Paris Plages 2026 — riverside beaches and free Seine swimming
Daily until Sun 30 Aug. Parc Rives de Seine and Canal Saint-Martin 10:00–18:30 (activities to 20:30); Bassin de la Villette swimming 11:00–21:00, Sundays to 18:00; Seine swimming at Pont Louis-Philippe 08:00–18:00 · Parc Rives de Seine, Bassin de la Villette, Canal Saint-Martin and Parvis de l'Hôtel de Ville, Paris · Paris
Details & booking — Paris je t'aime (Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau)
via Paris je t'aime (Paris Convention and Visitors Bureau) · Checked 5 Aug 2026
About this event
The city's summer takeover of its waterfronts, running to 30 August. Deckchairs, concerts, open-air cinema, craft and fitness sessions, and — the part still hard to believe — free supervised swimming in the Seine at Bras Marie, Bercy and Grenelle. The 2026 edition is themed around the United States for the 250th anniversary of American independence.
Why we picked it
Swimming in the Seine, for free, is the most improbable thing on offer in Paris this summer, and the programme around it costs nothing either.
Free entry
Entirely free — activities, deckchairs and supervised swimming
Registration
Registration needed
None; swimming sites operate on capacity and lifeguard hours
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