A week of carousels, croissants, museums and naps — written for one specific family at one specific address. Every walking time, every shop, every plan starts from your front door.
01 — Your Home Base
The Louvre Rivoli pocket of the 1st arrondissement is, hands-down, the best toddler base in central Paris. The Tuileries📍 — with its playgrounds, sailboat pond, trampoline park, and carousel — is across the street. The Louvre📍 is five minutes east. And the Métro line that actually has elevators (Line 14📍) is four minutes north. You will walk to almost everything.
3 rue d'Alger
75001 Paris · 1er arrondissement
Quartier Louvre–Rivoli · Métro Tuileries📍 (Line 1📍, 2 min) · Pyramides📍 (Line 14📍, 4 min)
Open in Google Maps → · Walking directions to the Louvre →
Step out of 3 rue d'Alger and turn south (left if facing the street): you're 30 seconds from the rue de Rivoli arcades📍. Cross at Place des Pyramides📍 — Joan of Arc on her gilded horse📍 marks the spot — and you're in the Tuileries📍. Turn north (right) instead and you're 90 seconds from rue Saint-Honoré📍: bakeries, a pharmacy, and the church bells of Saint-Roch📍. This is one of the calmer pockets of central Paris because there are no through-streets for cars.
02 — Your Walk Radius
A genuine advantage of your address: most of what a toddler family needs day-to-day is right here. Memorize this list and you'll skip the Métro half your trip.
Wake up. Slip out for a croissant from the boulangerie on rue Saint-Honoré (turn right out the door, walk 90 seconds). Walk it back to the apartment. Get the toddler ready. Cross the street into the Tuileries📍. Spend the whole morning between the playground, the carousel, and the sailboat pond. Lunch at the apartment. Nap. Then a smaller afternoon outing. Repeat.
Every square within ten minutes of 3 rue d'Alger is layered with several centuries of French political drama. Queue these short, well-regarded YouTube documentaries the night before — they turn an ordinary stroller loop into a guided tour. Each linked place name below opens its Wikipedia article and the 📍 opens its map pin.
All YouTube links open in a new tab. Audio podcasts (Rest Is History, etc.) work nicely from a phone in your pocket while the toddler naps in the stroller.
03 — Before You Go
Paris with a toddler is best when you plan around naps, pack light, and lower expectations. Here's what to handle before you leave.
A lightweight, narrow, single-handed-fold stroller is the most important piece of gear you'll bring. Sidewalks on rue d'Alger are paved but uneven, museum security wands are tight, café aisles are narrow, and Métro turnstiles are a squeeze. The Stokke YOYO², Babyzen YOYO, and UPPAbaby Minu are all road-tested favorites for Paris. Bring or buy a rain cover — Spring and Fall showers come fast.
If you don't want to fly with bulky baby gear, Paris has excellent rental services that deliver right to 3 rue d'Alger: Babonbo, Traveling Baby Company, and Paris Bébé rent strollers, car seats, cribs, high chairs, and sound machines by the day or week. Book delivery for your check-in slot.
Most US families lose a full day to jet lag, so plan a soft landing: don't schedule anything ticketed for the first 24 hours. You're four steps from one of the world's great parks — a slow morning at the Tuileries with sunlight exposure is the single best jet-lag remedy for toddlers.
Toddlers need their own passport (valid at least 6 months past return), and US citizens will need ETIAS authorization once it goes live in late 2026 — check the official site before booking. If only one parent is traveling, carry a notarized consent letter from the other parent.
04 — Getting Around
Your daily mix from this address: 70% walking, 15% bus, 10% Métro (mostly Line 14), 5% taxi. Plan around stairs, not distance.
Two stations, very different experiences:
Children under 4 ride free on Métro, RER, bus, and tram. Kids 4–9 pay half-fare. Buy a Navigo Easy card📍 at the Pyramides ticket window — much cheaper than buying singles.
Every Paris bus is fully wheelchair- and stroller-accessible with a ramp the driver deploys. Two stops are within five minutes of you:
| Stop | Buses | Where they go |
|---|---|---|
| Pyramides (av. de l'Opéra) | 21, 27, 68, 95 | 21 to Gare Saint-Lazare📍; 27 to Saint-Lazare📍 and Porte d'Ivry📍; 95 to Montmartre📍" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Montmartre |
| Tuileries (rue de Rivoli) | 72 | Riverside views all the way to Trocadéro📍/Eiffel Tower📍 (one direction) or Hôtel de Ville📍/Marais📍 (other) |
| Palais Royal–Comédie Française📍 | 27, 39, 95 | Across the Seine to Saint-Germain📍 (39); to Montparnasse📍 (95) |
If your child is napping in the stroller and you hit a stairs-only Métro stop, look for the wider "accès poussettes / fauteuils" gate near the agent booth — press the call button and they'll buzz you through. Some agents will even help you carry the stroller up. Or just take the bus instead.
