{"id":1173,"date":"2009-04-18T15:42:43","date_gmt":"2009-04-18T05:42:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/?p=1173"},"modified":"2009-04-18T15:42:43","modified_gmt":"2009-04-18T05:42:43","slug":"pedal-your-way-around-versailles-and-keep-fit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/wordpress\/france\/pedal-your-way-around-versailles-and-keep-fit","title":{"rendered":"Pedal your way around Versailles and keep fit!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"float: right\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\"><!--\r\ngoogle_ad_client = \"pub-1009507070974015\";\r\ngoogle_alternate_ad_url = \"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/google_adsense_script.html\";\r\ngoogle_ad_width = 300;\r\ngoogle_ad_height = 250;\r\ngoogle_ad_format = \"300x250_as\";\r\ngoogle_ad_type = \"text_image\";\r\n\/\/2007-06-30: TSBlog 300x250\r\ngoogle_ad_channel = \"2928184950\";\r\ngoogle_color_border = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_bg = \"FFFFFF\";\r\ngoogle_color_link = \"FF6600\";\r\ngoogle_color_text = \"000000\";\r\ngoogle_color_url = \"339933\";\r\n\/\/-->\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\"\r\n  src=\"http:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/show_ads.js\">\r\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Have you ever considered seeing <a href=\"http:\/\/www.partner.viator.com\/en\/2494\/tours\/Paris\/Versailles-by-Bike-Day-Tour\/d479-3588VERSA\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Versailles by bicycle<\/strong><\/a>? If you&#8217;ve never contemplated doing this because you think it&#8217;s just too difficult to organise, this needn&#8217;t be the case.\u00a0 The people at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/resources\/book-a-tour-online.php#France\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Viator<\/strong> <\/a>have made it possible for visitors to tour Versailles with a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The tour allows you to see Versailles&#8217; expansive gardens plus the highlights of Versailles, including Marie Antoinette&#8217;s country-style <strong>Hameau<\/strong>, the <strong>Petit Trianon <\/strong>and the <strong>Grand Trianon<\/strong>.\u00a0 Most visitors who come by coach tours don&#8217;t get to see these. The cycling tour also allows you to enjoy a picnic by the Grand Canal before taking a tour of the Palace of Versailles.<\/p>\n<p><strong>This is how it works:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This tour starts in Paris.\u00a0 Together with your guide, you&#8217;ll cycle your hired bicycle to the RER train station to make the 20-minute trip by train to Versailles.<\/p>\n<p>The first highlight on this full day out is a stop at the <strong>Versailles village market<\/strong> where you&#8217;ll buy freshly baked <strong>baguettes, cheese, ham, wine<\/strong> and whatever else you fancy for your picnic lunch in Versailles&#8217; gardens. The range and quality of cheese in France is really amazing and there&#8217;s nothing like eating the fresh and genuine product.<\/p>\n<div style=\"width: 360px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"Palace of Versailles\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/d\/12879-2\/Fr_0747.jpg?resize=350%2C213\" alt=\"Palace of Versailles\" width=\"350\" height=\"213\" \/><p class=\"wp-caption-text\">Palace of Versailles<\/p><\/div>\n<p>After buying your provisions, you&#8217;ll ride through the gardens behind the Palace of Versailles.\u00a0 As the grounds are massive, visitors on foot can only manage a small fraction of the palace gardens, whereas on your bike you&#8217;ll be covering more grounds.\u00a0 You&#8217;ll be able to take lots of picturesque <strong>photos <\/strong>as Versailles&#8217; gardens and forests are crisscrossed by a network of fantastic trails and tree-lined paths.<\/p>\n<p><strong>A Royal picnic spot<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>At the far end of the Grand Canal is where everyone stops for their picnic lunch.\u00a0 This is not just any<strong> picnic spot<\/strong> but it&#8217;s the exact spot where Louis XIV, XV and XVI ate in order to marvel at their palace.<\/p>\n<p>After lunch, the tour will pedal back towards the Palace itself for the tour of this royal residence and catch glimpses into the lives of the <strong>French monarchy<\/strong> before their removal from power by the Revolution in 1789.\u00a0 After the Palace visit you&#8217;ll return to Paris on the <strong>RER train<\/strong> again.<\/p>\n<p>This leisurely 10 miles cycle on relatively flat terrain is classified as <strong>suitable for all levels of fitness.<\/strong> We&#8217;re all getting more conscious of our environment, our health and in this current economic climate, our finances, and this tour is very affordable and seems like a great way of sightseeing which allows you to <strong>get fit<\/strong> as well.<\/p>\n<p>The operator,<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/resources\/book-a-tour-online.php#France\" target=\"_self\">Viator<\/a><\/strong>, is a large and reputable tour company that provides all kinds of tours and transfers for your holiday in Europe.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on this tour, <strong><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.partner.viator.com\/en\/2494\/tours\/Paris\/Versailles-by-Bike-Day-Tour\/d479-3588VERSA\" target=\"_self\">click here<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<br \/>\nFor more <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/index.php\" target=\"_self\"><strong>Travels Signposts <\/strong><\/a>photos of Palace of Versailles and Gardens, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.travelsignposts.com\/Destination\/v\/France\/Versailles\/?g2_page=3\" target=\"_self\"><em><strong>click here<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever considered seeing Versailles by bicycle? 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