What to do in Paris in April Our top activities

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 fun-filled events, you’ll never be bored!

Take part in the second edition of this 100% Japanese pop culture flea market.

Collectors of Japanese anime goodies, manga or cards? A flea market where you can stock up on Japanese pop culture products is taking place this month! The York Shin City flea market is made up of a number of stands run by enthusiasts who will have plenty of items (some of them collectors’ items) to resell, as well as events to immerse you in the world of Japanese entertainment culture!

📍 Venue: Showroom des Filles du Calvaire
21-23 rue des filles du calvaire, 75003 Paris
📆 Date: April 5-6, 2025
🎟️ Price: free admission (paid priority access)

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

Take your time on Paris’s best sunny terraces

When the weather’s nice, it’s high time to take advantage of Paris’s sunny 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

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 cross-section 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 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

Relive history with Napoleon: L’Épopée Immersive

At Galeries Montparnasse, this immersive virtual reality experience invites you to take part in some of Napoleon’s greatest battles. Play as the Emperor and take part in some of the most memorable moments of his era, such as the staff meeting before the battle of Austerlitz, the rise of the Vendôme column, the charge of the cuirassiers, or the icy atmosphere of the Berezina.

📍Location: Galeries Montparnasse, 22 rue du départ, 75015
📆 Date: multiple dates
🎟️ Price: €14 to €22

Go to a dog-friendly café

Whether you’ve got a little pooch with you or simply love dogs, in Paris there are some very nice dog-friendly cafés 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

Sway to Latino rhythms at the Bellevilloise evenings

Café-concert, clubbing, jazz brunch, craft market, comedy-club, drag-show… La Bellevilloise invites us to dance, laugh and sing (not forgetting to eat and drink!) always in good company in a warm atmosphere where culture and freedom of expression are the watchwords. Our favorite? MOVIMIENTO on April 4, a retrospective evening that promises to retrace the chronology of the greatest reggaeton hits of the 90s and 2000s. J Balvin, Ozuna, Benito, Dembow and Néoperreo in the spotlight… Everything you need to twerk hasta la mañana.

📍Location: la Bellevilloise, 19-21 Rue Boyer, 75020 Paris
📆 Date: April 4, 2025
🎟️ Price: from €12.10 in advance and €20 on site

Take a trip to Gerberoy, a great weekend getaway

Close to our beloved capital, there are a myriad of little treasures just outside 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

Turn up the heat with the AirOtic Soirée concept

Spring promises to be hotter than ever with the AirOtic Soirée show and its hybrid concept of circus and burlesque. In March, turn up the heat until the thermometer explodes. Breathtaking aerial acts, daring sensual choreography, an electric atmosphere… It’s the new concept between Cirque du Soleil and Crazy Horse that will delight aesthetes and lovers of the performing arts, on stage at the Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell in the 10th arrondissement.

📍Location: Théâtre du Gymnase Marie-Bell, 38 Boulevard de Bonne Nouvelle, Paris, 75010
📆 Date: multiple dates until mid-April

Review your science curriculum with this immersive museum

Science Expériences was imagined, thought out and designed with a scientific committee: an astrophysicist, a marine life specialist, a vulcanologist, a PhD in molecular biology, a PhD 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!

Make a splash with Pathé-Gaumont cinema screenings

It’s hard to choose between all the great films coming out in April! Don’t panic, we’ve got reduced-price tickets for you at all Pathé Gaumont cinemas in the Paris region! Get in on the action!

📍Location : Multiple locations
📆Date : Multiple dates
🎟️ Price: €11.50