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2cv tour of Paris. Anyone do this?
Posted on 1/8/23 at 11:01 am
Posted on 1/8/23 at 11:01 am
Was talking to someone who said they got a private tour of Paris driving around in a 2CV. I was thinking of doing a bus tour to see all the sites I wouldn't metro or walk to. The 2cv is more expensive but could be fun.
Looking to see if anyone did this or had other opinions on tours in Paris. Mostly well be self guided but want a 2 hour or so sight seeing option.
Looking to see if anyone did this or had other opinions on tours in Paris. Mostly well be self guided but want a 2 hour or so sight seeing option.
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Posted on 1/8/23 at 11:40 am to Napoleon
We did a bicycle tour the first day and that was fun. Allowed us to identify parts we wanted to come to visit later in the trip.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 2:04 pm to Napoleon
The bus tour is nice but it drives down a lot of busy well known streets so traffic sucks. If you want on a more personal tour they may have better routes so you can see more in a shorter period of time. The bus tour is nice to just sit down and relax for awhile, so it’s good for that. But I don’t think it’s a great use of time for adults. I’ve done the london and paris one, but again I had kids both times so it makes more sense.
Paris now has very good bike lanes and there’s electric scooters and bikes all over to rent. I’d consider doing one of those on your own, it would be a lot faster than a car because they have their own lane and you can zoom past traffic. But they do take the rules seriously as far as only riding them where you are supposed to. Like not in parks or pedestrian only areas.
Paris now has very good bike lanes and there’s electric scooters and bikes all over to rent. I’d consider doing one of those on your own, it would be a lot faster than a car because they have their own lane and you can zoom past traffic. But they do take the rules seriously as far as only riding them where you are supposed to. Like not in parks or pedestrian only areas.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 2:07 pm
Posted on 1/8/23 at 4:01 pm to baldona
I did notice when I was on Google maps figuring out walking vs metro routes. It would be like a 30 minute walk or a 8 minute scooter or bike ride. Maybe I will look into that.
Posted on 1/8/23 at 9:19 pm to Napoleon
WRT to scooters, make sure to research whether you need to bring your own helmet. I'm not super coordinated, but thinking of some of the Parisian streets I'd eat shite for sure.
Traffic sucks. You will spend a lot of time sitting and waiting. Since you're mostly self guided, I guess it's different, so you might as well try it, but I wouldn't pay through the nose for it.
Scheduling a boat cruise from near the Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower and back would probably be a better use of 60/90 minutes. Bring your own booze on board from the restaurant at the dock. I'm not sure if the Eiffel tower light show is still shut down, but if it's back up, dusk is a great time to do that.
Traffic sucks. You will spend a lot of time sitting and waiting. Since you're mostly self guided, I guess it's different, so you might as well try it, but I wouldn't pay through the nose for it.
Scheduling a boat cruise from near the Notre Dame to the Eiffel Tower and back would probably be a better use of 60/90 minutes. Bring your own booze on board from the restaurant at the dock. I'm not sure if the Eiffel tower light show is still shut down, but if it's back up, dusk is a great time to do that.
This post was edited on 1/8/23 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 1/9/23 at 8:08 am to Napoleon
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I did notice when I was on Google maps figuring out walking vs metro routes. It would be like a 30 minute walk or a 8 minute scooter or bike ride. Maybe I will look into that.
They ride the shite out of scooters there, bikes too. But you think about it and an electric scooter folds into nothing. If you just have a 2-3 mile or much less commute they would be awesome in the city. I had my kids with me and you have to be 10 to be on a scooter and the only time my wife and I had a sitter was at night so there was no way I was going to ride around at night for the first time. But I really wanted to go down the Seine on the scooters. The locals use the hell out of them so its not like its just tourists.
ETA: I think like 22 people were killed on scooters last year in paris so they enforce the rules. (that may be scooters and bikes IDK). But I would feel perfectly safe riding them just be somewhat careful. Like I said most of the time the traffic isn't going fast enough to even hurt you.
This post was edited on 1/9/23 at 8:10 am
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