Paris Trip Overview
Take an open-air journey under the Parisian sunset or in the glow of the City of Light on a retro-style tour by vintage motorcycle sidecar. Designed for those looking for a different sightseeing experience, this authentic guided tour of Paris allows you to (re)discover the city in a romantic and unusual way. See cultural or heritage sights, and drive along little-known streets while listening to anecdotes from a driver-guide.
2 passengers on the vehicle, 1 comfy in the sidecar 1 funny behind the pilot (possibility to switch)
Additional Info
Duration: 1 hour 30 minutes
Starts: Paris, France
Trip Category: Cultural & Theme Tours >> Cultural Tours
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What to Expect When Visiting Paris, Île-de-France, France
Take an open-air journey under the Parisian sunset or in the glow of the City of Light on a retro-style tour by vintage motorcycle sidecar. Designed for those looking for a different sightseeing experience, this authentic guided tour of Paris allows you to (re)discover the city in a romantic and unusual way. See cultural or heritage sights, and drive along little-known streets while listening to anecdotes from a driver-guide.
2 passengers on the vehicle, 1 comfy in the sidecar 1 funny behind the pilot (possibility to switch)
Itinerary
This is a typical itinerary for this product
Pass By: Arc de Triomphe, Place Charles de Gaulle, 75008 Paris France
Your tour begins with either hotel pickup or by meeting your driver-guide at Place de la Concorde, depending on option selected when booking. Hop aboard your vintage motorcycle sidecar, and take off on three wheels, letting your guide worry about navigating Paris traffic.
Ride in style passing by the Arc de Triomphe.
Stop At: Eiffel Tower, 5 Avenue Anatole France, 75007 Paris France
Stop by the world famous Eiffel Tower. The Eiffel Tower is a wrought-iron lattice tower on the Champ de Mars in Paris. It is named after the engineer Gustave Eiffel.
Constructed from 1887–1889 as the entrance to the 1889 World’s Fair. The Eiffel Tower is the most-visited paid monument in the world; 6.91 million people ascended it in 2015.
The tower is 324 metres (1,063 ft) tall, about the same height as an 81-storey building, and the tallest structure in Paris. Its base is square, measuring 125 metres (410 ft) on each side.
Duration: 15 minutes
Pass By: Pont des Invalides, 75007 Paris France
Your Gentleman Sider will take you to the historical site of “Les Invalides”, or also as Hôtel des Invalides, which is a complex of buildings in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France, containing museums and monuments, all relating to the military history of France, as well as a hospital and a retirement home for war veterans. The buildings house the Musée de l’Armée, the military museum of the Army of France, the Musée des Plans-Reliefs, and the Musée d’Histoire Contemporaine, as well as the Dôme des Invalides, a large church, the tallest in Paris at a height of 107 meters, with the tombs of some of France’s war heroes, most notably Napoleon.
Pass By: Saint Germain des Pres Quarter, Place St-Germain-des-Pres, 75006 Paris France
The ride will take you across Saint-Germain-des-Prés which is one of the four administrative quarters of the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France, located around the church of the former Abbey of Saint-Germain-des-Prés. Its official borders are the River Seine on the north, the rue des Saints-Pères on the west, between the rue de Seine and rue Mazarine on the east, and the rue du Four on the south. Residents of the quarter are known as Germanopratins.
The quarter has several famous cafés, including Les Deux Magots, Café de Flore, le Procope, and the Brasserie Lipp, and a large number of bookstores and publishing houses. In the 1940s and 1950s, it was the centre of the existentialist movement (associated with Jean-Paul Sartre and Simone de Beauvoir). It is also home to the École des Beaux-Arts, the famed school of fine arts, and the Musée national Eugène Delacroix, in the former apartment and studio of painter Eugène Delacroix.
Pass By: Palais Garnier, Place de l_Opera entrance at the corner of Scribe and Auber streets, 75009 Paris France
Live an incredible experience and stop in front of the famous Palais Garnier which is a 1,979-seat opera house, which was built from 1861 to 1875 for the Paris Opera. It was called the Salle des Capucines, because of its location on the Boulevard des Capucines in the 9th arrondissement of Paris, but soon became known as the Palais Garnier, in recognition of its opulence and its architect, Charles Garnier. The theatre is also often referred to as the Opéra Garnier as it was the primary home of the Paris Opera and its associated Paris Opera Ballet.