Paris taxis are not required to provide car seats, and most don't have one. For your CDG📍 or Orly📍 transfer, book a family-friendly service to pick up at 3 rue d'Alger: Blacklane, Welcome Pickups, and Kids Abroad all offer car seats on request. Allow 60 minutes to CDG📍, 45 to Orly📍 during off-peak.
05 — Attractions
Skip the abstract "must-do" list. From rue d'Alger, the question is just how far do you want to push the stroller today?
Your front yard. Between the Louvre📍 and Place de la Concorde📍, this royal garden has everything a toddler trip needs: a fenced playground, a trampoline park (€3 per session), a giant carousel, and the famous round basin where a kindly old man rents wooden sailboats by the half-hour for €4. Push the boats across with a long stick — pure 19th-century magic. Garden info →
The single most under-appreciated thing about your address: when you walk east through the Tuileries📍 from your apartment toward the Louvre📍, you cross the footprint of a vanished palace. Built for Catherine de' Medici📍 in 1564, it was the Paris home of nearly every French monarch from Henri IV to Napoleon III. Louis XVI and Marie Antoinette were imprisoned here after Versailles, and on 10 August 1792 a Marseillais-led mob stormed the palace and massacred the Swiss Guards — the moment the monarchy effectively died. The palace itself was torched by the Paris Commune in May 1871 and demolished in 1883. The empty axis between the Arc du Carrousel📍 and the Louvre's Cour Napoléon📍 is where it stood; a few stone fragments survive in the garden's western terraces. Walk it once with this story in mind and the stroller route is suddenly time travel.
The Rest Is History · Ep. 506 — "Massacre at the Palace" · Tom Holland and Dominic Sandbrook walk you through the 10 August 1792 storming of the Tuileries hour by hour. Available on the Rest Is History French Revolution YouTube playlist (Part 4) and on Spotify · Apple Podcasts. The previous episode (Part 3 · "The Tuileries Besieged") sets the scene; Part 5 · "The Marseillaise" closes it out. Queue all three the night before — they make the morning walk through the garden unforgettable.
Visual companion: "The Tuileries Palace In Paris: The Royal Residence Paris Burned Down" (12 min, YouTube) reconstructs the building room by room. Pair it with "Photos of the Ruins of the Tuileries Palace After the Paris Commune (1871)" for the haunting after-the-fire images.
More toddler-friendly than its reputation: lifts to every floor, large halls for stroller naps, and free baby carriers and strollers to borrow at the assistance desk under the Pyramid. Plan a 90-minute visit only — Mona Lisa📍, Winged Victory📍, the Egyptian sphinxes (always a kid hit), then out. Family info & treasure-hunt sheets → Book the earliest entry slot (9am) to beat the crowds. You'll be back home for nap time.
At the far end of the Tuileries — Monet's eight massive Water Lilies📍 panels in two oval rooms designed by the painter himself. Small, manageable, and genuinely awe-inspiring even for a 2-year-old who has never met an art museum before. Forty-five minutes is plenty. Tickets → Children under 18 are free.
Take Bus 72 along the Seine — get off at Trocadéro📍 for the best photo angle, walk down through the gardens, cross to Champ de Mars. You don't need to go up; the view from the lawn is the moment most kids remember. If you do ascend, book a timed entry to the 2nd floor only📍 — children under 4 are free. Time it for the on-the-hour 5-minute sparkle show after dusk.
From your home Tuileries station, Line 1 west to Les Sablons📍 gets you to Paris's century-old amusement garden in 20 minutes. Toddler-scale rides, petting farm, mini train, distorting mirrors, and shaded playgrounds. Free for kids under 3; €7 garden entry, or €46 day pass. Buy tickets → A perfect full-day outing on Day 4.
Bus 95 from Pyramides goes directly to Pigalle📍,_Paris" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Pigalle/Montmartre📍. The historic 1879 Carrousel de Saint-Pierre📍 sits at the foot of Sacré-Cœur📍. Skip the steep stairs by taking the funicular (a regular Métro ticket works). €3.50 per carousel ride.
