Pedaling through Paris is actually a good idea as you can avoid the traffic and explore streets, parks and squares where buses, vans or cars don't have access. Plus, you'll get to meet real French people, not just tourists.

Fat Tire Bike Tours is the most known company offering guided biking tours of Paris because it caters mostly to English speaking tourists and the tours were especially designed to cover all sights and attractions in Paris. The guides are people actually living in Paris and know the city by heart, everything about its history, the buildings, monuments and Parisian way of life.

Fat Tire Bike Tours offers 2 basic discovery Paris tours, one by day and one by night. The day tour takes 4 hours, begins at 11 am or 3 pm from the southern leg of the Eiffel Tower and covers Les Invalides, Louvre, Arc de Triomphe, Champs Elysées, Tuileries, Orsay Museum. The night tour through the floodlit city takes 4 to 5 hours, includes a boat cruise and concentrates on the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame, Louvre, Champs-Elysées, Princess Di's Flame and the Arc de Triomph. There's also a stop at the Berthillon Ice Cream shop for a scoop of the best ice cream in Paris. The night tours usually start at 7 pm (night tours not available from December to February) from the southern leg of the Eiffel Tower. The day tour costs 24 euros and the night one is 28 euros.

Fat Tire Bike tours out of Paris include day trips to Versailles (50 euros), to Normandy to see either Monet's house (65 euros) or the D-Day beaches (165 euros).

If you want to enjoy a glass of delicious wine, Fat Tire Bike Tours has prepared a special experience, an introduction to the famous French wines completed with a tasting for 50 euros.

For girls only, the Paris du Jour option includes trips to Versailles and Giverny (to see Monet's house), visiting a French family, a cooking class and some shopping.

24, rue Edgar Faure, 75015 Paris
Tel: 01-56-58-10-54
Fax: +1-206-984-2707
Email: info@FatTireBikeToursParis.com
http://www.fattirebiketoursparis.com