Activities are free, fun ways to enjoy and learn more about a site or destination. Using our Activity Finder you can save, download, and print activities for kids and adults of all ages before you leave on your trip. That way they'll be ready when you are. Select a destination above to find yours, or check out some samples in our spotlight destination below.
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Types of activities in Paris
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Activities are free, fun ways to enjoy and learn more about a site or destination. Roll over the icons above for descriptions of some of our activity types. Click to see activities of that type.
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Arc de Triomphe | Cathédrale Notre-Dame de Paris | Jardin des Plantes (Le) | More...
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| Activities while visiting Arc de Triomphe |
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La Marseillaise
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Site Doing (See and Do)
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Arc de Triomphe |
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La Marseillaise, written by a soldier named Claude-Joseph Rouget de Lisle, was adopted by Revolutionary troops before being declared France's national anthem in 1795. Before you go to Paris, get ahold of a recording of the anthem, and listen to the song (don't worry, we'll help you out with the words). Then, once you can hum along, be sure to visit the sculpture of La Marseillaise on the Arc de Triomphe. more...
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While visiting one of Paris's most iconic sites, try to spot the works of art on the monument celebrating France's leaders, military, ordinary citizenry, and spirit of liberty, that have been inspiring the French since the Arc's completion in 1836. more...
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