Monceau Park

ATTRACTIONS AND ACTIVITIES AT MONCEAU PARK

WITH ALL-SMALL

• a playground (free) and a sandbox (in a secluded place) for the younger ones
• a carousel and swings traditional (paying) open every afternoon,
• pony rides Wednesdays, weekends, school holidays and certain public holidays
• a clown in the open air (except in case of rain), Wednesdays and weekends at 5pm. Truce from November to April, then resumed.

WITH CHILDREN

• skating and skating area (open at the same time as Parc Monceau)
• bicycles are allowed in Monceau Park, but only in a dedicated area (adults and children). It is forbidden to cross the park by bike

PICNIC AND SNACK AT PARC MONCEAU

• a kiosk for snacks and for the snack of children: ice cream, waffles, drinks ...
• large lawns for a picnic or simply ask

AND WITH MEDOR!

• Monceau Park is not only KidFriendly, but also Dogfriendly
• You can walk your dog (in theory on a leash), allowed on the Ferdousi alley and on the Comtesse de Ségur alley.

TO EAT IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD OR TO TAKE AWAY (FOR PICNICKING)

• A very good Lebanese (on the spot or to take away) : Rimal (94 bd Malesherbes)
• A good hamburger (on the spot or to take away) : Big Fernand (12 avenue de Villiers)
• For their salads (on the spot or to take away): Day (3 rue de Phalsbourg)
• In the Monceau park (next to the riding school): pancakes, waffles, drinks
• Picnic permitted on all Monceau Park lawns.

TO DO IN THE DISTRICT

• The Nissim Museum of Camondofor a visit to a magnificent private mansion
• The Cernuschi Museum, if you're interested in Asian arts
• The Jacquemart André Museumvery nice museum of paintings in a beautiful mansion.
• The shopping around the Place des Ternes
• The street of Levis for its typically Parisian market
• The Champs-Elysées are about 15 minutes walk from Monceau Park.

A LITTLE HISTORY AND GEOGRAPHY

• It straddles the 8th arrondissement and the 17th arrondissement, with an area of 8.25 ha
• A first park was built at the end of the 18th century. A second park was created (on the same site) during the Second Empire in 1860 (Haussmann period).
• It is a very poetic and bucolic park, with the Rotunda, statues, colonnades and arcade.
• Monet immortalized him He also inspired Georges Braque, Georges d'Espagnat and Gustave Caillebotte. It is said that Marcel Proust liked to walk there.