Paris: Bike Tour with Local Guide & Eiffel Tower

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 16

LanguagesEN · NL

Mobile ticketAccepted

See Paris the way locals do—on two wheels, at your own pace

You ride past twelve major landmarks in one morning without planning transport between them or standing in entry lines. The local guide points out details you'd miss from a taxi window, and the bike lets you move fast enough to cover real distance but slow enough to actually see. Helmets and bikes are included; just show up ready to ride.

Step-by-step itinerary

Paris bike tour highlights

Start at bike tour shop
See École Militaire outside
See Napoleon's Tomb outside
See Les Invalides outside
See Place de la Concorde
See the Louvre outside
Pass by Tuileries Garden
Pass by Musee d'Orsay
Ride along eastern Champs Elysées
See Grand Palais outside
See Petit Palais outside
Cross Pont Alexandre III and stop
Ride along the river, photo stops
See Eiffel Tower outside

The Experience

You'll probably think a bike tour sounds slow until you realize how much ground you actually cover. The route strings together the Eiffel Tower, Pont Alexandre III, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, and the Musée d'Orsay—stops that would take hours by metro or on foot, but feel natural when you're rolling between them. Your local guide handles the navigation and the stories; you just pedal and look around, which turns out to be the real way to notice a city.

The bike tour starts and ends at the shop in central Paris, and from there you're moving almost immediately—past the École Militaire, along the Seine, across the Pont Alexandre III where you'll stop to actually stand on the bridge instead of rushing past it. The pace is leisurely enough that you can breathe and ask questions, but steady enough that the morning doesn't blur into one long photo stop. You'll ride the eastern stretch of the Champs-Élysées, pass the Grand Palais and Petit Palais, and loop through the Tuileries Garden where the light hits differently than it does from street level. The Eiffel Tower comes at the end, which means you've already seen half of Paris before you get there.

Helmets, bikes, and child seats (if you need them) are all sorted before you leave. The guide speaks English or Dutch depending on your group, and there's no age minimum—kids who can pedal are welcome, though anyone under 18 needs an adult along. Tours run rain or shine, so dress for the weather and don't wait for a perfect day; half the charm is riding through Paris when it's actually lived in, not postcard-ready.

What’s included

Your morning includes a bike and helmet, a local guide who speaks English or Dutch, and stops at the Eiffel Tower, Pont Alexandre III, the Louvre, Place de la Concorde, the Champs-Élysées, Grand Palais, Petit Palais, Musée d'Orsay, École Militaire, and the Tuileries Garden.
Child seats are available if you book them in advance.
You begin and end at the shop in central Paris.

Good to know

Easy physical levelInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Fat Tire Tours - Paris

Is this one for you?Right for first-time visitors who want the main landmarks without planning metro routes between them, and for return visitors ready to see familiar spots from a different angle. Expect a leisurely pace that covers real distance—it's active enough to feel like movement, not rushed enough to feel like exercise.