- See Paris as the locals do with a bike sightseeing trip.Visite de Paris en v??lo - V??lib' devant Notre Dame de Paris image by St??phan SZEREMETA from Fotolia.com
If you want to see Paris the way the locals do, try taking a bicycle trip around the city. These tours can be found in English and French, and are leisurely ways to do some sightseeing and see parts of the city that “insiders” frequent, as well as the famous landmarks and monuments. The terrain for each of the tours is generally flat, and the rides are not taxing. A few of the tours include lunch as well as the bike rental in the price. - This company runs English-speaking bicycle tours twice a day for no more than 12 people. Lunch is included in the price of the trip, and takes place at a bakery in the Latin Quarter. Highlights of the tour include the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay, the Bastille and more. Private tours are also available. Bike About Tours only accepts payments in person by travelers check or cash (in Euros), so make sure you stop by their office with payment prior to the start of your reserved tour.
Bike About Tours
4 Rue Lobau
75004 Paris
France
011-33-618-808-492
bikeabouttours.com - Fat Tire Bike Tours is a company owned by Americans that runs bicycle tours in Paris and numerous other European cities. The company runs day and night trips in Paris, as well as bike tours of nearby Versailles and Monet’s Garden. The trips are approximately four hours each, and cover about six miles of terrain. Highlights of the day tour include the Eiffel Tower, Napoleon’s Tomb, the Louvre, Musee D’Orsay, Champs-Elysées and the Arc de Triomphe. The night tour takes a completely different route from the day tour, and includes a cruise on the Seine River, Notre Dame, and a stop at an ice cream shop.
Fat Tire Bike Tours
24, Rue Edgar Faure
75015 Paris
France
866-614-6218
fattirebiketours.com - These tours are offered in English, or in French for the intrepid traveller who wants to brush up on the language. Paris Bike Tour offers three different tours: Paris Rive Droite (Right Bank), Paris Rive Gauche (Left Bank) or Paris in Seine. As the title of the tour suggests, Paris in Seine takes bicyclists along the banks of the Seine River and sights include Notre Dame, the Eiffel Tower and the bridges of the city. The Paris Rive Droite tour will take you by the Louvre and through the neighborhoods of Marais, Beaubourg and Les Halls. Paris Rive Gauche tours the Sorbonne, Jardin du Luxembourg and St. Germain des Pres. Each of the tours is approximately three hours.
Paris Bike Tour
38 Rue de Saintonge
75003 Paris
France
011-33-0142-742-214
parisbiketour.net
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