Walk south through the Tuileries and across the Pont Royal📍 to the Quai Anatole France📍 for the Bateaux Parisiens📍 dock — sixty minutes on a covered boat, gentle rocking, all the icons floating past. A near-guaranteed toddler nap. Kids under 4 are free. For something smaller, try Green River Cruises📍' electric boats.
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Line 1 east from Tuileries to Reuilly–Diderot📍, change to Line 8 to Porte Dorée📍. The thoughtfully redesigned Paris Zoo📍 is fully stroller-accessible, with changing tables and picnic spots throughout. Animals grouped by biozone — giraffes-then-monkeys-then-penguins in a logical loop. €20 adult / under-3 free.
The Philharmonie des Enfants📍 is a permanent hands-on music exhibition built specifically for kids 4–10 — touch instruments, conduct an orchestra, walk inside a giant guitar. Ages 0–3 not officially admitted, but they're welcome at the dedicated family concerts📍 (45 minutes, narrator + chamber group) and the special Petit Grand Festival on March 28–29, 2026 with concerts billed for ages "3 months and up." From your apartment: Métro 14 to Châtelet, change to RER E to Magenta, then 5 to Hoche — or one direct bus.
A blue, pink and yellow steel dragon the height of a five-story building, with a 25-metre tunnel slide running out of its mouth. The slide itself is officially for ages 8–12 (a real toddler can ride it on a parent's lap, and many do), but right next to it is a dedicated toddler play zone with climbing nets, swings, seesaws and rope structures sized for under-4s. Free, in Parc de la Villette📍 — pair it with the Philharmonie📍 or Cité des Sciences📍 for a full La Villette📍 day. Open 9am to dusk daily.
One ticket-free garden, four ticketed attractions — pick the one that fits your toddler's energy. The Grande Galerie de l'Évolution📍 is the showstopper: a massive 19th-century atrium with a parade of life-size stuffed elephants, giraffes and zebras under a glass roof — universal toddler awe. The dedicated Galerie des Enfants📍 inside is a hands-on interactive zone for ages 6–12 (younger kids fine if accompanied). The Ménagerie📍 is Paris's oldest zoo (1794) — small, intimate, red pandas and snow leopards (under-3 free). Plus a hedge maze, greenhouses, a playground, and the lovely Les Belles Plantes café terrace. From your apartment: Bus 24 along the Seine to Pont d'Austerlitz📍, ~25 min.
06 — Playgrounds
From rue d'Alger you've got two world-class playgrounds inside a 10-minute walk and several more a short bus ride away. The Tuileries is your daily; the rest are excursions.
Your daily. Fenced playground in the heart of the Tuileries, plus a separate trampoline park (€3 per 8 minutes) and the carousel just down the path. Pair with the sailboat pond for a perfect afternoon.
Quieter than the Tuileries, with a long fountain pool and the famous Buren columns toddlers love to clamber over. Less of a "playground" per se, more of a calm courtyard with room to run.
Bus 27 or 87 across the Seine. Paris's most famous playground inside the Jardin du Luxembourg — fully enclosed, separate toddler zone with sandbox, climbing area for older kids. Worth the journey.
A whole network of playgrounds inside the Bois de Boulogne📍 theme park — toddler climbers, water play in summer, trampolines, and a giant slide.
Manicured English-style park with rope bridges, slides, sandboxes, miniature pyramids and a duck pond. A nice change of scene from the Tuileries.
The thoroughly modern playground above the Châtelet shopping center — sand pit, climbing hill, low slides, pirate-ship structure for older toddlers. A solid rainy-day-ish backup since much is canopied.
07 — Food
Paris is more child-friendly than its reputation suggests, but the rules are different. The keys: book early seatings, ask for a chaise haute (high chair) when you reserve, and choose brasseries over haute cuisine. Your block has solid options for all three meals.
Most "real" restaurants only open at 7:30pm, which is past most toddler bedtimes. Instead aim for:
The Belle Époque salon de thé where Coco Chanel📍 took tea. Famous chocolat l'africain (so thick a spoon stands up in it) and the Mont Blanc chestnut pastry📍. High chairs on request; goes early to skip the line.
Inside the Musée des Arts Décoratifs📍 courtyard, with a terrace overlooking the Tuileries. Pasta and pizza served all afternoon — a rare Paris luxury for a toddler family. Bring a book; the wait isn't kid-fast but the food lands.
