There’s something undeniably captivating about exploring Paris from street level – something that many tours miss. While walking tours are certainly a great way to see the sights, the city is quite large and it can be difficult to really make headway by foot.

However, discovering Paris on two wheels lets you fully absorb the sights, sounds, and soul of the metropolis up close while still covering a ton of ground.

There are a ton of options out there, though, so I’ve gone ahead and created a guide to the 7 top Paris bike tours out there that are well worth your time and money. Let’s get started!

Be sure to see our reviews of Eiffel Tower Tours, Seine River Dinner Cruises and Louvre Tours.

Best Bike Tours in Paris

	Electric Bike Tour of Paris’ Hidden Gems	Paris Highlights Bike Tour: Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Notre-Dame	Paris Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour
Location:	12 Pl. Vendôme, 75001 Paris	9 Pl. Saint-Michel, 75006 Paris	7 Place de l'Hôtel de Ville, 75004 Paris
Start:	2:30 PM, 8:00 PM	10:30 AM, 3:00 PM	10:00 AM, 2:30 PM
Duration:	4 hours	4 hours	3 hours
Includes:	Battery-operated electric bicycle, knowledgeable tour guide	Local guide, use of bike, use of helmet, Small group tour	Local guide, use of bike, helmet
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Quick Answer: The 7 Best Rated Paris Bike Tours For 2025

1. Electric Bike Tour of Paris’ Hidden Gems
2. Paris Highlights Bike Tour: Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Notre-Dame
3. Paris: Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour
4. Paris by Night City of Lights Sightseeing Guided Bike Tour
5. Paris Sightseeing Family Friendly Guided Electric Bike Tour
6. Paris Bike Tour Hidden Secrets in the Latin Quarter & Le Marais neighborhoods
7. Highlights of Paris Bike Tour with a Local Guide

Paris Bike Tour Reviews

1. Electric Bike Tour of Paris’ Hidden Gems

If you really want to understand the real Paris, you’ll have to veer off the typical tourist route (not that there’s anything wrong with that). The Electric Bike Tour of Paris’ Hidden Gems is exactly what you’re looking for – unplugged, unscripted, and brimming with humble charm.

Think less tourist cliche, more curious flâneur with a high-tech set of wheels and an expert local guide to lead the way! Clocking in at 4 hours, it is one of the longer bike tours, but it’s also one of the most comprehensive (while still maintaining efficiency).

The tour meetup location will vary depending on the language booked, though they’ll almost always begin at an e-bike shop. If you’ve never used an e-bike before, you’re in for a real treat – it offers quite a boost to your pedaling so you hardly have to even put effort in to glide across the path!

If you’re looking for experiences and lessons you simply can’t get from a history book or your average Paris tour, this is the one to put at the top of your list. We saw places here that I never saw on any other excursion, which were cool to go back and revisit throughout the rest of our trip.

Not to mention, if you normally struggle with paying attention to history, our guide regaled us with facts and storytelling in a way that was very engaging and easy to absorb.

After becoming quickly acquainted with our bikes, we followed our guide on a serene River Seine journey, all the way up to the incredible views from Montagne Sainte-Genevieve to stop for stories and photos.

Cruise around the historic Saint-Germain-des-Pres, and explore all kinds of beautiful architecture, green areas, charming cafes, and much more, too!

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2. Paris Highlights Bike Tour: Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Notre-Dame

While double-decker buses and shuffling through walking tours can sometimes have their own type of charm, if you really want to cover some ground, a bike tour is in order.

Feel the breeze in your hair, take in the scent of fresh baguettes in the air, and listen to a bit of buzzing coming from the morning markets as you pedal casually around this incredible city.

The Paris Highlights Bike Tour: Eiffel Tower, Louvre and Notre-Dame experience offers all that and more, taking you past some of the most captivating, famous sights complete with a local guide to provide insider tips!

There are a few different start times available on this tour, though you’ll always start out in the Latin Quarter to meet your guide. I initially thought that maybe this tour was going to end up being a simple highlight reel of the city’s postcard icons and while you’ll definitely see them, this is an experience that brings the city’s history to life.

With an expert local guide there to lead the way, they’ll entertain you with witty, educational commentary that only a Parisian could offer. Aside from the 3 majors, you’ll also get to see the Musee d’Orsay, the Grand Palais, Les Invalides, Place de la Concorde, and all along the Seine and Champs-Elysees.

