A little tip for the school holiday periods during the year-end celebrations: to the great delight of children, merry-go-rounds and carousels in Paris are free to access during the Christmas holidays! Indeed, the squares and plazas of Paris come alive with these attractions offered for free to little Parisians.
20 bright Christmas merry-go-rounds are being set up in the Parisian districts, and they are open every day from 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM.
– 3rd arrondissement: Square du Temple
– 4th arrondissement: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville (rue de Rivoli side)
– 4th arrondissement: Place de l’Hôtel de Ville (Seine side)
– 5th arrondissement: Edge of Square Saint-Médard
– 6th arrondissement: Place Saint Sulpice
– 7th arrondissement: Place Joffre
– 8th arrondissement: Place de la Concorde
– 8th arrondissement: Place de la Madeleine
– 9th arrondissement: Place Lino Ventura
– 10th arrondissement: Square Bonsergent
– 11th arrondissement: Square du Père Chaillet
– 12th arrondissement: rue Hénard
– 13th arrondissement: Place d’Italie (corner of Place d’Italie and Avenue d’Italie)
– 14th arrondissement: Corner of Rue Didot and Rue Jacquier
– 15th arrondissement: Place Raoul Dautry
– 16th arrondissement: Place du Trocadéro
– 17th arrondissement: Place du Docteur Félix Lobligeois
– 18th arrondissement: Square Louise Michel
– 19th arrondissement: Place Armand Carrel
– 20th arrondissement: Rue Belgrand