The best pastry in Paris, full stop. The fruit pastries (peach, lemon, cherry) are little works of art. Queue forms at 8:30am; go before opening or save for an off-hour. Take it back to the apartment to eat.
Walk to the boulangerie on rue Saint-Honoré, then Monoprix Opéra📍, then Galignani📍 for a magazine. Grab a rotisserie chicken (poulet rôti, ~€12), a baguette, ripe cheese, fruit, and a bottle of Provence rosé. Eat it on a Tuileries bench while the toddler runs herself out. Total walk from your door: 12 minutes. Total cost: €25. Best dinner of the trip.
| You need… | Closest to rue d'Alger | Note |
|---|---|---|
| Diapers, wipes, formula | Monoprix Opéra (8 min) | Pampers and Huggies widely available |
| Organic baby food / pouches | Naturalia📍 · 36 av. de l'Opéra | Brands like Babybio, Holle |
| Children's medicine, sunscreen | Pharmacie · 1 rue Saint-Honoré (4 min) | English-friendly |
| Quick toddler lunch | Boulangerie Liberté📍 · rue Saint-Honoré | Ham-and-butter sandwich, mini quiche |
| Treat / reward | Berthillon📍 ice cream cart in Tuileries (summer) | Or Pierre Hermé📍 at 39 av. de l'Opéra (10 min) |
| Wine for the apartment | Nicolas📍 · 31 av. de l'Opéra (8 min) | Reliable chain, ask for help in English |
08 — Itinerary
Built around two big things, a long lunch, a nap, and your home Tuileries playground. Every day starts and ends at 3 rue d'Alger.
Theme: low-stakes, sunlight, early bedtime.
A morning at the Parc Zoologique📍 (Day 6), and a half-day trip to Versailles📍's gardens (Day 7) — skip the château, run on the Grand Canal📍 lawns and rent a rowboat. Take the RER C from Pont Neuf or Musée d'Orsay (10 min walk from your door). Under-4s ride free.
09 — Reading & Media
A trip with a toddler is more about preparing the imagination than the suitcase. Below: books, films, podcasts, and music for both of you and for them — to read on the plane, listen to in the apartment, and pack into the suitcase for the trip.
Essential. American journalist raises three kids in Paris and dissects what French parenting does differently — patience at restaurants, "the pause" before nighttime feeds, why French toddlers eat blue cheese. Read the week before you go. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
The New Yorker writer's five years in Paris with his young son — small, funny, beautifully observed essays on raising a child in a place where everything is new to both of you. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
A pastry chef explains everyday Paris — from queueing etiquette to why the cheese counter intimidates Americans. Funny, practical, hungry-making. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
Hemingway's 1920s Paris — Saint-Germain cafés, walks along the Seine, hungry mornings. Read it on the plane. Slim, glittering. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
Julia and Paul arrive in Paris in 1948 with no French and a postwar appetite. Joyful, generous, and pairs beautifully with a market-bought baguette. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
A whole book about life on rue des Martyrs. Will change how you walk every Paris block — including yours. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
Paris during the 1942 Vel d'Hiv roundup, woven with a present-day American journalist's investigation. Heavy but unputdownable; teaches you to see the brass plaques on Paris buildings. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
A perfectly trashy mystery set entirely in one Paris building. Read in two evenings on the apartment couch. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
A philosophical novel set in a posh Paris apartment building, narrated by the concierge and a precocious twelve-year-old. Quietly wonderful. Buy on Amazon · Bookshop.org · Audible
The most-Paris film ever made, mostly shot in Montmartre. Yann Tiersen's accordion soundtrack is the sound of your trip. Watch the night before you fly. IMDb · JustWatch · Criterion
A literary postcard. Owen Wilson trips back into 1920s Paris and meets Hemingway, Stein, Picasso. Easy to watch on the plane. IMDb · JustWatch
Omar Sy as a gentleman thief who haunts the actual Louvre, Étretat, and Père Lachaise. Stylish; bingeable; a great primer for the city's geography. IMDb · Netflix
The sharpest French comedy of the last decade. Talent agents, real French film stars playing themselves, a love letter to working Paris. IMDb · Netflix
The first French New Wave masterpiece — a 12-year-old boy roaming postwar Paris. The final freeze-frame on the beach is one of cinema's greatest endings. IMDb · JustWatch · Criterion
Watch with the toddler. The skyline shots, the bistro kitchens, the Paris-at-night sequences are accurate enough that you'll spot the bridges from your apartment window. Yes — eat at a bistro afterward. IMDb · JustWatch