It’s invaluable having such great navigation and local tips to help avoid crowds, get the best photo ops, and even have our guide take photos for us (invaluable mementos!). It was quite nice getting able to also experience “real” Parisian life while pedaling between the sights, learning about some lesser-known spots along the way.

As long as the participants can ride a bike confidently, I’d say this is a great tour for the entire family – any age or background! We felt safe the entire time, and our guide did a great job of ensuring we were in the proper cycling lanes/areas.

All in all, it was a great 4 hours filled with tons of learning and sightseeing, with a convenient lunch break to fuel up and rest in the middle of our time.

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3. Paris Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour

While there’s a lot of fun to be had at tourist traps typically, I always like seeing the old-school, local spots that give you a much better idea of what local life is like. The Paris Charming Nooks and Crannies Bike Tour is a 3-hour excursion that’s like a VIP entrance to the city, showing you the way locals experience it.

What I really love about this tour, is that it feels completely unscripted – like a longtime local friend is taking you around to show all the ins and outs of Paris!

There are a few different start times available, it’s easy to fit into even the busiest of schedules! This small-group experience is perfect for first-time visitors – especially those who are sick of the kind of tours that feel like you’re just another head in a crowd of people.

This means more personalized attention from your guide, the chance to ask any questions you may have, and the chance to personalize things a bit more than you would otherwise.

Starting on the island in the middle of the Seine, your friendly guide will take you over to St. Louis Island, which feels like traveling centuries back in time as it’s changed hardly any since then!

Filled with stunning historic buildings that feel like works of art on their own, this peaceful place is like a little respite from the hustle and bustle of the city (pro tip: book your hotel here if you enjoy that contrast and still want to be close to all the happenings!).

We then crossed over into the trendy, medieval Marais, known for its welcoming atmosphere, arts, and bohemian vibe lined with fantastic bars, restaurants, and boutiques.

We then started to explore the more “historic” parts, like Bastille Square, Kings Square, and much more – with our guide keeping the storytelling flowing seamlessly. We made plenty of stops for photos, drinks, and more, making for an itinerary that felt very well-planned and never too heavy on the biking.

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4. Paris by Night City of Lights Sightseeing Guided Bike Tour

I’ll admit that I was fully enamored with Paris within just a few seconds of driving through the city – the architecture, the charming cafes, the fashion, the history! However, it wasn’t until the first time I saw The City of Lights in all its glory – at night – that I truly experienced its magic to the fullest.

The tourist crowds thin, the buzz of everything goes quiet, and the true essence of Paris really reveals itself after the sun goes down: experience it all on the Paris by Night City of Lights Sightseeing Guided Bike Tour.

Over the course of a few moonlit hours, you’ll glide along quiet boulevards and shadowy backstreets, past softly lit monuments and bridges, as your expert guide tells you historically accurate tales of kings, rebels, and artists who all called this place “home” at one point.

From Notre Dame and the Louvre to the famously glittering Eiffel Tower, these icons all take on a different tone at night – perhaps a bit more mysterious, cinematic, and surreal. Start out by meeting your guide and getting set up with your bike and helmet and take off onto the evening-lit streets with the rest of your small group!

The atmosphere at night was electric, breathing in the refreshing night air as the city hummed around us – it felt almost meditative at times! We passed plenty of incredible pieces of architecture, through the back courtyard of the Louvre, and much more – all while hearing entertaining and educational stories about each location.

I loved our stop for ice cream at the world-famous Berthillon, where I just had to try a delicious rum raisin and dark chocolate selection!

After enjoying it on a beautiful bridge overlooking the Seine, we continued to pedal past the gorgeous Sainte Chapelle, the Latin Quarter, Pont des Arts, and other fantastic sights.

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5. Paris Sightseeing Family Friendly Guided Electric Bike Tour

If you’re on a tight schedule but still really want to experience a proper Paris bike tour, look no further than this next adventure! The Paris Sightseeing Family Friendly Guided Electric Bike Tour combines plenty of desirable qualities: it’s relatively short yet jam-packed full of sightseeing, it features e-bikes that really let you glide through the city, and it’s designed for all ages, making it perfect for families just as well as solo travelers.

