Check out Fun London Tours for some non-traditional walking tours - truly fun.
In Pairs, we did small group bike tours to both Versailles and Giverny which made for lovely days out with stops at markets, picnics, etc. and didn’t feel like follow-the-crowd sightseeing.
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Here is my detailed trip report on our trip to London with teens. I got lots of help from folks on this board. We had a wonderful time!!!
https://www.fodors.com/community/eur...eport-1433634/
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Every time we hit a new city, I ask the kids to research and give me a list of three things they want to do/see. If I have been to the city before, I'm usually pretty chill about letting them drive the bus and maybe will toss in one or two things I either haven't done before or that were so good I feel like we need to revisit. If it's a new place, the adults usually do the same thing as the kids - pick three things. Once we all have our lists, we form a plan. We don't always hit everything but we have found that this way everyone is happy and no one ends up feeling like they were dragged all over a city bored out of their minds. And honestly, some of the things they chose have been amazing and are things DH or I would never have thought of doing.
This thread is so helpful! I have been taking notes and following up. We need to figure out how to allocate our time but our itineraries are coming along well. I really appreciate the help!
marinkitty- we definitely make the kids help. We warned ds2 that if he didn't speak up during the planning process then he wasn't allowed to complain later. I did curate a list from ideas on this thread as well as googling "x city with teens" and gave him some of those ideas as well. At least I know he looked at the list because he commented on one of my more off the wall ideas.
I don’t know of any in these two cities, but in Madrid we took my teens on a Segway tour and it was one of their most favorite things ever. Booked through Viator. Maybe there are some in London or Paris.
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Seconding Tower of London with free Beefeater tour; have your kids bring their student ID if they have one, there may still be a student discount (there was in 1995!) You needn't queue to see the Crown Jewels, but I did ... and found it rather eye-opening to see precisely how petite Queen Victoria had been! (Her wedding gown was part of the in-queue display at the time.)
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