An Australian-in-Paris interviews the people who make the city tick — bouquinistes, cheesemakers, museum directors. Charming and useful. Start with the "Paris with Kids" episodes. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
Smart, longform pieces on Paris food, fashion, and culture — perfect for the plane. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
Fifteen-minute lessons that genuinely teach you to say more than bonjour. Two episodes a day in the run-up will pay for itself in restaurant interactions. Apple Podcasts · Spotify
The single best audio companion to your block. Episode 506 · "Massacre at the Palace" walks you through the storming of the Tuileries Palace on 10 August 1792 — across the street from your front door. Listen as you push the stroller through the garden. YouTube playlist · Spotify · Apple Podcasts
For atmosphere in the apartment and on the plane: Yann Tiersen's Amélie soundtrack (Spotify · Apple Music), Édith Piaf (Spotify · Apple Music, "La Vie en rose," "Non, je ne regrette rien"), Serge Gainsbourg (Spotify · Apple Music, try the album Histoire de Melody Nelson), Carla Bruni's (Spotify · Apple Music) acoustic Quelqu'un m'a dit, Christine and the Queens (Spotify · Apple Music), Stromae (Spotify · Apple Music), Charlotte Gainsbourg (Spotify · Apple Music), and Vanessa Paradis (Spotify · Apple Music). For something modern and soft: anything by Alexandra Stréliski (Spotify · Apple Music, Quebecois pianist, but the vibe is right).
Tightly rhyming text follows a little girl through Paris's classic kid spots — boats on the pond, the Eiffel Tower, the Métro. Exactly the right scope for a 1- to 3-year-old. Repeat reading guaranteed. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
Reissued mid-century classic with stylized retro illustrations of every Paris landmark. Big, bright, perfect for pointing at things and naming them. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
"In an old house in Paris that was covered with vines / Lived twelve little girls in two straight lines." The best 60-second toddler tour of Paris's monuments ever set to verse. The Caldecott still earns it. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
A girl and her grandfather walk from the Métro to the Seine. Watercolors, real geography, a perfect "we will do this together" prep book. Ends at the Eiffel Tower. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
Adèle's little brother loses one item per spread on their walk home from school across Paris — kids hunt the missing crayon, hat, scarf in detailed turn-of-the-century illustrations of Paris landmarks. A seek-and-find that doubles as an art lesson. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
Laser-cut paper sculpture of the Eiffel Tower's journey across Paris on a sunny day. A coffee-table art object that toddlers will return to all year. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
A board book sturdy enough to throw across the apartment, with cartoon cheese, baguettes, and Eiffel Towers — vocabulary basics for the youngest travelers. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
A mouse mailman tours world cities including Paris. Detailed cross-section illustrations are catnip for kids who like to peek into windows. · Amazon · Bookshop.org
Pack two or three favorites from home — familiarity beats novelty in a strange apartment. Add one new Paris book, kept hidden, to deploy on a hard nap day. The English bookstores on rue de Rivoli (Galigniani and WH Smith, both 5 minutes from your door) have excellent toddler sections if you need an emergency book.
The most pleasant Paris movie for the smallest kids — cats in a Paris townhouse, the Eiffel Tower in the title sequence, a swing-jazz soundtrack toddlers love to march to. 78 minutes. Watch on the plane. · IMDb · Disney+
The animated series adapts each picture book into 22-minute episodes, with Christopher Plummer narrating. Streaming on multiple platforms; perfect for downtime in the apartment. · IMDb · Amazon Prime Video
Some scenes (kitchen knives, the rat-vs-old-lady opening) might unsettle the very small, but 3-year-olds and up will love the food, the bridges, and Remy's culinary heroics. Watch before dinner; you'll all want gnocchi after. · IMDb · JustWatch
Not Paris-specific but quiet, ad-free, and toddler-paced. A travel-day savior on the iPad for windows you need for yourself. · App Store · Google Play
Build a 30-minute looping toddler-Paris playlist for travel days and nap times: Frère Jacques, Sur le pont d'Avignon, Au clair de la lune, Alouette, and any track from Putumayo Kids' French Playground compilation · Spotify · Apple Music. For something modern, the Henri Dès "Comptines" playlist has been turning French toddlers into small Édith Piafs for fifty years · Henri Dès (artist page) · Spotify · Apple Music. The Amélie soundtrack is universally toddler-soothing · Spotify · Apple Music.
