Tuileries Garden hosts Contes au jardin on 18 October
Published on 10/18/2026 at 03:30 | Editorial responsibility: Rafael Müller, Editor-in-Chief AD HOC NEWS
Tuileries Garden (Jardin des Tuileries) in Paris hosts the Louvre’s Contes au jardin storytelling walk on 18 October 2026. The family activity follows mythological and traditional tales through the garden’s flowerbeds, statues and wooded areas, giving the autumn programme a direct link to the site’s historic landscape.
Contes au jardin brings storytelling to Tuileries Garden
The Louvre lists Contes au jardin for Sunday 18 October 2026. It is described as a storytelling visit at Tuileries Garden for families and children aged six and above, with the meeting point at the garden’s Concorde entrance.
The activity takes place in French and follows the traces of heroes from mythological and traditional stories. The organiser lists a 10am start and an average duration of one and a half hours. The 18 October 2026 programme places the walk inside the garden rather than in the Louvre collections.
A second listing also identifies the event at the same Paris site on 18 October 2026. Its description places the route among flowers, groves and basins, details that make the garden itself part of the activity rather than simply a meeting point.
André Le Nôtre’s design shapes the 18 October walk
The garden’s present structure reaches back to a redesign completed in 1664 by André Le Nôtre, the landscape gardener associated with Versailles. The Louvre describes three principal areas: the Grand Carré beside the palace, the wooded Grand Couvert and the Octogone around the octagonal Grand Bassin.
That layout gives the 18 October 2026 walk a sequence of distinct settings. Families meet at the Concorde side, while the route can draw on the open terraces, planted sections and sculpture-lined paths that distinguish the garden. The landscape is therefore not just scenery for Contes au jardin; it supplies the spaces through which the stories are experienced.
Catherine de’ Medici began the first palace and garden on the site in 1564. The garden was opened to the general public in 1871 after centuries of royal and imperial use. The Louvre has managed and developed it since 2005, while statues and vases from different periods continue to make the grounds an open-air museum.
The garden also connects the Louvre with Place de la Concorde and the Seine. Its Grand Carré, Grand Couvert and Octogone offer contrasting areas within one central Paris landscape, allowing the event’s route to move between formal planting, shade and open views.
Visiting Tuileries Garden: what travellers from Western Europe should know
- Contes au jardin takes place on 18 October 2026 at Tuileries Garden, with the meeting point at the Concorde entrance.
- The Louvre lists a 10am start, French-language storytelling and access for families with children aged six and above.
- The garden lies in central Paris between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, with the event beginning on the Concorde side.
- The route uses outdoor paths among flowerbeds, statues, groves and basins, so visitors should expect an open-air walk rather than a museum-room visit.
- The garden’s three principal areas are the Grand Carré, the wooded Grand Couvert and the Octogone around the octagonal Grand Bassin.
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Frequently asked questions about Tuileries Garden
When does Contes au jardin take place at Tuileries Garden?
The Louvre lists the storytelling walk for 18 October 2026, with a 10am start at the Concorde entrance.
What is Tuileries Garden?
It is a historic public garden in central Paris, redesigned by André Le Nôtre in 1664 and opened to the public in 1871.
Where is Tuileries Garden and how do you get there?
The garden stretches between the Louvre and Place de la Concorde, beside the Seine, with the event meeting point at its Concorde entrance.
