Eight to twelve is when a summer camp can be about one thing your kid picks: football, riding, theater, art, or a first week away from home. These are the day camps and overnight stays we've checked for this age band, with the dates, prices and camp language laid out so you can book before the popular weeks fill.
A school-holiday riding course at the pony club of L'Étrier de Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne. Days mix several riding disciplines with theory, on a herd of Shetlands and larger double ponies.
The course is open to kids from outside the club as well as members, so a child can spend a week on ponies without signing up for a full year of lessons.
A roaming cooking week from a local nonprofit. Kids cook in the morning at one neighborhood spot (a community café, a vegetable garden, a bulk grocery, a pastry shop), go behind the scenes, eat what they made, then cook somewhere else in the afternoon. All recipes are vegetarian, and some come home. Friday ends with a mini-chef contest using the week's recipes. Suits curious kids who like moving around.
An English-immersion day camp at École Jeannine Manuel, the bilingual school in the 15th. Kids rotate through art, theater, music and sports, and the older groups add coding, robotics, a makers' lab and hands-on science. Each summer follows one storyline, from outer space to dinosaurs, and ends with a show and a science fair. Any level of English works, and kids from any school can join.
Rock U. puts kids into small rock bands for the week. Each band learns a set of songs together, and the days also bring music videos, band poster design, songwriting, mini-workshops and musical games. The week ends with a live show for friends and family.
Every instrument and ability level is welcome. Sessions run in English, and all the instructors also speak French, so kids still learning English keep up.
A sleepaway camp in the English-style park of the Château de Saint-Fargeau in Burgundy, with ponies, woods and a big pond on site. Three times a day kids pick an activity, from riding and canoeing to baseball, cooking, dance and theater. English runs through it as games with English-speaking counselors rather than lessons, so it suits active kids more than ones who want real language study.
A hands-on science day camp run by Les Savants Fous in their own lab in the 16th arrondissement. Each session centers on one theme, and past ones have included building a boat or mini submarine, making a radio, flying drones and looking at hair and leaves under a microscope. Kids often take home what they build. It suits curious kids who would rather do an experiment than hear about one.
A hands-on science day camp where each kid runs their own experiments instead of watching a demo. Every day brings a different mix of chemistry, physics, biology and electronics, and kids build something to take home, like a working electrical circuit.
Groups are about a dozen kids, led by science students, teachers and qualified youth leaders. It suits curious kids who already read well, and it is led in French.
A week of football run by Paris Saint-Germain Academy at the UrbanSoccer center in Puteaux, on indoor and outdoor five-a-side pitches. Mornings are technical drills, afternoons tactics and matches, with PSG-trained coaches who test each child during the week and give progress tips at the end. Quiet breaks bring badminton, Mölkky and football quizzes. Best for kids who already love the game and want a full day of it.
A bilingual day camp at ICS Paris, an international school in the 15th, run with the Academic Learning Center New York. The 2026 edition took kids around the world without leaving Paris: creative workshops, science experiments, art, filmmaking, outdoor play and team games, adapted to each age group.
It suits kids picking up English as well as those already fluent. Kids bring a packed lunch from home.
A forest-school style summer camp run in English, with bilingual English-French guides. Kids spend the day outdoors in the woods: collaborative games, seasonal crafts, storytelling, caring for farm animals and quiet time under the trees. Each week follows its own theme, from water and food to sky and earth, and includes a field trip by public transport to a farm, park or nature reserve. Suits kids happy to get muddy.
A holiday camp at L'École Koenig, a music school in the 15th arrondissement. Kids spend the week singing, playing instruments and acting on theater projects, and finish with a show they put together themselves. Sessions run in both French and English, so it suits bilingual kids. Siblings and best friends can go together. It suits kids drawn to the stage more than those after sports.
Summer Fun Weeks at the Kids&Us school in Rueil-Malmaison keep kids speaking English through the holidays, in small groups by age. Each week has one theme and a story that ties it together: songs, theater, story time, crafts, running games and a themed workbook.
On full days, afternoons go to a partner activity such as sport, LEGO building or science, sometimes led in French. Kids don't need to be Kids&Us students.
A holiday camp run by Judo J2A, a neighborhood judo club in the 15th. Mornings are judo on the mats, with kids split into a younger and an older group that swap activities at midday. Afternoons move to the park for sports and big team games such as treasure hunts and Koh Lanta-style challenges. An afternoon snack is included; kids bring their own lunch and a water bottle.
