Rather bath in culture or bath in the sea?
Passionate about history, technology or ecology?
Thirsty for vitamin D or hemoglobin?
The All Saints holidays ring the first recess after the start of the school year.
The big cities of Europe impose themselves as the must for instructive holidays.
It is still possible to relive the summer holidays under the autumn sun, breathing in the fresh air before the frosts of winter.
As for fright lovers, they will celebrate Halloween by setting their claws on both sides of the Atlantic.
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Where to go to cultivate in France and in Europe during the All Saints holidays?
The Louvre Museum is one of the essential sites to visit during a stay in the capital.
Admission is free for children.
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For the studious, Paris stands out as a major cultural destination, rich in a collection of institutions where all curiosities can be satisfied.
The museums of the City of Paris have tons of things to teach without boring schoolchildren.
The Pompidou Center, the Louvre Museum, the Cité des Sciences, the Quai Branly – Jacques Chirac Museum and the Atelier des Lumières offer programs and services adapted to young audiences: interactive devices, guided tours and storytelling tours, artistic workshops , immersive or interactive exhibitions, game booklets and treasure hunts, shows...
If your princesses dream of life in a castle, the most beautiful residences in Île-de-France open their doors to a procession of activities: discovery trail booklet, visits and thematic workshops in Vincennes;
immersive sound trail, costumed guided tours and riddle booklet at Vaux-Le Vicomte;
themed tours, workshops, shows, and rides in an electric tuk-tuk through the estate in Fontainebleau.
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For city dwellers, organizations such as My Urban Experience or Tootbus Paris organize educational and unusual visits, and treasure hunts with local guides.
The cultural outing can turn into an investigation or even an adventure with
escape games
.
These enigmas themed in closed places allow to apprehend the local heritage under a ludic angle.
The principle is available in the open air, with free applications such as BaladEnigm, Foxie or Baludik, whose circuits and treasure hunts allow you to explore a city or a district, a monument or a forest, while learning and sharpening your sense of nature. 'observation.
As for Europe, it is an open-air museum.
The capitals and major cities are so many history books, inexhaustible sources of museums, monuments and historic sites: diving into Roman civilization in Rome or ancient Greece in Athens, London in the footsteps of Harry Potter or the Ours Paddington, a journey around comic strips in Brussels, Barcelona between trendy beaches and astonishing architectural creations by Gaudí... Teenagers will feel the breath of history in places of memory in Berlin, or observe the committed frescoes of street art in London, Bristol, Belfast, or Stavanger in Norway.
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Where to go to lead the castle life during the All Saints holidays?
Nestled in the heart of a large forest estate, Chambord is the largest of the Loire castles.
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The castles of the Loire exert an eternal power of fascination.
Through the little royal stories, they tell the great history of France during dynamic and fun visits that bring this fabulous heritage back to life.
Time travel is under the sign of technology.
The castles of Amboise, Chambord, Loches, Blois and Chinon are reinventing the historical visit with HistoPad touch tablets, which allow immersive dives in augmented reality.
The scanning of interactive terminals gives access to content on historical facts, architectural details or characters.
The tablets present historical reconstructions of rooms or scenes of life, interactive plans, virtual animations and reconstructions of events.
The tablet sometimes serves as a map in the context of a visit-investigation or a treasure hunt.
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Experience thrills in amusement parks during All Saints' Day holidays
Ghosts, pumpkins and other villains from your favorite animated films... From October 1 to November 6, 2022, Disneyland Paris celebrates Halloween with a number of activities and two special evenings.
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Dreamers and thrill seekers will seek unforgettable memories in amusement parks.
If Disneyland usually promises fairy tales, the atmosphere changes completely during the Halloween festival (from October 1 to November 6, 2022).
We then let ourselves be enchanted by facetious encounters, by the ghosts of Phantom Manor and the costumed cavalcade.
For sleepless nights, Disney Halloween Nights include a parade and a burst of deliciously crazy entertainment (October 29 and 31, 2022 until 2 a.m.; special tickets required).
For history buffs, the Puy du Fou (open until November 6, 2022) takes you back in time to the heart of reconstructed villages.
Moreover, the reputation of its grandiose shows is well established.
Lovers of ancient history and the ninth art will play the irreducible Gauls at Parc Astérix.
During the All Saints holidays, the “Peur sur le parc” programming gives cold sweats around zombie shows and inside haunted houses (from October 1 to November 6, 2022; late nights on 22, 28, 29, , October 30 and 31, 2022 from 7 p.m. to 1 a.m.).
At the antipodes of time, the Futuroscope specializes in technology-themed attractions.
We embark on sensory experiences, thrills, and attractions combining 4 dimensions and augmented reality.
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Where to live in the open air during the All Saints holidays?
A 450 km route that connects Paris to Mont Saint-Michel, the Véloscénie is suitable for parents and children alike, with stops in Perche and Normandy.
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Paris the city dweller knows how to go green.
