Paris: is it good
for a family trip?
The quick answer, before the full itinerary: yes, and the flight is one of the easiest reasons why. Air France, Delta and JetBlue all fly Boston to Paris nonstop, most days more than once, year-round.
The Fredette Family in Paris
How Paris scored with our kids.
Six things we rate every trip on, out of 10, from our own family travel, plus our overall score, which is simply the average of the six. Flight ease and value are calculated the same way for every destination.
Flight ease
8.6/10About 6.9 hours nonstop from Boston. We score every flight the same way: start at 10, take off half a point for each hour beyond 4 (a quarter point per hour past 10), and a point for each connection. Air France, Delta and JetBlue all fly Logan to Paris CDG nonstop, most days more than once, year-round. Short as long-haul flights go.
Kid friendly
9/10Mostly because it is so walkable, and Disneyland Paris is what lifts it to a 9. There are plenty of parks and green spaces for running around, pastries and bread on every corner, and Disneyland Paris is an easy trip out from central Paris. Seeing the Eiffel Tower is a real thrill, especially lit up at night. Older kids can take on some of the museums; for younger kids, the green spaces, the food, the Eiffel Tower and Disneyland are the trip.
Walkability
9.5/10Very walkable, and it is the biggest reason Paris works so well with kids. Most of what you want to see is close enough to reach on foot, with a park or garden never far away.
Value
5.3/10France's cost of living index is 66.9 (Numbeo, mid-2026, where New York is 100 and the US overall is 69.7), about 4% below home. We score value the same way for every destination: costing the same as home is a 5, and every 10 points cheaper or pricier moves it a point. It is a country-wide average, so big cities and tourist hot spots run higher and small towns and villages lower. This guide is Paris itself, which runs above the France average because it is so popular; smaller French villages are cheaper, but that is not this trip. Our week for a family of four runs roughly $4,500 to $7,000 all-in from Boston, and an apartment with a kitchen keeps it toward the low end.
Food
10/10Ten out of ten. The pastries and bread alone would get it there.
Weather
7.5/10It depends on what time of year you go, which is why it lands at 7.5. Plan the season around what you want to do outside.
Overall
8.3/10One of our favorite family trips, and we will be back.
Nonstop, multiple times a day.
Air France flies Boston to Paris CDG twice daily, Delta flies it daily, and JetBlue flies it daily too, all year-round. That frequency means real flexibility on dates, which matters most during a fixed school vacation week when everyone else is booking the same days.
$4,500 to $7,000 for a week.
That is the all-in range for a family of four, flights included, staying in an apartment with a kitchen. It is the lowest of our published guides alongside Nerja, Spain, largely because the flight itself is short and lodging in an apartment keeps food costs down.
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What families ask us.
Is there a nonstop flight from Boston to Paris?
Yes, and it is one of the best-served routes on this whole site. Air France flies it twice daily, Delta daily, and JetBlue daily, all to Charles de Gaulle (CDG), year-round.
Is Paris good for a family trip with young kids?
Yes. Our full guide is built around a home-base plan near a garden, one outing a day, and keeping the days flexible rather than packed, which is the approach that actually works with small kids.
What does a week in Paris cost a family of four?
Roughly $4,500 to $7,000 all-in from Boston, flights included, staying in an apartment with a kitchen. See the full cost breakdown for the category-by-category numbers.
Where can I read the full Paris itinerary?
At Paris With Kids, the Real Way: the one-week home-base plan, the two-week day trips, and what we would skip.