Versailles Bike Tour from Paris

Great Day

Guide was prompt and very informative. Extremely helpful to have guidance for choosing lunch in the market. We really appreciated his attention to safety for the kids and the interesting history. Invaluable to have someone to show us around. We would have spent most of the day lost if we had gone on our own. We usually do not take tours but this one was very fun and worth every penny. Thanks!

Fantastic tour

Our guide was delightful, knowledgeable, and kept us moving at a great pace through the tour. I feel like we got a great introduction to Versailles. With only one day to spend there, I didn’t want to “explore on my own” as I wouldn’t have known where to go or how to pace the day. The market for the picnic was fantastic - it looked like it was full of locals and was a great change from the more touristy sights in Paris. I would not have found this on my own - or known how long to borrow the bikes - or navigated to the hamlet. It was so relaxing having a guide who knew where we were going.

Brilliant tour guide!

Juliene was the perfect guide for Versailles! His knowledge snd expertise was evident in the information he shared with our small group of 4! We had an extensive tour of the gardens and introduction to the village of Versailles with wonderful food from the markets. I highly recommend this tour and Juliene as the tour guide!

Active Day Covering Lots of Ground!

My 15-year-old daughter and I enjoyed this tour and found it to be a great way to see the palace, gardens, Trianon and Hameau all in one day. The tour involves a somewhat ambitious and rigorous schedule with a lot of walking and biking around the estate and through the city streets, so it is best for active individuals and I wouldn't recommend it for young children. The picnic offers a peaceful break in the middle of the day, and it was lovely to be able to pick up fresh, local items from the city market for lunch. We want to give a lot of credit to our tour guide, Julien. Our group had a number of mishaps throughout the day, and he managed everything calmly, professionally and with good humor. He is incredibly knowledgeable and shared wonderful historical tidbits that added to our enjoyment of the day. Bravo!

Great experience!

We had a wonderful day and tour. Initially, the workers were on strike, which made us wonder if the tour would go on. However, our tour guide quickly adjusted and made the day amazing. In the end we were able to see everything we have been promised. Thank you for a great day!

Outstanding Experience

It was a wonderful day of exploration, information and fun with our expert guide, Julian. He brought the history to life for us and was an excellent guide on this biking and walking tour. Worth the time and money.

Versailles bike tour

We lucked out with a nice sunny day for our tour- rain would have made it not as enjoyable since we were outside for a lot of the time. We met our tour guide, Julien, at the meeting spot and from there everything was smooth. We really enjoyed seeing the beautiful market in the town of Versailles and appreciated the recommendations from Julien on what to get. We might not have gone there otherwise if we were on our own so I was very pleased to get to also experience that with the tour. He was very knowledgeable and informative on French history, which makes touring Versailles that much better if you’re not versed in it already. He was with us biking and through the gardens, but we toured inside the buildings on our own, finishing in the main palace at our own pace. It was a nice day and I’m happy we went with the bike tour. Bring comfortable clothes to bike and walk, and we also had a backpack to put our food in that I’m glad we brought since we had leftovers. Thank you Julien!

This was the way to do Versailles!

We had been told that Versailles is worth a full day and that the gardens are bigger than can be imagined. They were right! The tour was perfect for us after several days of city site-seeing. Benjamin met us promptly, was delightful and informative. We walked through the main garden to get to a cafe where we had coffee while our bikes were arranged. The bikes was fine and had good baskets. We rode through a portion of the garden and Trianon section to get into the charming city of Versailles, went through the farmers market getting sandwiches and fruit for a picnic lunch. Then over to ride through around the Grand Canal, picnic lunch, explored more gardens (Mon Dieu, there are amazing sculptures and water fountains everywhere), then to the Grand and Petit Trianon— amazing in different ways. Then returned the bikes and walked back up to do a self-guided tour of the inside of the Louvre. Spectacular as well. Benjamin lived in the US though he is a native Parisian so his English is beyond excellent. Wonderful trip. One of my colleagues was there at the same time and had only allotted 2 1/2 hours for the gardens and palace, totally regretted not having allotted more time and was OMG about riding bikes (because it really is that huge).