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Jardins, Jardin: the nature festival is back at the Bois de Boulogne in Paris

Jardins, Jardin: this nature escape is sure to win everyone over! Indeed, the event returns May 28–31 at Parc de la Villa Windsor, with a bustling edition crafted for lovers of nature, landscape design, and green discoveries—blending sustainable inspirations, encounters, and ideas to cultivate.

Maison Guimet - Hôtel d'Heidelbach : this hidden gem of Asian treasures reopens its doors

The Guimet House, the new jewel in the former Hôtel d'Heidelbach, will reopen to the public on 23 May 2026, on Avenue d'Iéna in Paris’s 16th arrondissement. Imperial Chinese furniture, a Japanese garden, a tea pavilion, guided tours and tea tastings are on the agenda. We went to discover the place and tell you about its unsuspected treasures.

Exclusive opening: Le Palais de la Femme reopens its tea salon to celebrate its centenary in Paris

From June 9 to 30, 2026, the Palais de la Femme will temporarily open its doors to the public with a pop-up tea room created for its centenary. On the menu: pastries by pastry chef Ophélie Barès—and a solidarity initiative!

This garden, located in the heart of a ministry, will open its doors on an exceptional occasion for Nature Day.

To mark Nature Festival 2026, the garden of the Ministry of Ecological Transition’s headquarters will open its doors exclusively from May 20 to 25.

Nuit Blanche 2026: Annette Messager transforms a Parisian swimming pool into an installation populated by mermaids

Annette Messager transforms the Piscine Château-Landon with Sirénocturne, a free installation weaving together nautical imagination, performances and contemporary art, to be explored during Nuit Blanche 2026 on June 6–7, 2026.

Nuit des Musées 2026: an exclusive tour of the library of a renowned French couturier in Paris

In the heart of Paris’s 5th arrondissement, a venue is set to open its doors for an exceptional late-night event as part of the Night of Museums. And what if this Saturday, May 23, 2026, we step into the library of a renowned French couturier?

This "garden of inventions" is open to visitors for Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2026 in the Paris region.

In Doue, in Seine-et-Marne, the La Parmélie garden offers a stroll studded with unusual plant sculptures, on the occasion of Rendez-vous aux jardins, the weekend of June 5–7, 2026.

The Villarceaux Castle Histories 2026: a free medieval and costume festival

The Château de Villarceaux, in the Val-d'Oise department, invites you to step back into the Middle Ages and the Second Empire for the weekend of Saturday, June 7 and Sunday, June 7, 2026. Ready to travel through time? A parade, a picnic, reenactments, performances and an artisan market await you.

Rendez-vous at the Gardens 2026: An exceptional tour of a private rose garden in the Yvelines

For Rendez-vous aux Jardins 2026, head to Rosay in the Yvelines, where the Roseraie du Clos Paradénia unveils a private, thriving garden, lush with roses and notable trees.

Visit La Hublotière, Hector Guimard's Art Nouveau villa, this summer 2026 in the Yvelines.

Do you know Hublotière? This Art Nouveau villa, designed by Hector Guimard, hides in the heart of Le Vésinet in the Yvelines. Although it is inhabited year-round, it opens its doors to the public each summer, for just a few euros.

Visit a fire station for free: 2026 open house dates

Paris and Île-de-France fire stations open their doors for free to aspiring firefighters on sunny days. Plan a visit on select Saturdays and Sundays throughout the year (depending on the station) for an immersive glimpse into the life of firefighters.

This former hunting pavilion at the Garden of Monumental Sculptures invites you to a special weekend!

Looking for a perfect blend of art and nature for Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2026? Nestled in an old hunting lodge, this garden with monumental and contemporary sculptures invites you to a special program for the weekend of June 5–7, 2026.

Melville's jazz dinner concerts are back at Bagatelle this spring–summer 2026.

Parisian jazz club Le Melville is resuming its outdoor dinner-concerts in the courtyard of the Château de Bagatelle in the 16th arrondissement. The program: 16 evenings on Tuesdays and Wednesdays, from June 2 to July 29, 2026. Here’s everything you need to know.

Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2026: This newly listed Anglo-Chinese garden, recently designated a Historic Monument, will exceptionally open its doors.

Hidden in the Yvelines, this Anglo-Chinese-style park, perched beneath a grand townhouse and marked as a historical monument in June 2025, will open to the public exceptionally for Rendez-vous aux Jardins 2026. A superb outing for lovers of botany, heritage, and romantic landscapes.

These Japanese gardens in Seine-et-Marne reveal their program for the 2026 Rendez-Vous with the Gardens.

Les Rendez-vous aux jardins, this event that shines a light on and opens the doors to France’s finest gardens, will take place from June 5 to 7, 2026. We’ll seize the chance to explore the Japanese garden of Favières in Seine-et-Marne, a hidden gem on the edge of a forest that promises a surprisingly immersive escape.

Exclusive tour of the Paris Archaeological Hub’s reserves for Archaeology Days 2026

For Archaeology Days 2026, head to Paris’s 18th arrondissement, where the City of Paris Archaeology Center opens the doors to a place rarely accessible: its storerooms, discreet guardians of the capital’s buried memory.

At the Army Museum, rare-access tours of spaces normally off-limits to the public for the 2026 Night of Museums.

On the occasion of the Night of Museums, held on Saturday, May 23, 2026, the Army Museum invites visitors to wander freely through a place steeped in history. It's the perfect moment to discover or rediscover the museum's permanent collections. Here is the program for this after-hours event!

Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2026 at the Château de Boissy in Taverny (95): the program for this private estate

What to do for the Rendez-Vous at the Gardens in Val d'Oise? Attention nature and heritage enthusiasts: in Taverny, the Château de Poissy reveals its programme for this weekend of June 5–7, 2026.

For Rendez-Vous aux Jardins 2026, this Yvelines château is unusually opening its doors!

An exceptional guided visit of the Château de la Celle-Saint-Cloud awaits you for this new edition of Rendez-Vous aux Jardins, taking place the weekend of June 5–7, 2026.

Rendez-vous aux Jardins 2026: The Hidden Garden near the Brown Rocks in Montreuil Opens Its Doors for a Special Visit (93)

Plant sales, exhibitions, and exclusive tours: here’s what awaits you at the Côté des Roches Brunes Garden in Montreuil, just outside Paris, for the 2026 Rendez-Vous aux Jardins.