Versailles Bike Tour from Paris
See the best of the palace and gardens & enjoy a picnic with Parisian delicacies
5.00
(16)
7 h
Max 18 Guests
Exploring Versailles on foot can be exhausting, with sprawling grounds and distant sights spread across acres. Our guided bike tour lets you breeze through effortlessly, covering top sights without the fatigue. Start at a lively market, ride to the Queen’s Hamlet and Grand Trianon, and picnic by the Grand Canal, ending with a visit inside the royal palace. With roundtrip train tickets, bike rentals, and entrance included, you’re free to enjoy Versailles without the hassle of a marathon trek.
Your extraordinary ride through Versailles begins at the Javel Train Station in Paris, where you’ll meet your guide and fellow travelers before hopping on board for a quick ride to the Versailles Rive Gauche Train Station. Once in Versailles, your guide will get you and your group set up with your bikes and helmets, and then you’ll be ready to explore!
Your expert guide will lead you to the vibrant outdoor market of Versailles, where you’ll have time to shop for your own picnic snacks a...
Select participants and date
Free cancellation up to 24 hours in advance!
Friendly English-speaking guide
Transportation
Bike with helmets
Grand Trianon, Hamlet, Chateau de Versailles, and more
Lunch break
Max 18 people
Wheelchair accessible
Your meeting point is at Javel-André Citroen metro station
Your expert guide will meet you at this historic metro, ensuring it’s smooth sailing to the start of your biking adventure.
Arrive at Versailles
Your expert guide will meet you at this historic metro, ensuring it’s smooth sailing to the start of your biking adventure.
Pick up bicycle
Collect your bike, your companion for a day of navigating through the lush expanses of Versailles’ storied grounds.
Versailles outdoor market
Your first stop is at a bustling open-air market, overflowing with colors, scents, and sounds. Collect snacks for a lovely picnic later.
The Grand Canal
Glide along the Grand Canal, designed by André Le Notre, capturing the vision of Louis XIV for spectacular royal entertainments.
For Reference Only. Itineraries are subject to change
You’ll meet your guide at the designated meeting point, at the Javel-André Citroen metro station in Paris. Your tour will end back at the Javel-André Citroen metro station.
Please ensure to wear comfortable clothing and shoes as you will be biking for most of the day. Don't forget to wear sunscreen and a hat as well.
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Amazing bike tour in Versaillles
Faye Lovrinic
March 27, 2025
Julien, our guide, was friendly and knowledgeable, making this trip enjoyable. Conveniently, train and museum trip tickets were provided; the small group made this a personal experience. We first enjoyed walking the beautiful gardens with Julien providing historical background, before biking to Versailles where we enjoyed the market and shopping. After biking back to the gardens, we enjoyed lunch at Angelina’s, then more of the gardens rich history as Julien guided us through the property. We ended by exploring the Palace at our leisure. Very active and informative day. Bikes were great quality. Both waking and biking involved in this tour.
Chelsea collins
November 14, 2024
Drew Prochazka
November 14, 2024
Amazing and fun!
Carol Doering
September 08, 2024
My sister and I signed up for the Versailles Bike Tour. What an amazing tour! Julian, our tour guide, was extremely knowledgeable and made learning about everything Versailles fun. I will concur with another traveler’s review, we also would have been lost! I think seeing the Queen’s hamlet was the highlight (well, that and riding right up to the Olympic banner). Skipping the line at the end of the bike tour was pretty great too. If I ever go back, I will do this tour again. It was so worth it and I would highly recommend it.
Beautiful way to see Versailles
Jane Condoleon
August 20, 2024
Our tour guide was Julian - he was so amazing. Super friendly, gave us lots of information that was interesting. We had two boys with us and they were entertained. It’s a beautiful place and riding our bikes through was an amazing experience! Highly recommended
Guided Excellence through the wonders of Versaille
Nadine Bissland
July 25, 2024
Our tour guide Julien was fantastic as we explored the beautiful groves abs fountains of Versailles gardens. He was knowledgeable about the statues and history of the gardens and gave us plenty of time to see everything. The highlight for my active family of 3 boys (16 , 11 and 8) was the bike riding through the gardens and then to the town centre to explore the market allowing us to purchase a selection of cheeses, breads and dips to have a picnic in the gardens. It was truly a fabulous day. Thank you Julian!
Great Day
James Gawenis
July 11, 2024
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
Victoria Cross
July 11, 2024
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!
Sherry McCranie
July 05, 2024
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!
Kelly Davis
June 28, 2024
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!
Heidi Morris Whidden
June 21, 2024
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!
Sean White
June 13, 2024
Outstanding Experience
Michael S Patterson
April 29, 2024
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
Janna Radtke
October 24, 2023
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!
Robin Murphy
October 06, 2023
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).