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Village Joué ClubPassage des PrincesArchived article (This store is permanently closed)
ABOVE: Joué Club's department store for children occupies the historic Passage des Princes in the 2nd arrondissement.
The passage and its shops are open from Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.
Village Joué Club
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The
complex, which totals 2,000 square meters or nearly 22,000 square feet, occupies
the renovated Passage des Princes, which was built in 1859 during the
heyday of glass-roofed Parisian shopping arcades. It's worth visiting for the
architecture even if you don't have any children in your life. But be warned: If
you're traveling with kids or eager to indulge les enfants, you may find
it hard to limit yourself to a quick survey of the colonnaded entrance,
glass-roofed shopping arcade, and stained-glass rotunda.
Fifteen
individual storefronts are grouped around the passage.You'll find shops with
models, Legos, dolls, puzzles, games, figurines, wooden toys, educational and
creative toys, sporting goods and bicycles, costumes and party items (see photo
at right), and more. Village Joué Club even has a children's coiffeur and a room
for birthday parties