Magic Makers runs week-long coding courses in the school holidays at its centers around Paris, with an online option. Kids pick one theme, from Minecraft and Roblox game design to Python, web pages, robots and AI, and build their own projects in small groups. Sessions are half days, so the course fits around a morning or afternoon of something else. Led in French; the intro courses need no coding experience.
A half-day performing arts week held inside a working theater in Paris's 11th arrondissement. Kids choose one of two tracks: musical theater, mixing singing, dance and acting around songs the team picks, or theater and hip-hop, building characters and short scenes alongside street dance. The small troupe switches discipline every 45 minutes to an hour and puts on a short show for parents on the last day.
Sailing on the Lac d'Enghien, a lake in the middle of Enghien-les-Bains, about 25 minutes from Paris. Kids spend the session on the water with the Société Nautique d'Enghien, a club whose base sits on an island and is reached by rowboat. The club's fleet runs from Optimist dinghies to catamarans, and it also has a rowing section. A good fit for a first taste of sailing.
An English-language sleepaway camp at a château in the Mayenne countryside, run by a French and British team. Mornings are three hours of English with mostly native-speaker teachers, through workshops, role play and grammar. Afternoons are activities: archery, fencing, climbing, zip-lining, swimming and team sports, or tennis with a British coach. Evenings bring games and parties. Suits kids ready for a week away from home.
A summer week on the campus of an English-language school inside the Forêt de Marly, west of Paris. Days run mostly outdoors: forest exploration, creative activities, time in the school's indoor pool, and quieter hours in the shade of the trees.
Camp is led in English and open to any child, not just Forest pupils. It suits kids who are happy to be outside all day.
A themed week for English-speaking kids at a school in the Latin Quarter. Mornings go to phonics, storytelling, reading and writing; afternoons turn to drama and art, with science, games and sport mixed in. Past themes include Fantasy Worlds, Countries and Famous People. There are occasional field trips, such as to the American Library, and the week often ends with a show (no parents allowed).
Hands-on tech workshops at a makerspace near Place d'Italie, run by Les Ingéniaux. Kids build and program Lego robots, design and 3D-print their own models, code games in Scratch or Python, and try woodwork and soldering with real tools.
Each stage is a short themed project for one age band, so beginners and kids who already code both find a level. Led in French.
Tech Kids Academy runs week-long holiday workshops at its own academy near Place Breteuil. Each stage has one theme: coding a video game in Scratch, Python or Godot, building and programming Lego or Micro:bit robots, or pixel art and 3D modeling in Blender. Groups are capped at 12 kids per instructor, every child gets a computer, and each kid goes home with a finished game or project. Led in French.
Tech Kids Academy runs week-long holiday workshops at its academy in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, across from the château park, steps from the RER A. Each stage has one theme: coding a video game in Scratch, Python or Godot, building and programming Lego or Micro:bit robots, or pixel art and 3D modeling. Groups are capped at 12 kids per instructor, and each kid goes home with a finished project. Led in French.
Hands-on science courses at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, the science museum in La Villette. Each course takes one theme, such as coding, 3D printing, volcanoes, dinosaurs or robots, and a specialist guide runs it through experiments. Most kids make something, by hand or on screen. Courses run from half a day to a few days, so they suit a short science break, not a full week.
Summer acting workshops at Cours Florent, the Paris drama school founded in 1967, on its campus in the 19th arrondissement. Younger kids learn the basics of acting and build a short show they perform for family at the end. Teens pick a track: theater, film acting, improv or public speaking. No experience needed. Led in French, so it suits kids who follow French comfortably.
School-holiday climbing courses at Arkose, a chain of indoor climbing gyms (they call them lofts) across Paris and its inner suburbs. Kids climb in small groups with state-certified instructors: playful games for the youngest, then real technique and harder routes as they get older. Sessions run one hour, 90 minutes or a full day, so it works as a one-off taster or a longer push to improve.
A multisport day camp run by Paris Université Club, the sports club founded in 1906 at Stade Charléty. Kids rotate through two sports each morning and two each afternoon, from football, rugby and ultimate to archery, boxing and parkour. Younger kids get circus, gymnastics and mini-tennis; older ones add fencing, squash and badminton. There is a forest outing every Thursday. Led in French.
Paris Sport Vacances is the City of Paris holiday sports program: week-long courses in city gyms and sports grounds, each led by qualified coaches. Kids sign up for one discipline, from judo, archery and badminton to rugby, basketball, athletics and circus. Some courses pair the sport with a cultural workshop at a partner venue, such as making a radio show after a morning of badminton.
