Paris · see the sights along the Seine
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Your whole outing, with time for stops. All rides start and finish at the Hôtel de Ville.
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The sights
Allow about 3 h 40: 1 h 20 of riding at an easy 12 km/h, and 20 min at each of the 7 sights.
Hôtel de Ville
This is the city hall of Paris. A fire destroyed the old building in 1871. The city built it again in the same style.
Look up: more than 100 statues of famous people from Paris stand on the walls.
Checked against paris.fr: les statues de la façade de l'Hôtel de Ville.
Notre-Dame de Paris
Work on this cathedral started in 1163 and took almost 200 years.
In April 2019, a fire destroyed the spire and most of the roof. It opened again in December 2024, after five years of repairs.
In the square in front, find the small bronze star in the ground. It is "point zero" of the roads of France.
The square in front is full of people. Walk your bike here.
Bike parking about 110 m away (16 places).
Checked against Notre-Dame de Paris; Point zéro des routes de France (general references).
The Louvre
This was the palace of the kings of France. Since 1793, it has been a museum.
It is the most visited museum in the world. The Mona Lisa is inside.
The glass pyramid is the entrance. I. M. Pei designed it, and it opened in 1989.
Bikes cannot go in the courtyard with the pyramid. Walk your bike in from the Rue de Rivoli side.
Bike parking about 60 m away (10 places).
Checked against Musée du Louvre: règlement des cours et jardins (bikes); general references.
Place de la Concorde
This is the largest square in Paris. In 1793, King Louis XVI died here on the guillotine.
The stone obelisk is more than 3,000 years old. It comes from the temple of Luxor in Egypt.
Look west: the Champs-Élysées goes up to the Arc de Triomphe.
Bike parking about 130 m away.
Checked against Place de la Concorde; the Luxor obelisk (general references).
Les Invalides
King Louis XIV built this in the 1670s as a home for old and wounded soldiers.
Napoleon's tomb is under the gold dome.
Bike parking about 100 m away (14 places).
Checked against Hôtel des Invalides (general references).
Eiffel Tower
Gustave Eiffel's company built the tower for the World's Fair of 1889.
The city planned to take it down after 20 years. It stayed because it was useful for radio.
After dark, it sparkles for five minutes at the start of each hour, until 11 pm.
Many people walk around the tower. Walk your bike near it, and do not leave the bikes there unattended.
Bike parking about 180 m away (62 places).
Checked against Tour Eiffel: the lights (toureiffel.paris).
Musée d'Orsay
This museum was a railway station. It opened for the World's Fair of 1900.
Today it has the largest collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings: Monet, Renoir, Van Gogh and more.
Find the two big clocks on the front. You can see through one of them from inside.
Bike parking about 50 m away (14 places).
Checked against Musée d'Orsay (general references).
The words at each stop were written for this ride and checked against the sources named. Bike parking is from OpenStreetMap; it is not checked on the ground. Museums and churches have their own opening hours.
Along the way
- Conciergerie (castle), Palais du Louvre (castle), Palais Royal (castle) · museum, monument, sight, viewpoint, church, café, bakery, ice cream, market, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
- Notre-Dame de Paris
- The Louvre
- Place de la Concorde
- Les Invalides
- Musée de l'Armée (museum), Musée des Plans-Reliefs (museum)
- Palais de Tokyo (museum), Musée du quai Branly (museum), Bateaux-Mouches (sight) · church, café, drinking water, toiletsGood place to stop
- Eiffel Tower
- Musée d'Art Moderne de Paris (museum), Musée des égouts (museum), Fluctuart (museum) · sight, bakery, drinking water, toilets
- Musée de la Légion d'Honneur et des Ordres de Chevalerie (museum), Mozza & Co (café) · drinking water, toilets
- Musée d'Orsay
- Musée d'Orsay (museum), Café de la Gare (café) · drinking water
- Maison Gainsbourg (museum), Pont du Carroussel (sight), Café des Beaux-Arts (café)
- Hôtel de la Monnaie (museum), Pont Neuf (sight), Palais de Justice de Paris (sight) · café, drinking water, toilets, bike shop
Drinking water is mapped at 15 points; the longest stretch without is 4.6 km (km 1.6–6.2).
Places are from OpenStreetMap within 60 m of the route (300 m for a landmark such as a château or museum), and climbs from the modelled profile. Nothing here is checked on the ground and opening hours are not known. A good place to stop has food and water or toilets together, nearest the middle of the ride.
Ride from Paris
13.1 km · 75 m climbing · 75 m descending.
Busier roads (model stress 3–4): 6% of the distance. Steepest modelled 500 m: 2.8%. Unknown surface: 0%.
Modelled route, not a verified itinerary or a rider-specific recommendation. Check current road access and conditions.
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