OUR TOURS
PASSING THROUGH PARIS?
On a short business trip or for a longer stay with family or friends? How lucky! The capital has so many treasures. But when you arrive in Paris, it is difficult to know where to start…
TREAT YOURSELF TO AN UNFORGETTABLE VISIT!
Thanks to Paris Running Tours, you will not miss a thing in the capital! Visiting a city while running, is a means of combining pleasure and fitness: let yourself be shown around, discover or rediscover Paris and all its secrets, cover a distance which will make the most beautiful sites in the capital accessible in one trip!
In only a few hours, you can jog, discover the different aspects of the city and learn a lot of new things! What more could you wish for?
8KM TOUR
(5 miles)
>2h
Your customized tour
On this tour you will be able to see:
The Garnier Opera house, the old Stock Exchange (La Bourse), covered passages, the Royal Palace, the Louvre museum, the Tuileries gardens, the Concorde square, the Champs-Elysées, the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, the Trocadéro, the Eiffel Tower, the Quai Branly museum, the banks of the Seine, the Alexandre III bridge, the Invalides museum, the National Assembly, the Orsay Museum, the Vendôme square and many other magnificent sites! Do you wish to see a particular area? No problem, the guide will always adapt to your pace and to your wishes!
14KM TOUR
(9 miles)
>3h
Your customized tour
On this tour you will be able to see:
The Arc de Triomphe, the Etats-Unis square, the Galliera Museum, the Palais de Tokyo museum, the Iena Palace, the Chaillot Palace, the Eiffel Tower, the Quai Branly museum, the banks of the Seine, the Alexandre III bridge, the Invalides museum, the National Assembly, the Orsay Museum, the Louvre museum, the Tuileries gardens, the Concorde square, the Champs-Elysées, the Elysée Palace (President’s residence), the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, the Alma square and many other magnificent sites! Do you wish to see a particular area? No problem, the guide will always adapt to your pace and to your wishes!
20KM TOUR
(12.5 miles)
>4h
Your customized tour
On this tour you will be able to see:
The Luxembourg gardens, the Latin Quarter, the Sorbonne university, the Pantheon, the Contrescarpe square, the Lutèce Arenas, the Marais quarter, the City Hall (Hôtel de Ville), Notre-Dame Cathedral, the Sainte-Chapelle, the Louvre Museum, the Royal Palace, the Tuileries gardens, the Orangerie, the Concorde square, the Champs Elysees, the Petit Palais and the Grand Palais, the Trocadéro square, the Eiffel Tower, the Quai Branly museum, the banks of the Seine, the Alexandre III bridge, the Invalides museum, the National Assembly, the Orsay Museum, Saint-Germain des Près and many other magnificent sites! Do you wish to see a particular area? No problem, the guide will always adapt to your pace and to your wishes!
How does it work?
All our tours are specially prepared for you. They are private, specifically designed, customized tours which depart from your Parisian residence. We choose the best routes in Paris leaving your place. EACH TOUR IS UNIQUE!
After an email contact, your guide will create your customized route and print out several documents which you will have access to during the tour: routes, maps, photos or images of Paris.
The guide will come and pick you up at your place of residence in Paris, your hotel or building. The tour will also take you back to your residence. Before starting, he will make a brief presentation of Paris, its geography, its history and of course, your route!
All along the visit, the guide will comment on the different places that you are running past and will propose to stop at the places with the most history, like the Concorde square.
In an informal and friendly discussion while running with your guide, you will understand more about Paris, its history, its urban development, its artistic life and modern day Paris.
He will have a camera with him to capture the best moments of the tour. A photo of you in front of the Eiffel Tower? A video? A shot on the Alexandre III Bridge? Whatever you ask for!
You have a precise question about Paris? Your guide will be attentive and will answer your questions whenever you wish.
After the tour, the guide will send you an email with the photos, the itinerary and any interesting links so that you may keep lasting memories of your running tour!
Each guide is an experienced runner, a Parisian, impassioned about Paris and its history and he will share his knowledge of the city, its development, culture, arts, etc. throughout the visit. He can also inform you about Parisian competitions (see THE TEAM)