Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Museums & Activities
Many museums and monuments are free for children: there is no rule about the age under
which kids get free admission though - sometimes it's six, sometimes 12 or 18.
Food & Drink
Eating out
en famille
is commonplace, but note that it is frowned upon for children to run
wild. If your children are used to eating lunch before 12.30pm or dinner before 7.30pm,
brasseries, which serve food continuously, are a better bet than restaurants.
Menu enfant
(fixed children's menus) are common, although they often cruelly lack
imagination:
steak hâché-frites
(bun-less beef burger and fries) and spaghetti Bolognese
are staples. Don't be shy about ordering a starter or a half-portion of a main, most restaur-
ants will happily oblige.
Drinks can be pricey in restaurants (€5 for a soda is not unusual); save money by order-
ing
une carafe d'eau
(a jug of tap water) or
un sirop
(syrup; €2 at most), which is diluted
with water.
Baby requirements are easily met. The choice of infant formula, soy and cow's milk,
jarred baby food and so on is as good in France as it is in other developed countries.
Children's Highlights
Rainy Days
»Go Roman at Ludo, Pont du Gard (
Click here
)
»Watch sharks and fish at Musée Océanographique de Monaco (
Click here
)
»Test your sense of smell at Musée International de la Parfumerie (
Click here
)
»Learn about space at Centre d'Astronomie (
Click here
)
Animal Lovers
»See wolves at Alpha (
Click here
)
»Meet a goat cheese producer - and the goats! - at La Ferme des Courmettes (
Click here
)
»Go horse riding and birdwatching in the Camargue (
Click here
)
»Snorkelling in Port-Cros (
Click here
)
, Domaine du Rayol (
Click here
)
or Corniche de
l'Estérel (
Click here
)
