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Paris Plages beach bassin de la Villette

Paris Plages, baignade © Josephine Brueder / Ville de ParisThe Paris Plages beach festival runs from Saturday July 5 to Sunday August 31th, 2025 !

Paris plages summer festival

This summer 2025 in Paris, you'll be able to swim in the 3 swimming pools in the Bassin de La Villette! To find out if it's open and the water is clean - visit the Mairie de Paris website.

Paris beach area on the Canal Saint-Martin from July to August 2025 (Paris 10e)

The Bassin de la Villette - Dates for Paris Plage at the Bassin de la Villette and Rives de Seine: July to Auguste, 2025

Opening days and times for paris Plages at the Bassin de La Villette:

  • Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday - 11am to 9pm
  • Sunday from 11am to 6pm

Paris Plage 2025 - BrasilAlong the Quai de la Seine and Quai de la Loire, there will be deckchairs, pétanque, fountains, activities and entertainment for children and adults alike. A water sports complex will be offering introductions to canoeing, rowing, dinghy-sailing and more besides.

Since 2017 you can swim in Paris with the three basins along the Quai de la Villette. One basin is 40 cm deep, the second 1.20 m deep and the largest 2.20 m deep.
The bathing places are opened by rotation of 1h30 in order to clean the spaces before a new wave of 1h30 of bathing.

A summery ambiance is assured in the pavement cafés, where visitors can relish leisurely hours of dolce farniente discussing the boules matches going on, while the children splash around in the fountains and run off to all the entertainment and activities. So plenty of events and activities to enjoy with family or friends.

  • Trampoline: children and teenagers aged 6 to 14
  •  Table soccer and petanque (6 courts): open to all, with tournament times
  •  Basketball shooting (initiation and challenge) - open to all
  •  Tyrolean traverse - only for 7-17 year-olds (subject to weather conditions, minimum height 1.40 m)
  •  Tai Chi, Qi gong and Kung fu classes (by the Fédération Française des Arts Energétiques et Martiaux Chinois): daily from 10am to 12pm

Dance classes by associations: open to all

  •  Monday: swing and jazz roots from 5pm to 8pm
  •  Tuesday: rock from 5pm to 8pm
  •  Wednesday: Latino fitness from 5pm to 8pm
  •  Thursday: Oriental dance from 5pm to 8pm
  •  Friday: Brazilian dance from 6pm to 9pm
  •  Saturday: Afro-Colombian rhythms from 6pm to 9pm
  •  Sunday: Ball populaire from 5pm to 8pm

You want more activities around Paris's water banks?

After a day at the Bassin de La Villette you can go to the open-air cinema of La Villette to have a good time with family or friends (free). The open-air cinema is open from mid-July to end of August. 

Cruises departing from the La Villette basin

All summer long, many original cruises are offered on the Ourcq canal, departing from the Villette basin. Whether you are a history, street art or cinema enthusiast, you will have the opportunity to embark on the cruise of your choice.

Book a cruise departing from La Villette

How to get to La Villette and Paris Plages basin

Pedestrian access to Paris-Plages

Paris Plage festival stretches along the Ourcq canal and offers several accesses to the quays. To get to the activities of Paris Plage, go near the Rotonde, place de la Bataille de Stalingrad - Paris 19 at the Bassin de la Villette.

Getting to Paris Plages at the Bassin de La Villette by transport

  • Metro: stations Jaurès (lines 2, 5, 7a), Crimée (line 7) or Laumière (line 5).
  • Bus: lines 48 and 54.
  • Vélib': stations available at the Stalingrad and Jaurès metro stations.

Where to eat at Paris Plages?

For lunch or dinner, there are a number of places available to the public:  Quai de la Loire, near the nautical base. On the banks of the Bassin de la Villette, picnic areas, cafés and ice-cream parlours are set up during Paris Plages.

Restaurants around the Bassin de la Villette

You can eat and drink on one of the terraces around the Bassin de la Villette, or choose a restaurant in the 19th arrondissement.

Where to stay at the Bassin de la Villette

Looking for a hotel or youth hostel in the area? Browse the list of accommodation around the Bassin de la Villette, not forgetting the youth hostels for those looking for a low-cost place to stay without having to stay in a hotel.


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