Paris Trip Overview
This 2-hour Family Treasure Hunt in Le Marais has been designed to ensure great fun for the whole family while discovering a historic district of Paris. As sharp as detectives, your kids – accompanied by a kid-friendly historian – will have to solve riddles and enigmas along the way. From the oldest medieval remains in town to the Jewish community of Paris’s fate during WWII, your kids will gain a deeper understanding of Le Marais’s significance on the history of Paris.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Experience a 2-hour playful walking tour in Le Marais
• An activity booklet to engage the kids throughout the tour
• Tour with a kids expert who knows how to make history come alive
Additional Info
Duration: 2 hours
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Historical & Heritage Tours
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This 2-hour Family Treasure Hunt in Le Marais has been designed to ensure great fun for the whole family while discovering a historic district of Paris. As sharp as detectives, your kids – accompanied by a kid-friendly historian – will have to solve riddles and enigmas along the way. From the oldest medieval remains in town to the Jewish community of Paris’s fate during WWII, your kids will gain a deeper understanding of Le Marais’s significance on the history of Paris.
HIGHLIGHTS
• Experience a 2-hour playful walking tour in Le Marais
• An activity booklet to engage the kids throughout the tour
• Tour with a kids expert who knows how to make history come alive
Itinerary
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Stop At: Le Marais 3e Arrondissement, 75003 Paris France
During the Middle Ages, Le Marais was at the city’s border. A strategic place, thus, which benefited from the French kings’ special care. On your way, you will see Paris’s oldest outer wall, along with timber-framed houses tilted by time.
Duration: 20 minutes
Stop At: Hotel de Sens, 1 rue du Figuier, 75004 Paris France
Your kids will be amazed by the Hotel de Sens’ façades, covered with conic turrets, and by the history of the (not so charming) princess who lived there.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Eglise Saint-Paul Saint-Louis, 99 rue Saint Antoine, 75004 Paris France
Le Marais had its second heyday during the 17th century, when high-ranked families desired to place their private mansions nearby. Your little darlings will spot beautiful buildings from Louis XIV’s era, like the Hotel de Beauvais or Saint-Paul-Saint-Louis church. At every step, skills of observation will be required to find out intriguing details hidden in surrounding architectures.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Jewish quarter, 71 rue du Temple Musée d’art et d’histoire du Judaïsme, 75003 Paris France
A newer part of the district’s history is evoked at the Shoah Memorial, in link with the vibrant Jewish Quarter Le Marais was before the 1940s. With a speech adapted to your children’s ages and understanding, your historian guide will relate the French Jews’ fate during WWII.
Duration: 25 minutes
Stop At: Place des Vosges 4th Arrondissement, 75004 Paris France
Last but not least, a stop is scheduled at Place des Vosges, the brick-and-stone heart of the neighborhood. Here, crucial historical events took place. The young detectives will need to open their eyes even wider and gather their clues to answer the last riddles their booklet.
Duration: 25 minutes
Pass By: Meet The Locals for Families, 7 rue d Argenteuil, 75001 Paris France
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