Market picnic
Buy bread, fruit and one surprising find at a local market. Eat together somewhere picnics are allowed.
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A date with a touch of France.
From a small wine tasting to a market or garden: in France, you can choose one region and take your time exploring it together.
Browse the ideas5 plans you can actually try.
Use the country as inspiration. Check local opening hours and make a plan together.
A garden with a story
Visit a public garden and each choose one corner you would show someone else.
Patisserie tour
Choose two small pastries at a bakery or patisserie and taste them outside on a quiet bench.
Wine tasting in France
Book a small tasting at a winery or wine bar and compare two wines from the region together.
Champagne tasting in Champagne
Choose a cellar tour with a tasting in the Champagne region and discuss which aroma or flavor surprises you most.
Combine two local ideas
Choose a combination. Are both ideas out of the question? Find places close to each other or spread the two ideas over two days.
A date at home
- Patisserie tour
No suitable place to eat open? Make a simple version at home with what you already have.
- Wine tasting in France
No availability at the winery? Choose a nearby wine bar or compare two local grape juices at home.
Go out and taste something
- A garden with a story
Visit a public garden and each choose one corner you would show someone else.
- Market picnic
Buy bread, fruit and one surprising find at a local market.
Try two new things
- Market picnic
Buy bread, fruit and one surprising find at a local market.
- Champagne tasting in Champagne
Choose a cellar tour with a tasting in the Champagne region and discuss which aroma or flavor surprises you most.
Things to do together anywhere
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Indoors
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Outdoors
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Indoors or outdoors
ALSO FUN HERE Bread from the bakeryBuy two small types of bread and try them with the same topping.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Early bakery routePick something up from a bakery early and eat it somewhere the day is just beginning.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Flea market missionEach find an object with an unexpected story at a flea market.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE Train rouletteChoose a station on the map within your travel time and get off there together.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE A conversation on a benchFind a bench with a view and take turns asking each other one new question.View the idea ALSO FUN HERE X on the mapDraw a small treasure map leading to a place where the other person will find a surprise.View the idea