In addition to city parks, the whole of Île-de-France is dotted with forests and green spaces: Bois de Vincennes, Bois de Boulogne, forest of Fontainebleau, Chevreuse valley, Regional Natural Park of French Vexin...
In the four corners of France, the regions bend over backwards for families.
The parks of castles, botanical gardens and theme parks are conducive to bathing in nature, at a time when the vegetation puts on its autumn finery.
Zoos and aquariums reveal the richness of biodiversity and the secrets of wildlife.
We will play hide and seek behind the menhirs, dolmens and megaliths of Brittany, budding vulcanologists in Auvergne, our ancestors in a regional eco-museum, or the Far West in Provençal Colorado.
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A life-size playground, France is teeming with treasure hunts and treasure hunts, in town or in the countryside.
Geocaching
is
an original outdoor activity, consisting in finding in nature, using a (GPS) or a smartphone, hidden boxes (“geocaches”).
The official app is a treasure hunt treasure trove.
Autumn is also a good time for wine tourism.
From the Loire Valley to Burgundy and from Bordeaux to the Rhône Valley, the vineyards display a palette of warm colours.
In October, the harvest ends, but the properties remain open to the public.
The winegrowers are a little more available, and visitors can sometimes prune the vines a few times.
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Still want some sun?
Head South!
In the Mediterranean basin, summer holidays are being replayed in natural parks and seaside paradises accessible by medium-haul: Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Catalonia, Canary Islands, Greece, Croatia, Sicily, Sardinia, and up to to Tunisia.
In the off-season, these key holiday destinations benefit from less crowds, milder temperatures and sunshine still worthy of summer.
For eco-responsible holidays, each region has its eco-responsible leisure activities.
We will opt for soft mobility along the cyclo-tourist routes: Véloscénie from Paris to Mont-Saint-Michel, Vélodyssée from Brittany to the Basque Country, The Loire by bike from Nevers to Saint-Nazaire... Other outings and activities ecological are not to be outdone: local producers' markets, Gally farms in the Paris region, exhibitions, workshops, conferences at the Good Planet Foundation in Paris, navigation in an electric or solar-powered boat... To choose a restaurant or accommodation, the “Ecolabel” and “Green Key” sustainable tourism labels list eco-responsible establishments.
Eco-responsible activities are as inexhaustible as renewable energies.
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Where to celebrate Halloween and All Saints around the world?
If there is one unmissable event not to be missed in New York in October, it is the decorations and the great Halloween parade.
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Originating in the Celtic world before being exported to the United States in the 19th century, Halloween has crossed the Atlantic again.
At the Jardin d'Acclimatation in Paris, the "Enchanted River" turns into a "Bewitched River", for a gently terrifying cruise, and the Haunted Museum can be visited by the light of a flashlight.
Halloween is widely established in London.
The city of Jack the Ripper does it again every year with gruesome decorations and spine-chilling events, from the London Dungeon to the Tower of London, Clink's Prison Museum and Harry Studios Potter.
For a horror tour, the Ghost Bus, a double-decker bus, takes you on a theatrical tour as terrifying as it is comical through the monuments, shown in their darkest light.
To delve into the Irish origins of Halloween, Londonderry's Derry Halloween Festival (October 28-31, 2022) is one of the biggest celebrations this side of the Atlantic.
A frightening carnival is in full swing in a terribly festive atmosphere, culminating in an outrageous parade with floats, dancers and musicians.
Also on the program: pumpkin carving contests, exhibitions, cooking workshops, costume contests and concerts.
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But the craziest parades and the most "deadly" parades on the planet are those in Manhattan (New York), Hollywood (Los Angeles) and Tokyo.
Halloween buffs will turn green with envy at the most extravagant costumes and monstrous makeup.
Halloween is particularly popular in North America: decorations, eccentric costumes and the custom of "
trick or treat
" in the United States;
pumpkin carving, costume parades and candy hunts in Canada.
In New Orleans, during the Halloween New Orleans festival (October 28-30, 2022), vampires and the living dead parade through the French Quarter filled with haunted houses and voodoo shops – a memorable experience for the living.
In Central and South America, death is viewed from a different perspective than we know it, and All Saints' Day is celebrated in a rather festive atmosphere.
On November 2,
Día de los Muertos
(Day of the Dead) is celebrated from Mexico to Colombia.
Cemeteries and hearths are adorned with floral arrangements, candles and altars of offerings.
After cleaning and decorating the tombs, Mexicans even share picnics there.
In Guatemala, the
Día de Todos Santos
(Toussaint) has been listed as a cultural heritage, in particular for the flights of kites in the sky of cemeteries.
In Mauritius too, the graves are flowered and watered.
Good humor is also the order of the day in Sicily, where traditional biscuits are crunched.
The children receive gifts from the deceased... actually bought at the "fairs of the dead", local markets.
It's a little early Christmas!
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It is advisable to check beforehand the holding of the events, subject to the evolution of the health situation and to any restrictions.
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