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What to do in Paris in April With spring just around the corner, the city is bursting with sunny events. From traditional April 1st hoaxes to gourmet egg hunts, Easter chocolate hunts and other events, each more joyful than the last, you’ll never be bored!

Dream with the new Atelier des Lumières exhibition

“What’s essential is invisible to the eye, only the heart can see it clearly”. The poetry of the novel The Little Prince, a true cultural phenomenon with hundreds of millions of copies sold since its creation, comes to life in an immersive exhibition made possible by Culturespaces and its cutting-edge digital projections. The Atelier des Lumières, a brand-new museum space located in the heart of the vibrant 11th arrondissement, (re)discover Antoine de Saint Exupéry’s work through a new prism.

📍 Location : L’Atelier des Lumières
📆 Date: dates mutilpes
🎟️ Price: €11 to €18

Enjoy the work of young photographers

Every year, this photo festival connects us with young European photographers! Whether looking at the world and its changes, intimate works, experimental, documentary or fictional works, discover the different paths that contemporary photography can take at the Circulation(s) festival! For several weeks, Le 104 will be hosting photographs by 23 European and European-based artists!

📍 Location: 5 rue Curial, 75019 Paris
📆 Date: April 5 to June 1, 2025
🎟️ Price: full €6 / concessions €5

Eat the best Easter chocolates

April is the perfect time to enjoy guilt-free chocolate! Eggs, chickens, rabbits, dark or milk chocolate… the hardest part is choosing!

📍Location: Paris

Hunt for Pokémons in the very first permanent boutique

The very first Pokémon store has just opened in Paris. You’ll find goodies, cards, plush toys and wonderful collectibles!

📍Location: 48 bis rue de Rivoli 75001 Paris

Admire the most flowery places in Paris

In spring,Paris is even more of a wonder! Take advantage of the beautiful season to admire the flowers in the capital’s parks, secret squares, bucolic passageways and picturesque streets!

📍Location: Paris

Treat yourself to a breath of nature outside the walls of the capital

In the heart of the Fontainebleau forest, you’ll find a lovely trail around the Franchard gorges. On this relaxing 2.5-kilometre walk, you’ll discover both man-made curiosities and marvellous places sculpted by nature.

Sentier des Gorges de Franchard – Departure from Route de l’Ermitage, Fontainebleau

Have your portrait taken in Paris’ largest photobooth

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Discover Aura Film, the biggest photobooth in Paris! You’ll find eight immersive photo booths with highly immersive backdrops, fun accessories and more. You’ll also be able to personalize each print, to immortalize your memories in the most beautiful way.

Take your time in Paris’ best sunny terraces

On sunny days, it’s high time to take advantage of Parisian terraces. There’s no reason why you can’t enjoy lunch in the sunshine, savor a gourmet brunch, sip a coffee or read a good book… you’re bound to find a good excuse to make the most of it.

📍Location: Paris

Attend a screening of The Lord of the Rings at the Collège des Bernardins

For a cinema activity in Paris in April, don’t miss the exceptional screening of the Lord of the Rings trilogy on Saturday April 26, 2025, at the Collège des Bernardins, a former Cistercian college in the 5th arrondissement. And don’t forget to visit the free “Aubusson weaves Tolkien” exhibition running until May 18. It features fifteen tapestries inspired by the works of Tolkien, accompanied by rare objects that once belonged to the author. A day immersed in the world of Middle-earth awaits you, between cinema, textile art and architectural heritage.

📅 Date: April 26, 2025, from 1pm (the exhibition runs until May 18)
📌 Location: Collège des Bernardins, 20 rue de Poissy, 75005 Paris
🎟️ Price: 1 film: €8 / 3 films: €24 (preferential rates are also available) – the exhibition is free of charge.

Admire the sublime rose garden at Chaalis Abbey

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Located 45 minutes from Paris, in the immense Ermenonville forest, the Abbey of Chaalis hides a sublime old rose garden. From April to June, enjoy the flowers of this sublime estate on the outskirts of Paris.

📍 Location: Dom. de Chaalis, 60300 Fontaine-Chaalis
🗓️ Date: Open daily from April¹ to September 30, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Marvel at Claude Monet’s gardens at Giverny

Close to Paris, treat yourself to a country weekend in Giverny. This charming bucolic village is world-famous for being the home of a certain… Claude Monet. In fact, the painter’s home and its wonderful gardens have just reopened.

📍Location: 84 rue Claude Monet, 27620 Giverny

Immerse yourself in nature at the immersive animal park Parrot World

Parrot World offers a full program of springtime activities to get you into the swing of things. Fully immersed in South American nature, discover a sample of its fauna with over 180 species, including jaguars, capybaras and over 200 parrots in its immersive aviary. The perfect family format for a tropical getaway near Paris!

