“I love Paris in the springtime” goes the song but winter Paris city breaks are great for cheering up the seasonal blues. It’s a city with so much going for it all the year round and the wintertime is when some of the entertainment options come into their own.

Paris Theatre

The French theatre scene is not exactly like Broadway or London’s West End, but it can be a little like Edinburgh sometimes, with all sorts of small productions going on in little theatres and venues across the city.

Paris Cinema

The French have had a long love affair with cinema and that shows in the number and quality of cinemas around Paris, mostly multiplex, showing a good selection of french and international films. You can even see films in English if you prefer, just look for “Version Orginale”  VO. They’ll have French subtitles which will give you a chance to brush up on reading French so you can start to think about watching a French movie sometime.

Music Clubs in Paris

All over the city of Paris you can also find little music clubs where live performance takes place amongst audiences who are there to enjoy the sounds, soak up the atmosphere and have something to eat and drink. Often the price of admission is simply to buy at least one drink at higher than normal cafe prices.

Things to do on winter Paris City Breaks

Above are three ideas for entertainment on Paris city breaks – music theatre and film and just like in teh springtime and summer Paris provides entertainment enough just by walking around on foot from one part of teh city to another. You just need to wrap up a bit warmer that’s all. All the smart ladies have their best winter coats and hats on so you don’t want get caught out with just a T shirt or a thin fleece as if you were in the south of France or Spain. Paris gets mid continental weather in the winter, so that can mean cold  winds with hail and snow, but the average rainfall is not so high so it’s not like taking a short break to Dublin where you can get soaked all weekend non stop.