The 2025 Paris Vacation Information might be revealed for Secrets and techniques of Paris Group members on November fifteenth. Within the meantime, see final 12 months’s information right here for an thought of what to anticipate: 2024 Paris Vacation Information
November 1, 2025
Step into the class of the Jazz Age at Paris Follies: Downton Abbey Feeling (La Coupole, 102 boulevard du Montparnasse, 14th arrondissement, from 10pm to 7am). Hosted by La Baronne de Paname, this glamorous costume ball channels the spirit of the Roaring Twenties as impressed by Downton Abbey, with stay jazz from The Serpentine Orchestra, ballroom dancers, burlesque acts, and classic dance classes by Chapoustache. Costume code: formal, inventive, or extravagant. Tickets €26 prematurely, €30 on the door.
November 1–2 & 8–9
The Affiliation pour l’Estampe et l’Artwork Populaire celebrates Mexico’s Day of the Useless with Le Jour des Morts aux Cascades (49bis rue des Cascades, Twentieth arrondissement, 3–8pm), a colourful annual exhibition of calaveras (skulls) and conventional choices. Works by up to date artists and college students from the Lycée Auguste Renoir deliver this colourful homage to life. The vernissage on November 1 features a convivial serving of Mexican soup from 6pm. Free entry.
November 2 (and each 1st Sunday)
Many museums and monuments in Paris are open for free the primary Sunday of the month. In November, that features the Orsay, Picasso, Cluny, Arts-et-Métiers, Musée Rodin, Orangerie, Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Musée Delacroix, Musée Gustave Moreau, Cité de l’Structure, Musée des Arts Asiatiques Guimet, Cité de la Céramique de Sèvres, Musée Jean-Jacques Henner, Musée départemental Albert-Kahn, Quai Branly, Musée de l’histoire de l’Immigration, and the Château Fontainebleau. Monuments embrace the Arc de Triomphe, Pantheon, Conciergerie, Sainte-Chapelle, Versailles, Château de Vincennes, and Saint-Denis Basilica. Make sure you test every museum’s web site, as some nonetheless require you to have a timed ticket; even when the doorway is free. See the total listing right here.
By way of November 2
Stuff your self with all types of chocolately goodies on the thirtieth annual Salon du Chocolat, on the Paris-Expo – Porte de Versailles (metro line 12), 10am-7pm. Entrance €17 (€14 for youths below 12), €44 for households (much less if you buy early hen tix earlier than October fifth). You will get advance tickets on-line or ask at your favourite chocolate store if they’ve any additional invites. Keep away from the weekend except you’re a masochist!
By way of November 2
The Jour des Morts (aka Dia de los Muertos, aka Day of the Useless, aka Toussaint in France) is formally November 1st, however there are occasions throughout Paris within the week main as much as it, from celebratory altars and music concert events to parades and “catrinas” contests, together with particular decorations and occasions for youths on the Jardin d’Acclimatation. The massive costume parade is on November 2nd on the Stravinsky Fountain (close to the Pompidou Heart) at 6pm.
By way of November 7
For just some weeks this fall, the legendary Mausoleum of Lek & Sowat within the Nineteenth arrondissement (close to Porte de la Villette)—an deserted 40,000m² grocery store turned clandestine canvas for French graffiti legends—opens to the general public with free guided excursions. Created in 2010 by the duo Lek & Sowat, the positioning turned a secret playground the place dozens of famend road artists (together with Seth, Bom.Okay, Gris1, Brusk, and lots of others) created monumental frescoes and artwork installations. Closed for a few years, the Mausoleum now reveals about 60% of its preserved inside by way of a one-hour stroll led by knowledgeable guides. Count on to deliver a flashlight (or use your telephone) and immerse your self on this uncooked, experimental surroundings on the frontier of city artwork and archaeology. Excursions are restricted to twenty individuals per slot, in French solely, not accessible to diminished mobility guests. New reserving slots are launched each Wednesday at 6pm on Discover Paris. An opportunity to step inside a legendary road artwork landmark earlier than it disappears.
November 14 (Guide Now!)
Le Cordon Bleu – Masterclass Pastry with Amanda Bankert (vegan) at Hôtel de la Marine (Place de la Concorde). The Boneshaker Donuts founder leads a 3-hour hands-on session (2:30–5:30pm; in French & English) creating an Autumn cranberry–pumpkin spice entremet—plant-based, ultra-indulgent, and beginner-friendly. €165, very restricted spots; e book by way of Le Cordon Bleu Paris.
November 14, 2025 – January 11, 2026
The Domaine Nationwide de Saint-Cloud (metro 10 Boulogne-Pont de St-Cloud) is adorned with over 25 illuminated installations for Lumières en Seine, a glowing winter lights competition simply exterior Paris. Wander by way of themed worlds just like the Route of Stars, the Cosmic Forest, and the Symphony of Components, all set to music and visible projections. Connoisseur chalets serve sizzling drinks and festive snacks alongside the way in which. The 75-minute stroll is household pleasant, however not notably accessible for wheelchairs. Open 5–11pm, tickets €23-€28 (€18-€20 for youths 3-11, free for kids below 3).
By way of December 13
De Paris à Belém: 10 ans d’actions mondiales pour le climat is a brand new free exhibition on the l’Hôtel de Ville (5 rue Lobau, 4th arrondissement) marking the tenth anniversary of the Paris Settlement (COP21) and waiting for COP30 in Belém. It options highly effective visuals like a monumental work by Shepard Fairey (Obey) on the façade and placing images by Sebastião Salgado, alongside interactive installations for all ages. The exhibit additionally highlights the function of cities in world local weather motion (learn this interview with the Canadian Cities Guru Brent Toderian concerning the exhibit). A baby-friendly customer path features a booklet and works created by Paris youth. Open Tuesday by way of Saturday. Free admission, however on-line reservation required.
By way of December 14
Fluctuart presents a Carte Blanche retrospective of JonOne (John Andrew Perello), retracing the profession of the groundbreaking city artist from his early graffiti works in Harlem to his large-scale summary canvases in Paris. The exhibition brings collectively historic and new items, highlighting his fixed experimentation with type and colour. Open Wednesday to Sunday from midday, with guided excursions out there Friday by way of Sunday. Free entry.
By way of January 11, 2026
Paul Poiret, Trend is a Celebration expo is on on the Musée des Arts Décoratifs (107 rue de Rivoli, 1st arrondissement), open Tuesday to Sunday, 11am–6pm (late opening Thursday till 9pm). Closed Mondays. Admission €15 (€11 diminished). This main retrospective traces the inventive universe of Paul Poiret, the early Twentieth-century designer recognized for liberating girls from corsets and revolutionizing vogue. That includes 550 works—from clothes and equipment to ornamental arts and archival photos—the present highlights his affect throughout vogue, interiors, perfume, and excessive society festivities, from the Belle Époque to the Roaring Twenties.
Exterior Paris
By way of November 2
The Château de Vaux-le-Vicomte marks the a hundred and fiftieth anniversary of Alfred Sommier’s buy of the property with a particular exhibition, “Vaux-le-Vicomte, rebirth of a masterpiece.” On view are uncommon objects, household archives, and paperwork that hint how the Nineteenth-century industrialist and artwork patron revived the deserted château in 1875, restoring it to its Seventeenth-century grandeur. The story of this extraordinary heritage rescue is advised by way of the eyes of those that carried it out—and continued by his descendants at present. Exhibition included with the common château entry. Open each day 10am–7pm (final ticket 5:30pm). One hour from Paris, practice and shuttle choices out there (see sensible data on the web site).
