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We always stay at the Hotel Marignan in Paris. It's near to the Champs Elysees in the 8th. The park nearby on the Champs Elysees and Avenue Matignon (not Marignan) has the oldest Punch and Judy show for kids which mine have always loved. For grownups, the hotel has an Alain Ducasse restaurant and a really fabulous nanny agency that they use for babysitting (we always request the same nanny for babysitting when we are there). The hotel is quite swanky, but have always been pretty relaxed about children and the staff in the dining room/cafe/bar are really lovely. I find that all the restaurants on the Champs Elysees are easy for children and there is a Monoprix nearby for all the things you forget.


I've noticed their prices have been on a steady increase over the years, but they do have deals through their website and we have also used www.hotels.de to find really superb rates for them.


Hope that helps and have fun.

-C

we stayed in a small apartment in the marais - just around the corner from Bofinger (beautiful bistro that does takeaway great plates of seafood). Paris is great for kids - carousels everywhere you look, the bateaubus, brilliant parks (where you can hire little boats to sail across the ponds) ... marvellous


http://apartments-rental.yellowstay.eu/apartments-list.php?apartments-list-path=24_28&rental=Marais

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