What's the best way to see paris for $2? On a bike!…read more One of my Paris highlights were this bikes! Though they may look clunky and hideous, they are great way to get you anywhere. After a couple days of walking everywhere my legs were dying. As much as I wanted to see everything paris had to offer my legs were telling me NO! Good thing we decided to try these bikes out because they saved our legs and took us to places faster than our two feet ever would. The website makes renting these bikes simple enough. You register online and pay with card and create a PIN. An email is sent to you with user numbers, that you'll need to enter in the kiosk to get a bike and don't forget your pin. As long as you return the bike to a station within 30 minutes you're guaranteed a $2 paris excursion all on two wheels. Most of the station are available on most popular areas and around the corners in big intersections. You can always rent the bike from the kiosk if you don't have time to register online. When you return your bike make sure to see a green light appear on your stand. If not, you can go to the main kiosk and troubleshoot from there. My light went orange in one instance because I shoved it in the wrong angle and the kiosk released it, so I could retry sliding it in. It was fun biking around like a local because even the locals use them. It was super scary biking on crowded roads with cars, but compared to America, french drivers are totally aware of their surroundings. The insurance you have with these bikes are they are heavy and big enough to keep you stable and withstand a lot of beatings. The fenders on the bike also come in handy for those spontaneous mother nature drizzles.

Beware of this company! I am very familiar with bike shares and scooter shares of many varieties…read morefrom many brands across many cities around the world. This brand is the scariest! 1. They have bikes in unsafe riding condition all over the city! Do they inspect or repair ever? 2. Several of their bikes have dubious connections with the server - so you may not be able to start a ride. AND you might think you're parking a bike and ending a ride, but in fact it is just locked to the rack but still running. 3. If (or should I say when) the ride malfunctions there is NO METHOD of getting in touch with customer service for help. So not only will you get overcharged and have to fight to remove the charge after the fact, but you will also be locked out of using any other bikes. That means that, if you purchased a subscription service for an entire day, but a bike won't log out of your app after you lock it up, you will not be able to use your subscription again with a new bike that day (since the old bike is still running). 4. There is no way to reply to a conversation or see your conversation history with customer service - so, no matter how many times you talk to them (or try to report problematic bikes), there is never a record to reference to indicate the problem you are having, if it is an ongoing one (or you are trying to point out that you did try to contact them over a broken bike). 5. You can't view your GPS history of the rides, so you can't argue where you did or did not ride when the service inevitably charges you for a 29-day ride that you did not take. I attempted 8 rides with this company over 4 days and only got 5 to work - and of those 5, it took trying several bikes before one was functional. This is almost a 100% error track record. This company will deliver you a questionable product and then charge your credit card for errors that its own server makes. I recommend you use literally any other rideshare program for your own peace of mind.

Perfect way to see Paris!!! Nice selection of bikes and Vespa scooters. They offer a big…read morewindbreaker jacket and gloves - really handy for the windy streets of Paris in November. The owner was very nice and if I was going back to Paris this would be my first stop :)

Had a fantastic experience with Freescoot! The price was great, the Vespa worked perfectly, and…read morethe staff was friendly and helpful. Would definitely recommend.

Very simple, easy and inexpesive. Only speaking english was no problem for me and the bikes were…read morequality.

Fantastic experience. Proprietor was wonderful. We rented bikes for seven of us, including kids…read moreand teens. They got us fitted quickly and efficiently and provided recommendations for routes with minimal traffic. Would definitely recommend and use them again!

Our family of three (including my 11 yo son) chose the Paris night bike tour. Even though it's…read morerecommended for 12+, and is a late-night excursion, he's an excellent bicyclist and regularly bicycles in longer trips at home, so I knew he'd be fine, and he stayed up by the tour guide in front the whole time. We heard a lot of compliments from other tourists who enjoyed him, but beware, if your child is NOT a good bicyclist, or well practiced in bicycling, please do not subject other tourists to them-we heard a couple of horror stories of other bicycle tours where this was the case.) This bicycle tour was fantastic! The guide was knowledgeable and the locations were spot-on. Highly recommend if you (like us) only have a few days in Paris, as you can see so much on this tour! The sunset boat tour was absolutely stunning as we boated past the lit up Eiffel Tower, but my highlight was riding around the Louvre (also at sunset). Stunning tour was definitely a highlight!

A fun way to go around the main tourist area of Paris and get a glimpse of the sights. As I go…read morearound Europe for work a lot, I am always looking for somethink to do different on down time, an easy bicycle ride on a beautiful day was a great think to do. I don't recommend this currently with all of the Olympic venues up. The roads are too congested and you can't get to some areas because of the street closures.

We did the monument tour, it was a fun way to go around town and see some sites while getting a…read morehistory lesson from our tour guide. We were here in the Spring of 2024, since we were 90 ish days out from the summer Olympics we didn't get to tour around the Effie Tower area due to the construction in that section. The tour time in total was around 3 hours with a lunch stop in between. Actual time moving was around 45 minutes. We covered around 4.5 miles, well under the 15 kilometers noted on the map at the meet up spot inside Le Peloton Café. Initially we wanted to do the hidden Paris tour the first day we got in town, but instead of booking on line we tried to just show up and see if we could join in person. When we showed up we found out that ride was cancelled since it didn't meet the minimum amount of reservation the day before. So if you're thinking about going in the tour go ahead and book it in advance.

