• Lawns are off-limits, so picnic on the free green metal chairs or the benches instead
• No bikes or scooters inside the gates; racks wait outside the entrances
• Hours follow the daylight, with gates opening 7:30-8:15am and closing between 4:30pm in winter and 9:30pm in late June

The Senate's garden mixes formal French lawns with wooded English-style paths around the Grand Bassin, where kids rent toy sailboats and push them across the pond.

Elsewhere there are pony rides, a carousel, a puppet theater, a playground, swings and sandpits. Older kids can shoot hoops or play table tennis and chess, and 102 statues and the Medici Fountain line the walks.