re: Paris for Thanksgiving 2024

I did Paris Thanksgiving 2022. Book an airbnb now, it’s not a Holiday for them so book far in advance and get something good. We had a really nice flat like 700 sq ft in the Latin quarter that was fantastic. We were there for 15 nights, 3 kids under 10. But we also arrived and did Disney for 3 nights, so 12 nights in the city.

A week is not a long time you won’t run out of things to do. Versailles is a full day, hour train each way. Your days are much shorter in November so keep that in mind.

Not sure your kids, but there’s a paid fashion show at the Galeries Lafayette like $15/ person that’s daily and I have girls so they ate that up. I would suggest a couple hours there they have a great spot on the roof to see the city and a couple decent lunch spots.

I would do a skip the line kids treasure hunt tour of the louvre. That sort of thing. With kids and a family I would plan one morning event and one evening event for the most part. With the shorter days and a museums and pretty much everything not opening until 9-10am that’s about all you have time for.

Carette was amazing for hot chocolate the kids will love it and surprisingly decent prices.

ETA: Instagram is used a ton in Europe so follow places there to find great spots. My wife found a lot of restaurants that way, because the local hip spots had a lot of locals posting (no different then the USA obviously just a suggestion that helps)

Eta2: the Notre Dame RER/ subway stop which is a major stop was under construction in 2022. Not sure the completion date, but it wasn’t close. RER is best way to get up and down the river so not having that stop which was right next to our airbnb was a bummer but there’s not a lot of RER stops so your other options are very limited