Paris: Easter pop‑ups & Hanami
Paris in early April is offering free Easter weekend options (April 4–6) — museum visits, Easter egg hunts and Hanami in Sceaux — and many of these free activities include food trucks or pop‑up stalls for casual street‑food bites (sortiraparis.com) (lebonbon.fr). The Versailles Esprit Jardin festival will also run with ~100 exhibitors and pop‑up food elements, making spring a good time for open‑air tasting walks (sortiraparis.com).
Many national museums open their permanent collections free on the first Sunday of the month — which falls on April 5, 2026 — with listings from the Picasso Museum to Musée Cluny included in roundups of free sites. (sortiraparis.com) The Musée d’Orsay confirms its first‑Sunday free entry on April 5 is offered but requires online booking to manage queues. (musee-orsay.fr) Domaine de Sceaux will require free online reservations to access the north bosquet lawns from April 4–19, 2026, with tickets made available via the event booking portal. (tourisme.sceaux.fr) The park is limiting lawn access to 3,500 people per day to protect tree roots, while the broader Hanami program of performances and workshops is scheduled through mid‑ to late‑April. (tourisme.sceaux.fr) RER B service will be disrupted on several Hanami dates (April 4, 5, 6, 18 and 19) with replacement buses between Porte d’Orléans and Bourg‑la‑Reine announced by the Domaine’s organisers. (tourisme.sceaux.fr) Esprit Jardin in Versailles runs April 25–26, 2026, across the Saint‑Louis quarter and the Potager du Roi with about 100 exhibitors, a 10:00–19:00 schedule and an expected crowd of some 20,000 visitors. (sortiraparis.com) Hanami’s town market on April 11–12 will gather roughly thirty Japanese‑specialist stands with a dedicated food area at square Jean‑Monnet, and Esprit Jardin lists on‑site catering vendors such as Streetaly, Le Camtar and Roule Galette among its street‑food options. (tourisme.sceaux.fr)
