In autumn and winter, as night falls, they give us that little something extra! Magical, enchanting, enchanting, the illuminated walks attract thousands of visitors every year! What are the most remarkable illuminated walks of the 2024-2025 season? Follow our guide, and you’ll be amazed!
Lumières en Seine, the St-Cloud light trail
From mid-November onwards, the Parc national de Saint-Cloud is lit up once the sun goes down! This green space, one of the most beautiful in the Île-de-France region, welcomes Lumières en Seine for its fourth edition, a new and renewed itinerary. Follow the light and music to enjoy a timeless and simply enchanting stroll!
📍 Address: Domaine national de Saint-Cloud
Grille Clémenceau access, 92210 Saint-Cloud
📆 Date: from 15/11/2024
🎟️ Admission: €20
Jurassic illumination at the Jardin des Plantes
The Jardin des Plantes is one of the most popular spots for lovers of light trails. After Jungle en voie d’illumination, it’s time for Jurassic species. From November onwards, the garden’s pathways, populated by grandiose luminous and colorful sculptures, will take you on a journey back 200 million years! Explore the flora and fauna of our planet during the Jurassic period in a journey that combines magic, creativity and science. Keep your eyes peeled for pterosaurs, archaeopteryx and incredible plant species along the way.
📍 Address: Jardin des Plantes
Place Valhubert, 75005 Paris
📆 Date: from 20/11/2024 to 19/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: €18
Luminous Odyssey at the Parc Floral
This year at the Parc Floral, China’s ancestral expertise in the design of silk lantern lights is celebrated. Designed in collaboration with Chinese craftsmen, the Luminous Odyssey takes visitors on an enchanting journey through delicate light and color, combining remarkable decorations with sublime animal sculptures! Aurora borealis and video mapping also enrich this escapist experience!
📍 Address: Parc Floral
Route de la Pyramide, 75012 Paris
📆 Date: from 30/11/2024 to 19/01/2025
🎟️ Admission: paying
Thoiry Lumières sauvages light trail
This year at Thoiry, it’s the fascinating world of Jules Verne that has inspired the new trail! Thoiry Lumières Sauvages returns at the end of October with a trail that invites you to explore different worlds after dark! From adventures in the air with Five Weeks in a Balloon to underwater diving with Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea, each lantern-lit world has its own animal encounters and adventures in store for you!
📍 Address: Wow Safari Thoiry
78770 Thoiry
📆 Date: from 27/10/2024
🎟️ Admission: paying
The Lantern Festival at the Jardin d’Acclimatation
Goodbye dragons, hello dinosaurs! For the 2024 version of its lantern-lit trail, the Jardin d’Acclimatation is bringing diplodocus and tyrannosaurs back to life for a few weeks. From late November to early March, some 100 luminous dinosaurs and 2,000 lanterns will transform the 6-hectare garden! Prepare to be dazzled!
📍 Address: Jardin d’Acclimatation
Bois de Boulogne, Route de la Porte Dauphine à la Prte des Sablons, 75116 Paris
📆 Date: from 29/11/2024 to 02/03/2025
🎟️ Admission: paying