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Bike & Brunch Versailles
BIKE & BRUNCH UPDATE 2020
Our Bike & Brunch tour is all about the joy of sharing food, and following recent events and in keeping with safety regulations we have decided to relaunch this tour in April 2021. Until then, our Versailles Food & Palace Bike Tour is up and running from July 12th!
A bientôt, Boutique Bike Tours!
Bike & Brunch: The Best of Versailles
Skip The Line
Half Day
Max 12 Riders
Palace Guided
The Best of Versailles
Our Versailles Bike and Brunch tour is the most time efficient way to see the best of Versailles. Why walk with the crowds & stand in line when you can bike, brunch & skip the line? Designed with the efficient traveller in mind, join us to ride, taste & hear the scandalous tales of the French Royal Family on this truly memorable trip.
Skip the Line
All Versailles and travel tickets: Château, inner gardens and return travel from Paris.
Certified Guides
Handpicked guides who are extremely qualified, enabling privileged skip & guiding inside the Château.
Small Groups
With intimate group sizes, you’ll never get lost in the crowd. We can cover more ground & keep you safe.
Picnic Brunch
A selection of our French favorites from our local award winning market. Délicieux!
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What to expect
Why walk with the crowds & stand in line when you can bike, brunch & skip the line?
Why walk with the crowds & stand in line when you can bike, brunch & skip the line? Designed with the efficient traveller in mind, join us to ride, taste & hear the scandalous tales of the French Royal Family on this truly memorable trip. We take the train to Versailles where we are licensed to guide inside and Skip the infamous Line to explore the Château & iconic Hall of Mirrors. We ride through the town & breath-taking Royal Grounds.
The stunning 2,000 acres of Versailles are far larger than most expect. You can save your feet, escape the crowds & discover secret places seen by few tourists & unknown to Parisians. Our bikes enable us to access places others cannot, the ride is leisurely, far from the Tour de France!
Having worked up an appetite we lay out our French picnic brunch by the Grand Canal. In France we take picnics very seriously: great company, baguettes, wine, cheese, local charcuterie, we will share with you our favorites. Be prepared to taste local food & picnic like a royal in the sun! If you are looking for a unique experience, out of the city, away from hoards of tourists, & want to make the most of your time in Versailles- look no further than this trip!
Where we'll be
The town of Versailles (our home!) to explore the King’s Château, Bedroom, State Rooms, Hall of Mirrors & gardens, previously home to the most powerful family in the world for over a century!
Good to know
- Meet in Central Paris & travel together to Versailles
- Vegetarian, vegan & special dietary options available upon request
- Bikes based in Versailles
- All participants must be able to ride a bike
- Moderate fitness level required
- This tour does not include Marie Antoinette’s Estate
- Expected return to Paris: 3pm
What sets us apart
A few more reasons to ride with us:
- We guide you inside the palace, we do not leave you with an audio guide at the end of the day.
- At the end of the day we cycle back to the train station so you do not need to walk back on your own.
- All tickets Château, inner gardens & transportation included in tour & tour price.
- No need to carry your bike on the train from Paris our bikes are based in Versailles.
- We live in Versailles.
- Small Groups: 12 riders max.
Pricing
| Adults (18+) | €117.00 | |
| Under 18 (5-17 yrs) | €94.00 | |
| Petit (2-4 yrs) | €37.00 | |
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Really great bike tour! Niki and Stu both were welcoming and provided detailed descriptions, plus the boat at the end was great. Would definitely repeat and looking forward to explore... read more
Flor SiegfriedSuper Awesome! Was great to have a small group to tour with. Our guide Stu, was very knowledgeable. The bikes were new and in excellent condition plus easy to ride... read more
Jason SheppardMy wife, niece, my nieces best friend and I have been on a two week Europe trip with stops at the major tourist sites in London, Paris, Rome and Barcelona.... read more
Dave Birt -
What a day we had with Stu (and Nikki)! Every detail was accounted for - from getting out to Versailles (and back), to skipping every headache-y line imaginable. Stu knows... read more
Laura Hipps Best tour in Paris, 5 stars ⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Stu and Niki are so great from the beginning. Very kind, excited and happy to have us, they summarized our tour and got... read more Christopher Kenneth Klein This was my favorite part of our trip! Did both the Paris night tour as well as the Versailles ... both tours have a different vibe, both are cool,... read more Brandee Bickle - Great balance of touring the Palace, history, humor, nature, picnic and bike riding. Highly recommended. Susan BonannoFantastic bike tour of Versailles This is an overdue review of our bike tour in September. Nicolas was our guide for the day and he was fantastic. We really enjoyed the whole day,... read more Annieco1
My parents & I took a tour with Stu last August & nearly a year later, I still think about it all the time! Not only was he extremely friendly,... read more
Rachel Koncurat - We did a lot of research so you don't have to. Book now! Book this tour for a lovely day spent with wonderful people. Very organized tour from start finish. Great communication prior, during and all the way back to our final destination.... read more marleneg927 An awesome day spent with this tour group. Everything was smooth, these guys are amazing. You must book with them!!! Heather Lee Huffman-YuelligIncredible Team and Incredible Experience We love to travel. And we aren't passive travelers. This is our first time in Paris and after researching, we chose two tour with Boutique Bike Tours.
