The 19th has some of the biggest green space on this side of the city: steep hills to roll down, lawns along the canal and playgrounds built for climbing. These are the parks and play areas we'd point a family to when the kids need room to run, from big landscaped parks to themed playgrounds.
A giant multicolored dragon sculpture is the centerpiece of this playground in Parc de la Villette. Its tongue is a long tunnel slide, with climbing to get up to it. Under the dragon's belly, younger kids get swings and seesaws of their own.
The park's other themed gardens, big lawns and the Canal de l'Ourcq are a short walk away, so it fits easily into a longer day out.
A fenced play garden inside Parc de la Villette, designed by Isabelle Devin and Catherine Rannou and inspired by the Breton seaside. Kids pedal to spin wind turbines, push walls of movable sails and bounce across waves of air cushions, all built to train balance and coordination.
The smallest kids get their own play pieces, and loungers let parents sit close by.
Parc de la Villette covers 55 hectares along the Canal de l'Ourcq, with ten themed gardens, big lawns for running and picnics, and red folly pavilions. Kids head for the Jardin du Dragon and its tongue slide, the seaside-themed Jardin des Vents et des Dunes, and the farm with donkeys, goats, chickens and sheep. Little Villette runs free weekend play and children's shows.
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is a hilly park built on an old gypsum quarry, with a lake below steep cliffs and the Temple de la Sibylle on its rocky island.
Kids get playgrounds with sandboxes and swings, a carousel, a hook-a-duck stall and a can-toss game, plus two Guignol puppet theaters. A biodiversity trail marks 28 stops around the park, and waffle stands and cafés sit inside.
The 19th has some of the biggest green space on this side of the city: steep hills to roll down, lawns along the canal and playgrounds built for climbing. These are the parks and play areas we'd point a family to when the kids need room to run, from big landscaped parks to themed playgrounds.
A giant multicolored dragon sculpture is the centerpiece of this playground in Parc de la Villette. Its tongue is a long tunnel slide, with climbing to get up to it. Under the dragon's belly, younger kids get swings and seesaws of their own.
The park's other themed gardens, big lawns and the Canal de l'Ourcq are a short walk away, so it fits easily into a longer day out.
A fenced play garden inside Parc de la Villette, designed by Isabelle Devin and Catherine Rannou and inspired by the Breton seaside. Kids pedal to spin wind turbines, push walls of movable sails and bounce across waves of air cushions, all built to train balance and coordination.
The smallest kids get their own play pieces, and loungers let parents sit close by.
Parc de la Villette covers 55 hectares along the Canal de l'Ourcq, with ten themed gardens, big lawns for running and picnics, and red folly pavilions. Kids head for the Jardin du Dragon and its tongue slide, the seaside-themed Jardin des Vents et des Dunes, and the farm with donkeys, goats, chickens and sheep. Little Villette runs free weekend play and children's shows.
Parc des Buttes-Chaumont is a hilly park built on an old gypsum quarry, with a lake below steep cliffs and the Temple de la Sibylle on its rocky island.
Kids get playgrounds with sandboxes and swings, a carousel, a hook-a-duck stall and a can-toss game, plus two Guignol puppet theaters. A biodiversity trail marks 28 stops around the park, and waffle stands and cafés sit inside.