The best toddler-French app, by miles. Twenty-five minutes of mini-games to learn colors, numbers, animals, food. Five minutes a day starting a month before the trip will produce small miracles. · App Store · Google Play
French children's-story podcast — even if your toddler doesn't understand a word, the rhythms and melodies are lovely background while you cook in the apartment. Bedtime gold. · Apple Podcasts · Spotify
15-minute folk tales from around the world; several from France. A great long-flight companion via downloaded episodes. · Apple Podcasts · Spotify
10 — Essentials
Your apartment is the best changing table you'll have all trip. When out: the Louvre (under the Pyramid), the Tuileries near the Place de la Concorde end (a small Sanisette set), Galeries Lafayette📍 (a 10-minute Métro from Pyramides), and the WH Smith bookstore on rue de Rivoli all have reliable changing facilities. Bring a portable changing pad for everywhere else. Nursing in public is widely accepted; most cafés will not bat an eye.
Paris has free, self-cleaning Sanisette toilets on most major squares — green light = available, red = occupied. They are wheelchair- and stroller-accessible. The closest to your apartment are at the entrance to the Tuileries near Place de la Concorde and at the Pyramides Métro exit.
Free wifi at all Paris public parks, libraries, and cafés. For data, an Airalo eSIM is the easiest — €10 for 5GB across 30 days, set up before you fly.
Tap any row to hear the French phrase spoken aloud.
| English | French |
|---|---|
| At restaurants & cafés | |
| Hello | Bonjour. |
| Do you have a high chair? | Avez-vous une chaise haute? |
| A children's portion, please | Une portion enfant, s'il vous plaît. |
| Tap water, please | Une carafe d'eau, s'il vous plaît. |
| Without ice, please | Sans glaçons, s'il vous plaît. |
| The check, please | L'addition, s'il vous plaît. |
| Out and about | |
| Where is the changing table? | Où est la table à langer? |
| Where is the playground? | Où est l'aire de jeux? |
| Is there an elevator? | Y a-t-il un ascenseur? |
| Two adults and one child, please | Deux adultes et un enfant, s'il vous plaît. |
| My child is sleeping | Mon enfant dort. |
| How much does it cost? | Ça coûte combien? |
| Can you help me, please? | Pouvez-vous m'aider, s'il vous plaît? |
| I don't speak French | Je ne parle pas français. |
| Pleasantries | |
| Thank you | Merci. |
| Thank you very much | Merci beaucoup. |
| No, thank you | Non, merci. |
| Excuse me | Excusez-moi. |
| Sorry / Pardon me | Pardon. |
| Goodbye | Au revoir. |
Spring (April–May) averages 50–65°F; Fall (Sept–Oct) is 55–70°F. Both have spurts of rain — pack a rain cover for the stroller and light layers. The big upside: short queues and tolerable temperatures for stroller naps. Check current forecast →
11 — Health & Emergencies
| Need | Number / link | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| EU general emergency | 112 | Works from any phone, English-friendly |
| Medical (SAMU) | 15 | Ambulance for urgent illness/injury |
| Police | 17 | — |
| Closest pharmacy | Pharmacie at 1 rue Saint-Honoré (4 min walk) | English spoken; standard hours |
| 24-hour pharmacy | Pharmacie Anglaise des Champs-Élysées📍 | English-speaking, 15 min by bus 72 |
| English pediatrician | American Hospital of Paris📍 | Neuilly-sur-Seine📍, 24h pediatric ER |
| US Embassy | US Embassy Paris📍 | 2 Avenue Gabriel📍 · 8 min walk through the Tuileries |
French public hospitals will treat your child without question, but billing is unpredictable for non-residents. A short-term family travel policy from Allianz, World Nomads, or IMG Patriot typically runs $40–$80 for a family of three — worth it for peace of mind.
12 — More Resources
The local what's-on guide; their toddler section is updated weekly with new shows, expos and pop-ups. Filter by 1er arrondissement to see what's near you this week.
French-language but Google-Translatable — the gold-standard for children's events in Paris.
Long-form, beautifully written family-in-Paris essays from American expat parents.
Practical guides from a long-time Paris resident, including a deep "Paris with kids" section.
Official Paris transit. The app shows live elevator status — vital with a stroller.
Better than Google Maps for Paris transit; routes around Métro stations without elevators.