A week of hands-on science inside one of Paris's engineering schools. Small groups build and test projects, from spaghetti towers and egg-drop parachutes to a prototype of their own invention, three activities a day, coached by engineering students. The week includes a tour of the school and ends with a graduation snack with parents. Led in French, so it suits kids comfortable following instructions in French.
A short first taste of sleepaway camp for kids who have never spent nights away from home. At the UCPA sports village in Pontoise, on a private wooded park outside Paris, kids boulder, tackle a treetop ropes course, go swimming, play team games and spikeball, follow a treasure hunt and make cartoons, with an evening activity each night. Led in French.
A week of tennis at UCPA's sports village in Bois-le-Roi, on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest about an hour south of Paris. Kids play every day on indoor and outdoor courts, mixing drills, matches, friendly tournaments and challenges with the coaches, with serve speed clocked by radar. Evenings bring games, crafts and a party on the last night. Open to beginners and stronger players alike, led in French.
A nature sleepaway built around one big project: a real cabin in the woods, put together without nails or screws. Kids learn sturdy knots, how to handle a folding knife, how to light a fire with a firesteel and how to find their way with a map and compass. Near the end they sleep a night in the cabin, or in a tent. Phones stay home.
Mornings are two hours of English in groups of four to six, taught by native speakers through role play and games, with kids grouped by level. Afternoons are tennis or golf coaching in equally small groups, on indoor and outdoor courts. Then come the leisure sports: trampolines, bouncy castles, a mini zip line, table tennis and basketball. Minivans pick kids up at home in Paris and the west suburbs.
Paris Université Club, a multisport club founded in 1906, runs this week-long tennis camp on courts in the south of Paris. Kids work on every stroke in the game, and since groups are set by level, it works for a beginner and for a kid who already plays. A tennis-plus-multisports option mixes in other sports for kids who want variety.
Club Aladin is a French nonprofit that runs colonies de vacances (sleepaway camps) at its own centers in the south of France, with departures from Paris. Each stay has a theme: treasure hunts and sand yachting by the sea at Leucate, or fossil digs, pony riding and cabin building at Le Hameau de Moulès, a restored 19th-century hamlet in Aveyron. Stays are led in French.
A holiday club run by Living School, a bilingual school near Buttes-Chaumont. Each week has its own theme, from bees and trees to shadow puppets, space or zero waste, chosen by the teachers. Kids do crafts, singing, dance, cooking and theater, play in Buttes-Chaumont park every day, and go on field trips tied to the theme. Open to children from any school, led in English and French.
A French-English day camp held inside Cube Education's bilingual Montessori schools around Paris. Each week brings a new theme, with games, crafts, sport, art and small projects, and English runs through the day's activities and talk with the team.
No English is needed to join. It suits kids who want a gentle, play-first taste of immersion in small groups, not a structured language course. Each school sets its own program.
A sleepaway camp on the 50-hectare campus of École des Roches, a Normandy boarding school under two hours' drive from Paris. Kids pick one track: French lessons, intensive golf, tennis, padel, riding or electric go-karting, or an AI camp with robotics and coding. Afternoons mix cooking, arts, swimming and sport, with excursions to Paris, Versailles and Disneyland. Suits independent kids happy to share a room.
A week of tennis at Passing Club, a neighborhood club in the 20th arrondissement. Tennis comes first, with racket workshops (badminton, urban tennis, ping-pong) and a little multisport mixed in. Groups are set by age and level, so a beginner and a club player each get the right pace. Kids on the full day eat a hot lunch and an afternoon snack at the club's annex nearby.
The City of Paris's own sleepaway camps: stays at holiday centers around France, run by licensed camp organizers. The catalog lists dozens of themed trips, from horse riding and sailing to hip hop, caving, chess and magic, plus a few trips abroad for teens. Groups leave together from a Paris train station. Only families living in Paris can apply, and places go by lottery, so it rarely suits last-minute plans.
An English-immersion creative camp where teens make real work, guided by professionals from New York, LA, London and Paris. Teens pick a track: filmmaking (script, shoot, edit, screen it for parents), fashion and design (sketching, textiles, branding, a portfolio), or style (color theory, editorial makeup, personal style). A closing Red Carpet track brings film and fashion together in one production. Suits teens who want to create, not sit in class.