Stu is immensely knowledgeable... read more brett f
Meeting Point
Our Bike & Brunch Versailles Tour meets at a café in Paris:
Le Paris Montparnasse
43 Avenue du Maine
Paris 75014
We recommend using the app City Mapper
to navigate your way around.
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Versailles Bike Tours FAQs
It is almost as if Versailles was designed with our bike tour in mind. The majority of our ride takes place within the Royal Gardens, where we can enjoy stress-free cycling, far from the traffic and crowds. Outside of the gardens, cycle paths weave their way throughout the town and are set on the footpaths, away from traffic.
We meet at a café in central Paris: Le Paris Montparnasse Café, 43 Avenue du Maine, 75014 Paris.
The café is across the road from Gare Montparnasse train station, which has excellent metro connections on lines 6, 12, 4 & 13. We recommend using the app CityMapper to best navigate the metro while you are in Paris, it is free to download & you can save journeys to use offline. Input the exact address to avoid any confusion – there are a few cafés with similar names! Do feel free to come earlier for a coffee & croissant to kick start your day.
Once in Versailles we saddle up on bikes that are stored at our base in Versailles.
Of course. All our tours of Versailles include a guided tour of the Palace with a fully licensed member of our team. We do not abandon you with an audio guide. We use earpieces so you can hear your guide, can ask questions & don’t miss a thing! If there is one Palace in the world to visit, this is the one!
We limit our group sizes to 12 riders per group in Versailles to keep you safe, cover more ground & offer a personalised experience.
Absolutely not, our bikes are located in Versailles.
Yes, simply let us know in the notes section when you book and we will contact you with details of where and when to meet us in Versailles.
We provide all the essentials for your day in Versailles; all you need to remember is to pack your camera and some euros for your picnic lunch.
Yes, we include the inner gardens and fountain show as part of our tours. However, please note the fountains only turn on at set times, on set dates:
–Every Saturday and Sunday from April 4th to November 1st 2020, and some exceptional dates (May 8th and 21st, July 14th 2020).
-Every Tuesday from May 19th to June 23th 2020, and Friday April 10th 2020.
We still visit the inner gardens on days the fountains do not run as Versailles “was a garden before a castle, a feast before a garden, a night before a thousand suns. If you want to understand what Versailles, one must first walk through its gardens”.
No. All tickets, travel (including train tickets to and from Versailles), access to Versailles, the gardens, the Hamlet and the fountains are all included.
Versailles: Food & Palace Bike Tour
This is our most comprehensive tour of Versailles. It is a full day but not structured like a normal tour with plenty of time to relax, drink wine, ride a bike and explore. On this tour we visit:
-The town of Versailles
-The award-winning farmers market
-The Inner Gardens & Fountains (on set days)
-Marie-Antoinette’s Hamlet
-Picnic by the Grand Canal
-Guided Tour of the Château
-Picnic lunch at guest’s cost, while exploring the local farmer’s market
Bike & Brunch: The Best of Versailles
This tour is designed for those travellers who wish to see as much of Versailles as possible in just half a day. On this tour we visit:
-The town of Versailles
-The Inner Gardens
-Picnic by the Grand Canal
-Guided Tour of the Château
-Lunch provided
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