As it is more brief than the others, there are plenty of different start times available, further facilitating ease of planning! We started out by meeting our guide at a bike shop, receiving our e-bike and helmet then going through a briefing on what we can expect, the local bike laws we should follow, and had all of our questions answered beforehand.

When we were all ready and comfortable with using our bikes, we set off for the Place Vendome! We passed by the gorgeous, ultra-Parisian Jardin des Tuileries, which is definitely worth a more in-depth exploration, complete with countless plants, flowers, and world-class sculptures.

Right across, we found the Louvre Palace (kinda hard to miss, as you’ll soon find out), as well as the infamous pyramid, and the Triumph Arch further down on the Champs-Elysees. At this point, I’d taken quite a few Parisian bike tours, and was thoroughly impressed with our guide and his brain packed full of knowledge I learned about for the first time with him!

Cross over to the Ile de la Cite and Saint-Louis, onto the breathtaking Notre Dame, as you learn not only about its history but about its interesting architecture and why it was built the way it was (and why so many structures across Europe have nearly copied it!).

No tour is complete without seeing the Eiffel Tower, and after, you’ll continue on for another bit of sightseeing and quizzes from your guide!

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6. Paris Bike Tour Hidden Secrets in the Latin Quarter & Le Marais neighborhoods

Paris has so much to offer, that it’s easy to fall in love with, but perhaps more difficult to say you “truly know” it – unless you’re willing to step (or pedal) off the beaten path.

The Paris Bike Tour Hidden Secrets in the Latin Quarter & Le Marais Neighborhoods experience offers exactly that: a rare, unedited look at the city beyond the major boulevards and baguettes, where the heart of Paris is waiting to be explored.

From cobblestone alleyways and tucked-away courtyards, to unexpected gems many locals don’t even know about yet, this journey is sure to show you places you’ve never seen before.

Starting out at 10:00 am, it’s a great way to spend the morning heading into afternoon, allowing you to have breakfast before to fuel up for your excursion. Led by a guide who feels more like a friend with a fantastic sense of direction and an endless supply of stories and historical knowledge, the 4 hours will fly by.

Start out at the bike shop, where you’ll be outfitted with your helmet rental as well as your well-maintained bike before heading off through the Latin Quarter.

If you can believe it, I’d already been to Paris 3 times before I took this tour and had NEVER seen the Shakespeare and Company Bookstore, which was actually one of the sights I wanted to see! This time we got to explore it, which is undoubtedly inspiring to anyone who appreciates literature from any era – the commentary from our guide made it that much more fascinating!

One thing that I love just as much as books is coffee, so it made sense that we headed to the oldest cafe in Paris next, learning about how Benjamin Franklin, Voltaire, and other pillars in history frequented the eatery.

If you’ve ever seen or read The Da Vinci Code, you’ll love visiting Saint-Sulpice before checking out the Pantheon followed by a break for lunch at a cute little bakery or cafe of your choosing. Le Marais is up next, where you’ll learn about the French Jewish population, explore adorable boutiques, and see some of the most historically important walls and squares!

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7. Highlights of Paris Bike Tour with a Local Guide

Last but certainly not least, is the Highlights of Paris Bike Tour with a Local Guide. If it’s your first time in Paris or if you’re looking for a budget-friendly bike tour that covers all the top landmarks, this should be at the top of your list.

While the tour is a small-group experience, you can even elect to upgrade to a completely private tour to have the guide to yourself and really personalize your itinerary! You can choose to start either in the morning or afternoon, meeting up with your guide in the center of the city at the bike shop.

You’ll be provided with a helmet, your bike (of course), and if you need, they even offer the option to use a child seat. I’ve taken a ton of bike tours and I have to say that Paris is one of the best cities for cycling – large pathways, scenic routes, and generally clean streets with plenty of trees lining them.

Our guide really placed safety first, which allowed us to get out of our heads and enjoy the fantastically Parisian atmosphere surrounding us! He regaled us with intriguing historical accounts about the sights we visited,

including the Arch of Triumph, the Eiffel Tower, the Tomb of Napoleon, the Louvre, and so much more! If you want to get a lay of the land quickly, this is easily one of the best tours to go on. This was such a great time getting to know Paris with a fun and knowledgeable guide!

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