Grand Bassin Toy Sailboats

For a healthy dose of good, old-fashioned fun – for every age – head to to the octagonal Grand Bassin in Jardin du Luxembourg and rent a 1920s toy sailboat. Rental includes a long wooden stick, which you use to launch and "steer" the boat on the water with energetic prods. Chasing your boat around the lake is fantastic fun.

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