Paris with kids

From the Luxembourg Garden to Pont Neuf

• 4Sights
• 1Kid stops
• about 3 kmDistance
• 1.5 hoursWith play time

This walk is about 3.0 km and links four of Paris's best-known sights: the Medici Fountain in the Luxembourg Garden, the Panthéon, Notre-Dame and Pont Neuf. It stays outdoors all the way, and the kid stop sits in the middle, at the playground in Square Paul Langevin, between the Panthéon and Notre-Dame.

It starts at the Medici Fountain, a shaded pool and grotto in the Luxembourg Garden, and goes on to the Panthéon, which stands on the hill of Sainte-Geneviève. After the playground you head for the Île de la Cité and the twin towers of Notre-Dame, seen from the square in front. The walk ends at Pont Neuf, the oldest standing bridge in Paris, with its stone faces.

1. 

   Medici Fountain

   A shaded pool and grotto in the Luxembourg Garden.

   Photo: Francis Bourgouin · CC BY 2.0

2. 

   Panthéon

   The columned dome on the hill of Sainte-Geneviève.

   Photo: Moonik · CC BY-SA 3.0

3. Playground in Square Paul Langevin Playground

   A playground in Square Paul Langevin, off Rue Monge, with a fountain from 1714 in the square.

   On the map

4. 

   Notre-Dame Cathedral

   The twin towers from the square in front.

   Photo: Ali Sabbagh · CC0

5. 

   Pont Neuf

   Paris's oldest standing bridge, with its stone faces.

   Photo: Rmrfstar · CC BY-SA 3.0

Tips for parents

• The Medici Fountain sits in a fairly secluded corner of the Luxembourg Garden, under an avenue of tall trees, with a fifty-metre basin in front of it.
• Square Paul Langevin, where the playground is, has drinking-water points and a fountain from 1714. The Paris city page says access for people with reduced mobility is difficult because of a narrow gate.
• A free public toilet is mapped about 115 m from Notre-Dame. It is marked as wheelchair accessible, with drinking water.
• From Pont Neuf, one family blog suggests going down to the Square du Vert-Galant, a small peninsula below the bridge, for a rest.
• A free public toilet is mapped about 105 m from Pont Neuf, at the end of the walk.

Public toilets

• About 110 m from Notre-Dame Cathedral · On the map
• About 110 m from Pont Neuf · On the map