Eight to twelve is when a summer camp can be about one thing your kid picks: football, riding, theater, art, or a first week away from home. These are the day camps and overnight stays we've checked for this age band, with the dates, prices and camp language laid out so you can book before the popular weeks fill.
A school-holiday riding course at the pony club of L'Étrier de Paris, in the Bois de Boulogne. Days mix several riding disciplines with theory, on a herd of Shetlands and larger double ponies.
The course is open to kids from outside the club as well as members, so a child can spend a week on ponies without signing up for a full year of lessons.
A roaming cooking week from a local nonprofit. Kids cook in the morning at one neighborhood spot (a community café, a vegetable garden, a bulk grocery, a pastry shop), go behind the scenes, eat what they made, then cook somewhere else in the afternoon. All recipes are vegetarian, and some come home. Friday ends with a mini-chef contest using the week's recipes. Suits curious kids who like moving around.
An English-immersion day camp at École Jeannine Manuel, the bilingual school in the 15th. Kids rotate through art, theater, music and sports, and the older groups add coding, robotics, a makers' lab and hands-on science. Each summer follows one storyline, from outer space to dinosaurs, and ends with a show and a science fair. Any level of English works, and kids from any school can join.
Rock U. puts kids into small rock bands for the week. Each band learns a set of songs together, and the days also bring music videos, band poster design, songwriting, mini-workshops and musical games. The week ends with a live show for friends and family.
Every instrument and ability level is welcome. Sessions run in English, and all the instructors also speak French, so kids still learning English keep up.
A sleepaway camp in the English-style park of the Château de Saint-Fargeau in Burgundy, with ponies, woods and a big pond on site. Three times a day kids pick an activity, from riding and canoeing to baseball, cooking, dance and theater. English runs through it as games with English-speaking counselors rather than lessons, so it suits active kids more than ones who want real language study.
A hands-on science day camp run by Les Savants Fous in their own lab in the 16th arrondissement. Each session centers on one theme, and past ones have included building a boat or mini submarine, making a radio, flying drones and looking at hair and leaves under a microscope. Kids often take home what they build. It suits curious kids who would rather do an experiment than hear about one.
A hands-on science day camp where each kid runs their own experiments instead of watching a demo. Every day brings a different mix of chemistry, physics, biology and electronics, and kids build something to take home, like a working electrical circuit.
Groups are about a dozen kids, led by science students, teachers and qualified youth leaders. It suits curious kids who already read well, and it is led in French.
A week of football run by Paris Saint-Germain Academy at the UrbanSoccer center in Puteaux, on indoor and outdoor five-a-side pitches. Mornings are technical drills, afternoons tactics and matches, with PSG-trained coaches who test each child during the week and give progress tips at the end. Quiet breaks bring badminton, Mölkky and football quizzes. Best for kids who already love the game and want a full day of it.
A bilingual day camp at ICS Paris, an international school in the 15th, run with the Academic Learning Center New York. The 2026 edition took kids around the world without leaving Paris: creative workshops, science experiments, art, filmmaking, outdoor play and team games, adapted to each age group.
It suits kids picking up English as well as those already fluent. Kids bring a packed lunch from home.
A forest-school style summer camp run in English, with bilingual English-French guides. Kids spend the day outdoors in the woods: collaborative games, seasonal crafts, storytelling, caring for farm animals and quiet time under the trees. Each week follows its own theme, from water and food to sky and earth, and includes a field trip by public transport to a farm, park or nature reserve. Suits kids happy to get muddy.
A holiday camp at L'École Koenig, a music school in the 15th arrondissement. Kids spend the week singing, playing instruments and acting on theater projects, and finish with a show they put together themselves. Sessions run in both French and English, so it suits bilingual kids. Siblings and best friends can go together. It suits kids drawn to the stage more than those after sports.
Summer Fun Weeks at the Kids&Us school in Rueil-Malmaison keep kids speaking English through the holidays, in small groups by age. Each week has one theme and a story that ties it together: songs, theater, story time, crafts, running games and a themed workbook.
On full days, afternoons go to a partner activity such as sport, LEGO building or science, sometimes led in French. Kids don't need to be Kids&Us students.
A holiday camp run by Judo J2A, a neighborhood judo club in the 15th. Mornings are judo on the mats, with kids split into a younger and an older group that swap activities at midday. Afternoons move to the park for sports and big team games such as treasure hunts and Koh Lanta-style challenges. An afternoon snack is included; kids bring their own lunch and a water bottle.
