Family Trip/tour to Paris (only) for 7 days

Well Rick Steves offer a 7 day tour of Paris which covers all key spots for a first time visitor. It might work for you.

Think twice about a tour with a kid. Most tours are elderly and you are herded here and there in a group -- not a very pleasant way to enjoy a trip.

Paris is so easy to explore and you could book small tours here and there if it made you more comfortable. But planning with your daughter around the things that intrigue her would IMHO lead to a more satisfying experience. Imagine being 10 and having to spend your vacation being rushed here and there with a group of old people. And it is unlikely that the tour would do some of the things especially cool for a 10 year old, like some of the park playgrounds, the climb of the Notre Dame Tower etc. stopping for a fancy pastry at a bakery window to buy and take to the park, checking out the various ice cream options like Amorino and Berthillion. My daughter had some specific things she wanted to do at that age in Paris; I would never have subjected her to an adult tour.

I was thinking the same thing as none of the tours are "adults only", although they wouldn't be suitable for very young children. The only requirement is the ability to walk the distances/pace described in the itinerary, and be able to manage your own luggage.

https://www.ricksteves.com/tours/france/paris

But Paris is also a very easy city to do without a tour. With a good guidebook, a Paris Museum Pass for you (your daughter will be admitted free at most attractions) and some reading up on the metro system (also very easy to use), you two can create a lovely adventure according to your own interests and timetable. You could also sign up for a few guided tours just to specific attractions/places.

Strongly suggest you get your daughter very involved in the planning regardless of whether you do a tour, do the trip independently, or a combination of the two. The more involved she is, the more it will be "her" trip, and the less likely you'll be to have an "unhappy camper" on your hands.

I too strongly suggest you skip a tour , but perhaps just take a few small day tours . Pariswalks have great private guides and I can recommend Iris as being especial good with kids , we did a tour of Louvre with her , we being my 11 yr old daughter and I .

Don't make your child be stuck in some group tour filled with old people and a tight schedule !! My daughter ( who I took alone ) liked time to just wander , we spent a lovely afternoon in Luxembourg Gardens .

I agree with the previous posters. I think you'll do better on your own. I took each of my kids there when they were around age 13. You can still take some short tours and some are free. (Google 'Paris free tours'. I know there are daily 1-2 hour tours that start at St. Michel Fountain and the Charlemagne statue in front of Notre Dame.)
The kids enjoyed the Catacombs, the Sewer Tour, Paris Disneyland, flea markets, climbing the Eiffel tower on foot, shopping in the stores, and riding the Metro.
One more advantage of being just the two of you: great bonding time, one on one, that likely wouldn't happen on a busy tour.

Thanks so much for your replies and suggestions. This is great information. Maybe daily/smaller tours are the way to go.
I am feeling empowered! Maybe I can do it alone :)

Christine

It really is easy to plan Paris and navigate it on your own. I might do a foxity two hour bus tour early in the trip to see the sights from the top of a bus, but there really is no need for tours to go to the places in Paris first time tourists generally enjoy. The museums, landmarks etc don't require and IMHO are not enhanced by tours.

You might want to book a chocolate tour. You might if you plan to go to Versailles book the King's Apartments tour since you use a different door and skip the long line for security at the chateau. Book the Eiffel Tower 90 days ahead and book the Notre Dame Tower climb the morning you want to do on their ap or the machine near the tower (first thing in the morning). Get a good accessible guidebook -- Rick Steves is good for a first time visitor although I would not follow his hotel and location recs -- Rue Cler is not central -- but it is helpful when approaching the sites for the first time.

We always put our kids in charge of some of the planning and as a result saw things we might not have otherwise seen.

Absolutely get child involved , I forgot to mention that this is what I did also !

I did this with both of my kids ( a 13 yr old son and then my 11 yr old daughter ) each got a separate one on one visit to Europe with me ( I have another son and his dad took him in his trip ) each child had to find three sites they wanted to visit . The deal is no matter what we would see them , in return they were not aloud or whine or complain when I took them to a site I wanted to see ! This worked out well . I did have to visit the Catacombs which I would have NEVER chosen in my own ( mild claustrophobic) but a deal is a deal , son wanted to see bones underground !

My daughter had just turned 11 before our trip so close to your child's age .

Of course she said the usual "Eiffel Tower" and Notre Dame , but she also had just finished reading a few books meant for kids her age ( Hiding Edith - about small french twin that hid Jewish children -!true story ) and of course Anna Franks Diary and the Princess Diary / Marie Antionette .

So she requested Versailles and the Shoah (Halocaust museum ) memorial, both were interesting ro her ( but warning the palace of Versailles WAS most unpleasant part of visit , way too crowded and she mostly saw elbows and backs ! Do not visit unless your child is interested, HOWEVER , my kids both loved the grounds of Versailles , my son and I rented a bike and rode around canal, and my daughter loved Marie Antionettes Hamlet !!