One Week Paris Itinerary with Teens & Grandparents
This one week Paris itinerary includes all of the activities and excursions from our trip. As described in the Trip Overview post, my in-laws planned this trip for themselves and their four teen-aged grandchildren. Due to the unfortunate events on Day 2, it turned into more of a cousins trip with parents. Despite this, we definitely benefitted from my in-laws’ awesome planning!
Day 1: Arrival Day
Settled into the hotel and wandered over to the Eiffel Tower, where the girls rode the carousel.
Day 2: Disaster Strikes
Wandered along Rue Cler in the morning (described in our shopping post), then took a Segway tour in the afternoon (described in our trip overview).
- Rue Cler
- Segway Tour
Day 3: Culture Vultures
Eiffel Tower tour, followed by lunch, then checked out the exterior of Notre Dame and toured the Archeological Crypt (all described in our sightseeing post). Finally, a private tour of the Louvre (described in our post on Paris art museums), then dinner and collapse!
- Eiffel Tower
- Notre Dame & Archeological Crypt
- Louvre – private tour
Day 4: No boys allowed
The girls went on a “teen shopping tour” (described in our shopping post) while the boys rented bikes and explored (described in our bicycling post). Dinner and shopping on the Champs Elysee.
- Girls: Teen Shopping Tour;
- Boys: Velib’ bike rentals & Musee de l’Armee / Napoleon’s Tomb at Les Invalides
- Champs Elysee and Arc de Triomphe
Day 5: D-Day
We left Paris for a two-day excursion to see WWII sites in Normandy (read our post on Normandy) and Mont St. Michel in Brittany (described in our post on Mont St. Michel). Spent the night in Bayeux.
- D-Day Memorial in Normandy
- Omaha Beach
- Airborne Museum
- Normandy Tank Museum (now closed)
- Spend night in Bayeux
Day 6: Woolies!
Toured Mont St. Michel (described in our Mont St. Michel post), drove back to Paris, then, after dinner, took a Seine River cruise (described in our sightseeing post).
Day 7: Golf carts through gardens
Took the train to Versailles, where we had lunch in the gardens and rented golf carts to tour (described in our Versailles post). Back in Paris, the girls went to Montmartre for dinner and shopping (described in our shopping post), while the boys chose to Netflix & chill.
- Versailles
- Montmartre and Sacre-Coeur
Day 8: Modern art and toy boats
Took in modern art at The Pompidou in the morning (described in our art museum post), then strolled over to the Luxembourg Gardens (described in our sightseeing post) where the kids could not resist the lure of the toy boats.
- National Modern Art Museum at Centre Pompidou
- Luxembourg Gardens
Day 9: Departure Day
Read our trip recap with highlights and favorite memories.
Trip Date: July 2015
Kids’ Ages: Jonny – 15; Emma – 13 (plus cousins ages 16 & 14)