Kids in Paris will never get bored, walking the small streets, stopping in the shops, riding the metro, buses and trams, walking along the Seine and crossing the bridges,  watching street performers - they really don't get bored at all.

Don't overdo the museums. There are parks where they can sail little boats, many carousels to take a ride, donkey rides and top of the Eiffel tower and Notre Dame to climb.

Don’t delay, take your kids to Paris today.

Here are the top attractions that are perfect for kids in Paris:

Cité des Science et de L’Industrie

It will be hard to decide what to do first in this enormous, modern science complex with interactive exhibits on everything from outer space to genetically manipulated plants. It has a planetarium, movie cinemas, 10 themed gardens and an aquarium, adventure playground designed  for 3- to 12-year-olds and much more.

The Explora features exhibits, models, robots and interactive games, demonstrates scientific techniques and presents subjects that include the universe, the earth, the environment, space, computer science and health. The Children’s City is divided into exhibits for 5- to 12-year-olds, including: Machines and Mechanisms, the Living Species, and Techniques of Communications.

The gigantic Géode sphere, is a wonder, with a huge hemispheric IMAX screen that shows many films. The Cinaxe is a simulator that projects movies on a screen while accelerating and moving the audience in different directions. You can climb aboard an actual submarine in the l’Argonaute exhibit and participate in technology demonstrations at the Technocité.

30, avenue Corentin-Cariou, 19th
M° Porte de la Villette, Website Cité des Science et de L’Industrie

The Exploradome

This interactive space was created to discover Science, Art and Multimedia. Children from 6 to 14 feel at home there.

Jardin d'Acclimatation Bois de Boulogne 75116 PARIS

Metro :  Pont de Neuilly RER : Porte Maillot Open: 10am to 6pm. Website www.exploradome.fr

Palais de la Porte Dorée - Aquarium Tropical

On offer is the rich collection of some 5,000 fish from 300 species. Tours can include lectures, workshops, special itineraries and activities for those who prefer to explore the aquarium from an educational standpoint.

293, avenue Daumesnil, 75012 

Open Tuesday to Friday: 10am-5:30pm. Saturday and Sunday: 10am-7pm.

Website www.aquarium-portedoree.fr   

Museum of Inventions

60, rue Réaumur, 3rd, M° Arts et Métiers or Réaumur-Sébastopol Website Musée des Arts et Métiers

There is much to see in this  century old museum that specializes in technological inventions and discoveries and has about 3,000 such items on display. From computers and cars to early aircraft and even a scale model of the Statue of Liberty that you can climb inside. Exhibits also include Pascal's calculator and Foucault's pendulum.

It was believed that this museum once stood on an old abbey, and recent excavations have proved it. Get a guided taped tour to understand all the inventions you are going to see or get the guide book in English, available at the entrance.

NOTE: Ask the guide in the museum to show you the big room where you can talk to other person facing the wall at the opposite corners. This is the most amazing thing you’ll ever experience. You will face the wall in one corner and the other person will do the same just diagonally from yo. You can whisper into a wall and he/she will be able to hear it clearly by facing the opposite corner.

Fun fact: On 25 July 1909, Louis Bleriot took off from Sangatte in northern France, and 37 minutes later landed in Dover, England becoming the first man to ever cross the English Channel by airplane. Original Bleriot XI used by Louis Bleriot for his historic 1909 Channel crossing is on display in the museum.

Grevin Wax museum

10, boulevard Montmartre, 9th, M° Grands Boulevards, Website Musée Grevin

Musee Grévin was created in 1882, by Arthur Meyer, a journalist and founder of the famous daily newspaper Le Gaulois.  He called on Alfred Grévin, who was a cartoonist, sculptor, and designer of theatrical costumes to do the project and ended naming the museum after him.

You can meet with over 200 celebrities and take souvenir photographs  with them.
Don’t miss the Hall of Mirrors spectacular Light and Sound show. It  was created for the 1900 Universal Exhibition in Paris and moved to the Grévin in 1906 where it has fascinated thousands of visitors. If you want to know the well-kept secrets of making wax celebrities, join the Grévin's discovery tour. This is your unique opportunity to touch some wax figures.

Did you know that all wax figures have real human hair and that each one is individually attached to the wax. How many? As many as 50,000 of hairs.

The Museum of Magic

11, rue Saint Paul, 4th, M° Saint-Paul, Bastille or Sully- Morland, Website Musée de la Magie

The Museum is  housed in the cellar of a former royal palace where you will find the history of modern magic as pioneered by Robert Houdin, optical illusions, robots, interactive games and the magic show.

If you are serious about magic visit the nearby  Magasin de Magie store (13 rue du Temple) where you can get everything you need for your next magic performance, from magic cards, boxes with secret compartments, wands and even the instruction videos.

The story of chocolates

28 blvd Bonne Nouvel, 10th
Open daily 10am-6pm. Website Choco Story: Le Musée Gourmand du Chocolat

The doll museum

Impasse Berthaud (near 22 rue Beaubourg), 3rd
M° Rambuteau, Website Musée de la Poupée

Once upon a time the perfect poupée was a French Lady. From 1850 to Barbie time, 300 dolls are there to show you the evolution of the dolls and French history fashion. The shop sells antique dolls and plush animal toys.

Museum of the natural history

Jardin des Plantes - 36, rue Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, 5th, M° Jussieu, Gare d'Austerlitz or Censier Daubenton, Website Musée National d'Histoire Naturelle

Andre Citroen Park

This park has water fountains to splash and exceptional hot-air balloon that takes them high above the ground for a great view of Paris.

Parc André Citroën 2, rue de la Montagne de la Fage, 75015. Website www.ballondeparis.com

Donkey rides

are on offer in the Parc Monceau - 8th; Bois de Vincennes - 12th (near to the Saint-Mandé, Daumesnil and Minimes lakes); Parc Montsouris - 14th; Parc Georges-Brassens - 15th; Parc des Buttes Chaumont - 19th; Jardin du Luxembourg - 6th. Donkeys: Champ de Mars - 7th; Jardins du Ranelagh - 16th. Carriages: Parc des Buttes Chaumont - 19th