Thanks to a previous post, we took the recommended Fat Tire Bike Tour to Monet%26#39;s gardens/house and really enjoyed it. The day is long.....leaving Gare St. Lazare for about 1.5 hour train ride then walking into Veron to purchase a packed lunch....walking back to pick up our bikes in a shed......packing up our lunches.....and the ride through town was not that bad at all and we had a someone who has not riden bikes in quite some time with us and all was fine. We stopped for about 30 minutes by the river to eat lunch then onward......we had about 2 hours total at Monet%26#39;s gardens/house. I would have enjoyed spending more time just sitting in the gardens but thats OK. The train ride back into Paris does not take as long because it doesn%26#39;t make any stops. Our guide Marcus was excellent. He had a great personality. You are on your own to go through Monet%26#39;s house/gardens...he is only your guide to get you from Paris to Monet%26#39;s House....he was not rich on facts but again I had the feeling that was not his job.
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Thanks! I wasn%26#39;t sure if we%26#39;d be bringing the bikes on the train or not - I am really looking forward to the bike ride!
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You do not take your bikes on the train for this tour, BUT there was a family on our tour that also did the Versailles Bike Tour and they DID have to take their bikes on the train and they said the people on the train were not too thrilled....but they still enjoyed!
Enjoy your trip!
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just wanted to agree with how great the staff at this place are!
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I am glad we won%26#39;t be doing the bikes on the train! I knew they were supposed to do that with the Versailles tour (which we didn%26#39;t do because a friend came back and mentioned all of the construction and the hall of mirrors being closed). Hopefully next year!
Monets Gardens look incredible, I%26#39;m very excited about it!
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