📍Location: Parrot World, Rte de Guérard, 77580 Crécy-la-Chapelle
📆 Date: multiple dates
🎟️ Price: from €14 to €22

Picnic on the beach at Jablines-Annet

This pretty sandy beach is perfect for a nature outing! This leisure island has a 400-metre beach with supervised swimming. You can also try your hand at water sports on sunny days!

📍Location: Île de loisirs de Jablines-Annet – Accessible by train, RER and bus – Seine et Marne

Enjoy the most beautiful exhibitions in Paris

April is also a great time to learn new things! And that’s just as well, because we’ve got some great exhibitions coming up: fashion, cinema, photography… some of which are free (yes, yes!).

📍Location: Paris

Celebrate Hanami at Parc de Sceaux

What could be more magical than spending a lovely afternoon under a Japanese cherry blossom tree? April is the best time to enjoy the Parc de Sceaux. The park is open free of charge throughout April.

📍 Location: 8 Avenue Claude Perrault, 92330 Sceaux
📆 Date: March 29 to April 27, 2025

Brunch in the sun

Brunch on a bucolic terrace, frankly who doesn’t dream of it when the sun’s back? Whether it’s on a rooftop with a breathtaking view over the whole of Paris or in a romantic hidden garden, you’re bound to have a great time!

📍 Location: Paris

Taste an XXL madeleine at Mad Madeleine

For a gourmet, regressive pleasure, go for the madeleines from Mad Madeleines… the XXL version. Filled with Nutella, speculoos or mocha, they’ll simply melt your heart!

📍 Location: 53 rue Jean Moulin, Vincennes – Available by click and collect

Make a dog-friendly coffee

Whether you’ve got a little pooch with you or you’re simply a dog lover, there are some very nice dog-friendly cafés in Paris where you can settle down. A nice dose of dopamine!

📍Location : Paris

Try the best brunches in Paris

April is also the time to spend your weekends strolling the streets of Paris in search of the city’s best brunches. To help you avoid this endless quest, we’ve put together a selection of addresses where you can enjoy eggs Benedict, pancakes, avocado toast and other brunch classics in colorful, gourmet spots!

📍Location: multiple places
📆 Date: multiple dates

Shiver with terror with the Serial Killer exhibition

Are you a True Crime and detective series fan? This exhibition is chilling! At Galeries Montparnasse, Serial Killer offers an immersion into the lives of the world ‘s greatest serial killers. On site, visitors will have privileged access to the largest original collection of objects that once belonged to them! Jeffrey Dahmer, Charles Manson… Embark on an unforgettable journey into the minds of history’s most twisted minds!

📍Location: Galeries Montparnasse
📆 Date: multiple dates
🎟️ Price: from €20

Celebrate spring by visiting the most flowery villages near Paris

Did you know that just outside Paris there are some absolutely gorgeous villages? And in the summertime, they ‘ re decked out in their most beautiful colors as the flowers bloom. A sight not to be missed!

📍Location: just outside Paris

Bubble Planet, the immersive bubble experience

Have you been dreaming of spending a little more time in your own bubble? Now’s your chance. With Bubble Planet, a wild new immersive experience at La Villette, you’re in for a real treat. Wander through themed rooms featuring virtual reality, a ball pool, an LED light tunnel, lava lamps, giant bubbles, a selfie room in a bathtub… Immortalize the moment to enrich your Instagram or TikTok feed, but above all, fall back into childhood for a day!

📍Location: Espace Chapiteaux, La Villette – 211 Av. Jean Jaurès, Paris 19
📆 Date: multiple dates until August 2025

Take a trip to Gerberoy, a great weekend getaway

Close to our beloved capital, there are a myriad of little treasures around Paris. Our favorite? Gerberoy! You’re bound to fall under the spell of its picturesque streets and preserved architecture. A lovely little town to visit for a romantic weekend.

📍Location: 1h from Pairs

Immerse yourself in science with this immersive museum

Science Expériences was conceived and designed with a scientific committee: an astrophysicist, a marine life specialist, a vulcanologist, a doctor in molecular biology, a doctor in biology and a researcher in quantum optics. That’s how professional they are! In this immersive museum, visitors are invited to plunge right into the heart of science with a fun-filled interactive tour: virtual reality, video-mapping to admire the aurora borealis, rooms dedicated to the abyss and volcanoes, the human body, nature, space and electrostatics… It’s an experience that will appeal to curious young and old alike!

📍Location: Science Expériences, 16 Cour Saint-Emilion, Paris, 75012
📅Date: multiple dates
🎟️ Price: from €14 to €22

Defy the laws of gravity (and lots more besides) at the Paradox Museum

A sudden urge to leave terra firma behind? The Paradox Museum, temple of illusion, awaits you on boulevard des Italiens. Through a series of immersive experiences, dare to defy the laws of gravity, notably in the Zero Gravity Room, where you can literally walk with your feet on the ceiling. And to top it all off, take a gourmet break at Hans & Gretel, a veritable sweet heaven, ideal for recharging your batteries!