I was staying in Paris for a few days, and a friend recommended Bike About Tours - in particular,…read morethe "Hidden Paris" tour. After meeting at the owner's cozy coffee shop, our fabulous guide Marley got us on some great bikes and took us around some beautiful parts of Paris with some unusual history. The day was gorgeous, the biking was very fun, the tour informative and lively, Marley an absolute joy, all-in-all probably the single best experience I had while I was there. Highly recommend!

Renting from PBC was a great experience. The staff are friendly and knowledgeable, the bike was…read moreawesome (especially for the price) and it fit perfectly (they ask for measurements). They have a changing room and you can leave your street clothes there while you ride. I was even given a fresh café at the end of my ride! So good. What a great place to ride. And, for what it's worth, I speak almost no French. I can say "please" and "thank you," and not much more. I was nervous about that.

I'm training for the 2015 AIDS/LifeCycle, and didn't think I wanted to be off a bike for nearly…read morethree weeks while on vacation. So, I found Paris Bike Company and set up a ride with Sam, sending him the dimensions of my bike in advance. The original day we'd arranged for was rainy, and he was super-flexible about postponing it a day or two. Once in Malakoff, I easily found his shop and Sam waiting for me. Sam is super-chill and isn't there to kick your butt, but rather lets you set the pace according to your ability (I discovered I'd been eating and drinking a little too much on my trip, so being allowed to set our pace was a good thing). We set off on our ride, him explaining some of the local rules of the road so as to make the trip a safe one. We rode out to Versailles and back, about a 50km round-trip. During the trip, Sam was a great tour guide. If it hadn't been quite so chilly (and I'd been a little better dressed for the cold), I would have gone out for longer. Although it cost a bit to do, having a private two-hour tour of the countryside was one of the best things I did in Paris!

SPC organised a tour for us in the vineyards in Burgundy. It was superb! the bikes were brand new…read moreand top quality (including Shimano electric gear shift). The team is relaxed and professional - I can highly recommend

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From the owner: La RATP sur deux roues 7 jours sur 7, les services Roue Libre de la RATP proposent la location de…read morevélo à l'heure, à la demi-journée ou à la journée (caution demandée). Les tarifs varient entre la semaine et le week-end. Il est également possible de suivre des balades guidées, des circuits gourmands, des visites découvertes commentées par des guides professionnels multilingues. 4 sites "Cyclobus" de location (60 vélos chacun entre VTC homme/femme et VTT enfants et accessoires tels que les casques ou sièges bébés) : Place du Châtelet (4 avenue Victoria), Porte d'Auteuil (Gare routière RATP) et à Vincennes (Gare routière RATP).

Booked a stay last minute when i got in as my original hotel stay didnt pan out…read more What an amazing hotel! Found this place searching on Expedia. Clean, spacious and located not far from central sites. Walking distance to everything. The bathroom was spacious with a deep bathtub which was great. Toilet and bathroom were separate which was nice. Staff was so friendly! One late night i had drinks and chatted it up with one of the front desk staff, friendly gentleman! It is a distance from CDG but that's standard.

Booked a room for three: (queen bed and a twin roll away) -…read moreSpacious, comfortable sized rooms for Paris - Comfortable bed and bedding. - Clean and modern - Filtered water provided for free in glass bottles (not for you to take out of the room but much appreciated) Bathroom: - Impressive with both a small shower and a pretty big bathtub with hand spray. - nice sized sink - dry rack for clothes and a close up mirror. - Toilet is separate from the shower/bath area. - L'occitane products was a nice surprise! Shampoo and body wash are big bottles (not takeaways) to conserve on plastic. Conditioner and lotions provided in small bottles. Refreshing face towelettes also provided. - A/C was great to beat the summer heat Staff was courteous. Hotel's small bar closes at 11 p.m. Didn't try their breakfast but there's a great looking bagel place around the corner and a Pret a Manger super close as well. Location: Hotel is in a central location for touring the main sites and access to the Metro and bus station. Champs-Élysées is a super close. Transportation: Sunday evening: Took the express RER B3 from CDG to Chatelet les Halles station. Then transferred to Metro-1 (toward La Defense) to the Charles de Gaulle - Etoile. Short walk to the hotel from there. We didn't have a lot of luggage so it was perfect. Because it was an express on the RER, it took only 40-45 minutes to our final stop and 11.40 Euros (or so) per ticket. If the train was not an express, it would take approximately 1.5 hours. Took a cab to the airport from the area for 50 Euros. There's also a decent bus option, apparently.

This place is absolutely AMAZING. The service is fantastic. First my girl friend and I spent 15…read moreminutes in the hammam that we had all to ourselves. Then, a very nice woman rubbed black soap on our bodies and we returned to the hammam again. We had our entire bodies scrubbed from every angle (I had enough dead skin to create a bouncy ball) and washed. They even washed our hair. We proceeded to dip our bodies in a cold swimming pool to close our pores. Next, we went to get soothing massages with fabulously scented oils. To end the spa treatment, we had mint tea and a variety of Turkish snacks. I definitely recommend this place. I felt like a princess!

What a fabulous experience! I had just arrived that morning from the States and this was the…read moreperfect experience to eliminate jet lag, reduce toxins and get ready for an incredible visit. Highly recommend!!!