Summer Days in the City of Light – Five Things to do in Paris while the Sun Shines

But, oh, those summer nights… 

Music would have you believe it’s all about Paris in the springtime, but the truth is there’s never a bad time to visit the City of Light, but when the sun shines it is absolutely spectacular. Aside from all the obvious tourist spots, we’ve got the heads up for five things you should do in Paris this summer.

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Cinema Paradiso

Paris hosts the biggest drive-in cinema ever in a capital city, and you don’t even have to drive! One thousand film fans get to fill the pre-parked Fiat 500s (of course) for each screening at the glass-roofed Grand Palais.

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Jazz it Up

Kick back Gatsby style with the open air La Défense Festival, or opt for the Paris Jazz Festival in Parc Floral, where 31 concerts are spread across eight weekends.

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Rock Out at Rock en Seine

No offense to Oxegen, Electric Picnic and the likes, but there’s something so special about camping for a festival on foreign shores. Unleash you inner rocker at Rock en Seine, as this year the line up includes Phoenix, Nine Inch Nails and System of a Down. Bonus,  the camp site is on the historic grounds of the Domaine National de Saint-Cloud.

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Sailing, we are sailing…

Let the day slip softly into night while you enjoy a glass of the finest French wine, aboard one of the many dinner cruises that take place nightly along the Seine. See the city from a completely different vantage point. Wine, dine, and be entertained as the sun sets, for a completely different night in the French capital.

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Life’s a Beach at Paris Plages 

Why head for a real beach when you can get a fake one, right in the heart of the city?! For over a decade now the banks of the Seine have been lined with sand, stalls and deckchairs, in a series of city beaches that really should be experienced by tourists too. No beach? No problem.

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