Magic Makers runs week-long coding courses in the school holidays at its centers around Paris, with an online option. Kids pick one theme, from Minecraft and Roblox game design to Python, web pages, robots and AI, and build their own projects in small groups. Sessions are half days, so the course fits around a morning or afternoon of something else. Led in French; the intro courses need no coding experience.
A half-day performing arts week held inside a working theater in Paris's 11th arrondissement. Kids choose one of two tracks: musical theater, mixing singing, dance and acting around songs the team picks, or theater and hip-hop, building characters and short scenes alongside street dance. The small troupe switches discipline every 45 minutes to an hour and puts on a short show for parents on the last day.
Sailing on the Lac d'Enghien, a lake in the middle of Enghien-les-Bains, about 25 minutes from Paris. Kids spend the session on the water with the Société Nautique d'Enghien, a club whose base sits on an island and is reached by rowboat. The club's fleet runs from Optimist dinghies to catamarans, and it also has a rowing section. A good fit for a first taste of sailing.
An English-language sleepaway camp at a château in the Mayenne countryside, run by a French and British team. Mornings are three hours of English with mostly native-speaker teachers, through workshops, role play and grammar. Afternoons are activities: archery, fencing, climbing, zip-lining, swimming and team sports, or tennis with a British coach. Evenings bring games and parties. Suits kids ready for a week away from home.
A summer week on the campus of an English-language school inside the Forêt de Marly, west of Paris. Days run mostly outdoors: forest exploration, creative activities, time in the school's indoor pool, and quieter hours in the shade of the trees.
Camp is led in English and open to any child, not just Forest pupils. It suits kids who are happy to be outside all day.
A themed week for English-speaking kids at a school in the Latin Quarter. Mornings go to phonics, storytelling, reading and writing; afternoons turn to drama and art, with science, games and sport mixed in. Past themes include Fantasy Worlds, Countries and Famous People. There are occasional field trips, such as to the American Library, and the week often ends with a show (no parents allowed).
Hands-on tech workshops at a makerspace near Place d'Italie, run by Les Ingéniaux. Kids build and program Lego robots, design and 3D-print their own models, code games in Scratch or Python, and try woodwork and soldering with real tools.
Each stage is a short themed project for one age band, so beginners and kids who already code both find a level. Led in French.
Tech Kids Academy runs week-long holiday workshops at its own academy near Place Breteuil. Each stage has one theme: coding a video game in Scratch, Python or Godot, building and programming Lego or Micro:bit robots, or pixel art and 3D modeling in Blender. Groups are capped at 12 kids per instructor, every child gets a computer, and each kid goes home with a finished game or project. Led in French.
Tech Kids Academy runs week-long holiday workshops at its academy in Saint-Germain-en-Laye, across from the château park, steps from the RER A. Each stage has one theme: coding a video game in Scratch, Python or Godot, building and programming Lego or Micro:bit robots, or pixel art and 3D modeling. Groups are capped at 12 kids per instructor, and each kid goes home with a finished project. Led in French.
Hands-on science courses at the Cité des sciences et de l'industrie, the science museum in La Villette. Each course takes one theme, such as coding, 3D printing, volcanoes, dinosaurs or robots, and a specialist guide runs it through experiments. Most kids make something, by hand or on screen. Courses run from half a day to a few days, so they suit a short science break, not a full week.
Summer acting workshops at Cours Florent, the Paris drama school founded in 1967, on its campus in the 19th arrondissement. Younger kids learn the basics of acting and build a short show they perform for family at the end. Teens pick a track: theater, film acting, improv or public speaking. No experience needed. Led in French, so it suits kids who follow French comfortably.
School-holiday climbing courses at Arkose, a chain of indoor climbing gyms (they call them lofts) across Paris and its inner suburbs. Kids climb in small groups with state-certified instructors: playful games for the youngest, then real technique and harder routes as they get older. Sessions run one hour, 90 minutes or a full day, so it works as a one-off taster or a longer push to improve.
A multisport day camp run by Paris Université Club, the sports club founded in 1906 at Stade Charléty. Kids rotate through two sports each morning and two each afternoon, from football, rugby and ultimate to archery, boxing and parkour. Younger kids get circus, gymnastics and mini-tennis; older ones add fencing, squash and badminton. There is a forest outing every Thursday. Led in French.
Paris Sport Vacances is the City of Paris holiday sports program: week-long courses in city gyms and sports grounds, each led by qualified coaches. Kids sign up for one discipline, from judo, archery and badminton to rugby, basketball, athletics and circus. Some courses pair the sport with a cultural workshop at a partner venue, such as making a radio show after a morning of badminton.
