and kids are welcome to tag along. Neighborhood markets set up their stalls a few mornings a week, while indoor food halls and chocolate tastings cover the rainy days. Kids can pick the fruit, watch a chocolatier at work or wander alleys of vintage stalls. Here's what we checked, from Marché d'Aligre to the Saint-Ouen flea market.
Marché d'Aligre is a street market along rue d'Aligre, with food stalls lining both sides. In the middle, on place d'Aligre, sits Marché Beauvau, a covered market hall built in 1843 and listed as a historic monument.
Kids can help pick fruit and vegetables at the stalls, then peek inside the old hall.
Marché Bastille is an open-air street market that runs along Boulevard Richard-Lenoir, from rue Amelot to rue Saint-Sabin, a short walk from Place de la Bastille. Stalls of fruit, vegetables and other fresh food line the route, so kids can walk the aisles, point out what they want to try and help pick lunch.
It suits an unhurried morning walk with a stroller and a shopping bag.
The Puces de Saint-Ouen is the world's largest cluster of antique and secondhand dealers, spread over seven hectares just past the northern edge of Paris. Eleven covered markets, among them Vernaison, Paul Bert Serpette and Dauphine, sit alongside five shopping streets and sidewalk stalls. Kids who like a treasure hunt can wander narrow alleys packed with old furniture, paintings, crystal and vintage clothes.
The food hall of Le Bon Marché department store, stocked with groceries from France and around the world. Kids can browse shelves of chocolate, a pastry counter, a blue-tiled fish counter, and stacks of fruit and miniature vegetables.
It is a shop, not a play space, so it suits kids who like looking at food more than running around.
Choco-Story tells 4,000 years of cocoa history, from the Maya to the modern chocolate bar, through a collection of about a thousand objects in three sections.
A chocolatier makes chocolate live in front of visitors, and the tastings along the route are all you can eat. Kids under 12 follow the tour with a game booklet, and the chocolate art area includes a 3-meter sculpture made from 200kg of chocolate.
