Private Versailles Bike Tour
Description
With a tour guide dedicated to just your group, this tour allows you to experience Versailles and its extensive grounds without the distraction of outside guests. Upon arrival in the town of Versailles, we will ride to the famous city market to shop for our picnic supplies (cost not included). Then, we’ll cruise through the Château’s enormous grounds along a network of fantastic trails and tree-lined paths, pausing along the way to share the rich history of the palace and French monarchy. After lunch, we’ll continue through the grounds to visit Marie Antoinette’s Hamlet and the Petit Trianon. Finally, our bike tour offers you skip-the-line access to the Château to avoid the tremendously long lines. See the room where Marie Antoinette’s guards were killed as they protected her from the mob at the beginning of the Revolution. Walk through the breathtaking Hall of Mirrors where King Louis greeted guests, and centuries later the Treaty of Versailles was signed to end World War I.
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Itinerary
Our first stop is to visit the fantastic local market and pick out your food for lunch
After cycling around the grounds, pause for a picnic like no other, with a view of the canal and chateau.
See Marie Antoinette's hameau, a tiny villiage complete with animals
Walk through the Trianon palace.
Enjoy a reserved timed entry to the palace and explore at your own pace, including the hall of mirrors
Stroll through the formal gardens and see the fountains on display
Highlights
What's included
Traveller Ratings
Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(27)
We had a great trip on our bike tour of Versailles. We had been to the palace before, so this was a great way to see the gardens and other buildings. The visit to the market to pick up a lunch was fun. The best part of the trip was our guide Joe (Joris)- he made it interesting and fun. He even sang us songs he wrote about the tour. We can’t recommend this more!
Thank you so much for this wonderful review! We're thrilled to hear you had such a great experience exploring the gardens and grounds of Versailles from a different perspective this time around. Joris truly is one of a kind — his passion for the tour (and his songwriting!) makes every ride memorable. We'll be sure to pass along your kind words to him. We hope to welcome you back on two wheels again soon!
Our guide OJ was absolutely amazing! He was a trooper helping us with unexperienced bike riders in the rain. His knowledge of Versailles and the area made it worry free, and fun to face rain, wind and cold to have a great time even with little ones. He helped us find the best places in the local market! You can’t go wrong with OJ!!!
Thank you so much for sharing this! 😊 We’re delighted to hear that you had such a great experience with OJ — he truly is a fantastic guide, and we’ll make sure your kind words reach him! It’s especially nice to know that even with the rain and a mix of experience levels (and little ones!), he made the tour enjoyable, smooth, and fun for everyone. And of course, the local market is always a highlight 🙌 We really appreciate your recommendation and hope to see you again on another adventure soon 🚲✨
Our VIP Tour Guide was OJ, and he was fantastic: super charming and funny, very well-informed and opinionated. We saw absolutely everything on a very full day, and were exhausted but happy at the end of it.
Julien was an excellent guide - funny and informative. We had to queue very little thanks to the tickets included in the tour cost. This is our 5th Fat Tires Tour across 3 cities and all have been excellent.
We really wanted to go to the top of the Eiffel Tower… and Fat Tire Tours stayed to us that it would be dependant on what they get allocated. What I found surprising (in a good way) was that from the start they acted in good faith and were professional throughout. They have established offices from which you depart from. The Tour Guides know what they are doing… in our case we had to split our group because of scarcity of tickets… Amir was really really REALLY good… well-spoken, interesting, insightful… we really enjoyed the tour and spending time with him. The tour was great… we learned a lot and Amir even took some amazing pictures of us along the way. The other tour guide was just as good (spouse stated)… which reflects the quality of business that they are running. This is not a fly-by-night operation, and they truly want you to get value for your money. Well worth it and would use them again.
We had been to the summit of the Eiffel Tower as a couple but this was our first time with our boys (ages 20 and 16). We felt that the tour guide Fergus, really added a lot to the experience. We spent about 20 minutes (5 minutes per side) with him as he discussed what we were seeing and answered any questions. The 7:30 tour was perfect this time of year because it placed us near the top or on the second floor (your choice) for sunset. FYI: this time of year it “sparkles” at 11 PM and midnight. It was easier to meet at the Fat Tire address for check in as it is chaotic at the foot of the tower for tours. Our group was only 10 people and Fergus did a nice job navigating us through the various lifts. His commentary was a nice mix of engineering, history and sight seeing. His mother should be proud of this “Amazing” young man.
Excellent guide. Fat Tire tours has consistently knowledgeable, friendly guides. Even though a technical problem ( not the fault of the company) did not allow Summit access our guide provided a wonderful tour of the Tower
The tour is a little costly but well worth the cost if ascending the whole Eiffel Tower is one of your family's must-dos. We, and everyone else on our tour, had tried in vain to book tickets to the Tower directly through the Tower site. This tour was perfect because our guide was very low-key. She walked us from the Fat Tire Tours office to the Tower while giving us some historical background on the Tower, and guided us to get to the 2nd level. Then she offered us the choice of hearing more from her about the Tower or doing our own thing. She also was happy to take pictures of us.
Soto was such an incredible guide! He was charismatic, personable, and great at his job! He quickly connected with everyone in our family and was very knowledgeable about the Eiffel Tower and Paris in general. Would most definitely recommend!
OJ our tour guide was excellent. He was very accommodating with our father who has mobility issues. He is very knowledgeable about the history of Paris, and made our trip to the top amazing. He even help us get an Uber after the tour, and made sure we were taking care of.