A week of hands-on science inside one of Paris's engineering schools. Small groups build and test projects, from spaghetti towers and egg-drop parachutes to a prototype of their own invention, three activities a day, coached by engineering students. The week includes a tour of the school and ends with a graduation snack with parents. Led in French, so it suits kids comfortable following instructions in French.
A short first taste of sleepaway camp for kids who have never spent nights away from home. At the UCPA sports village in Pontoise, on a private wooded park outside Paris, kids boulder, tackle a treetop ropes course, go swimming, play team games and spikeball, follow a treasure hunt and make cartoons, with an evening activity each night. Led in French.
A week of tennis at UCPA's sports village in Bois-le-Roi, on the edge of the Fontainebleau forest about an hour south of Paris. Kids play every day on indoor and outdoor courts, mixing drills, matches, friendly tournaments and challenges with the coaches, with serve speed clocked by radar. Evenings bring games, crafts and a party on the last night. Open to beginners and stronger players alike, led in French.
A nature sleepaway built around one big project: a real cabin in the woods, put together without nails or screws. Kids learn sturdy knots, how to handle a folding knife, how to light a fire with a firesteel and how to find their way with a map and compass. Near the end they sleep a night in the cabin, or in a tent. Phones stay home.
Mornings are two hours of English in groups of four to six, taught by native speakers through role play and games, with kids grouped by level. Afternoons are tennis or golf coaching in equally small groups, on indoor and outdoor courts. Then come the leisure sports: trampolines, bouncy castles, a mini zip line, table tennis and basketball. Minivans pick kids up at home in Paris and the west suburbs.
Paris Université Club, a multisport club founded in 1906, runs this week-long tennis camp on courts in the south of Paris. Kids work on every stroke in the game, and since groups are set by level, it works for a beginner and for a kid who already plays. A tennis-plus-multisports option mixes in other sports for kids who want variety.
Club Aladin is a French nonprofit that runs colonies de vacances (sleepaway camps) at its own centers in the south of France, with departures from Paris. Each stay has a theme: treasure hunts and sand yachting by the sea at Leucate, or fossil digs, pony riding and cabin building at Le Hameau de Moulès, a restored 19th-century hamlet in Aveyron. Stays are led in French.
A holiday club run by Living School, a bilingual school near Buttes-Chaumont. Each week has its own theme, from bees and trees to shadow puppets, space or zero waste, chosen by the teachers. Kids do crafts, singing, dance, cooking and theater, play in Buttes-Chaumont park every day, and go on field trips tied to the theme. Open to children from any school, led in English and French.
A French-English day camp held inside Cube Education's bilingual Montessori schools around Paris. Each week brings a new theme, with games, crafts, sport, art and small projects, and English runs through the day's activities and talk with the team.
No English is needed to join. It suits kids who want a gentle, play-first taste of immersion in small groups, not a structured language course. Each school sets its own program.
A sleepaway camp on the 50-hectare campus of École des Roches, a Normandy boarding school under two hours' drive from Paris. Kids pick one track: French lessons, intensive golf, tennis, padel, riding or electric go-karting, or an AI camp with robotics and coding. Afternoons mix cooking, arts, swimming and sport, with excursions to Paris, Versailles and Disneyland. Suits independent kids happy to share a room.
A week of tennis at Passing Club, a neighborhood club in the 20th arrondissement. Tennis comes first, with racket workshops (badminton, urban tennis, ping-pong) and a little multisport mixed in. Groups are set by age and level, so a beginner and a club player each get the right pace. Kids on the full day eat a hot lunch and an afternoon snack at the club's annex nearby.
The City of Paris's own sleepaway camps: stays at holiday centers around France, run by licensed camp organizers. The catalog lists dozens of themed trips, from horse riding and sailing to hip hop, caving, chess and magic, plus a few trips abroad for teens. Groups leave together from a Paris train station. Only families living in Paris can apply, and places go by lottery, so it rarely suits last-minute plans.
An English-immersion creative camp where teens make real work, guided by professionals from New York, LA, London and Paris. Teens pick a track: filmmaking (script, shoot, edit, screen it for parents), fashion and design (sketching, textiles, branding, a portfolio), or style (color theory, editorial makeup, personal style). A closing Red Carpet track brings film and fashion together in one production. Suits teens who want to create, not sit in class.
