Bike tours — with cruise ticket · full day

First Day in Paris — French Icons + Flavors, with Seine Cruise Ticket

Bike, walk and taste your way through the most iconic places in Paris, then a Seine cruise to finish. One day to truly remember.

The experience

Only one day in Paris? Make it the one you remember.

Iconic tastes that never go out of style, next to what the rule-breakers are up to…

We sweep through the backstreets of the Canal Saint-Martin and le Marais, embracing the laid-back mood of the French flâneur…

Glide through the nooks and crannies of Saint-Germain-des-Prés, the Latin Quarter’s best corners, sweeping through the outrageously elegant Parisian places you must see.

Reflecting the inspiration of Degas and Lautrec, the ambitions of Napoleon Bonaparte, the tragedies and triumphs. How art can shape the world.

Looking out at mesmerising views of the city, washed in gold and stone, and the iconic Parisian roofline. Where artists kindled their inspiration, painted, wrote and loved.

You’ll find what only Parisians know: that our lesser-explored covered passages are outrageously elegant. Sample iconic tastes in the footsteps of Christian Dior and Coco Chanel (breathing in the memory of her scandals).

Breakfast, a grazing lunch, a garden picnic (weather permitting) or a medieval cellar, and a sightseeing cruise on the river, with curated essentials of Paris in between. We do all the planning.

We begin in the hip Canal Saint-Martin quarter, on the bridge from Amélie, with some of the best croissants in town. Then medieval Le Marais for a food walk like no other: rare cheeses from Paris’ oldest covered market, classic desserts, chocolate, coffee, daring flavours from upstart bakers, and hidden history along the way — a cannonball from the Revolution, the city wall from a thousand years ago.

Then we hop on bikes and zigzag the quiet backstreets to the essential sights, from the best angles: Notre-Dame, the Louvre, the Conciergerie, Sainte-Chapelle, the Tuileries, the Champs-Élysées, the Arc de Triomphe, Napoleon’s tomb. A wine and cheese picnic in a royal garden, weather permitting, or a medieval cellar, enjoying our wines and cheeses in a unique French ambiance. And we finish up close to the Eiffel Tower with your ticket for a Seine sightseeing cruise as Paris begins to glitter: the same river, the same views, on a shared boat rather than a private one. Enquire for this tour by private vehicle.

It’s time for Paris’s famed cuisine to take the driver’s seat – you’ll soon find yourself embracing the ways of the bon vivants of the French capital.

Walk in the footsteps of kings… artists… agitators… madmen (…and women).

Alongside an expert local in love with the City of Light, vivaciously experience Paris as it comes to life. (It sounds bombastic, but we invite you to decide for yourself…) Why this is the world’s most dreamed-about destination.

You’ll depart with a sense that you haven’t left a single cobblestoned street unturned.

The pastries

Paris’ best croissants, coffee and pastries in Canal Saint-Martin, plus surprise tastes not yet on the best-of lists.

The savoury

A French crêpes break, of course, and rare cheeses, charcuterie and baguette for the picnic.

The coffee

Some of the best coffee in town at an off-the-beaten-path spot beloved by neighbours. Learn how to order coffee like a Parisian. Or tea, or hot chocolate.

The streets

Canal Saint-Martin, the Latin Quarter, the covered passages, Saint-Germain-des-Prés, Trocadéro, Le Marais and the River Seine, with some hidden gems we keep as a surprise.

The artisans

Our friends: the roasters, the bakers, the cheesemongers and the chocolatiers who are passionate about their craft.

The wine

A picnic in a royal garden, weather permitting, or a medieval cellar, enjoying our wines and cheeses in a unique French ambiance.

The cruise

A ticket for a Seine sightseeing cruise at the end of the day: the Eiffel Tower, Notre-Dame and the Louvre gliding by as the city lights up.

Les croissants

Real French butter, top-quality flour, and beaucoup savoir-faire.

We meet on the Amélie bridge over the canal and start where every Parisian morning starts: croissants and pain au chocolat from bakers who still laminate by hand, tasted warm, with a word on why French baguette and pastries win awards.

Canal Saint-Martin, then Paris’ oldest covered market

Napoleon’s canal, the best croissants in town, then rare cheeses from our friend the cheesemonger.

Ride like Parisians do

Zigzag the charming backstreets, leisurely, past the unmissable Paris.

What we see

We can see it all — and then some.

Macarons and chocolates

In search of the French macaron, in intimate boutiques.

We’ll take you to the place the neighbours love, and to a chocolatier who treats cacao the way a vigneron treats grapes.

The crêpe break

A real Breton crêpe, of course.

Buckwheat, ham, cheese, folded hot off the griddle, from a stand that does nothing else. Eaten under the arcades of the Place des Vosges, the oldest planned square in Paris, before we collect the bikes.

Award-winning Paris roasters

Paris has good coffee now. Finally.

Some of the best coffee in town, at an off-the-beaten-path spot beloved by neighbours. Learn how we drink coffee in France and how to order it in a Parisian café. Or tea, or hot chocolate.

Pâtisserie

Try the classics and the newcomers.

Icons of French pâtisserie. From classics hundreds of years old to rule-breaking flavours by daring pâtissières. Madeleines, choux à la crème, and something unexpected.

Les infos

Enquire

Make it the day you remember.

Tell us who is coming and any wish-list stops; we shape the day around it.