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Bayonne Food Tour : Chocolate, Ham & Basque Specialties

★ 5.0 (7)

🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Bayonne Food Tour : Chocolate, Ham & Basque Specialties

When Em from our team did this Bayonne food tour, we spent 3.5 hours wandering the historic centre with a knowledgeable local guide, stopping at artisan producers making the city's signature chocolate, ham, and Basque cake. The tour hits all the classics — generous tastings at each stop that genuinely add up to a full meal — but it's the sensory games (blind tastings, aroma challenges) and one-on-one chats with the makers that lift it beyond a standard eat-and-walk. Bayonne's a compact, walkable riverside town with real character, and this tour threads together the food, the stories, and the Basque heritage in a way that actually sticks.

Hello Arles: Private 2-Hour Intro City Walk with Local Guide

Discover Arles through a local's eyes on this two-hour walking tour that balances the city's most recognisable sights—the Roman Amphitheatre, Café Van Gogh—with the quieter streets locals actually favour. Your guide weaves together Arles's layered history and cultural threads, then caps the walk with a taste of Fougasse d'Arles, the traditional flatbread that's been part of daily life here for generations. You'll leave with genuine recommendations for where to eat and what to explore next, not just a checklist ticked off.

2 hoursfrom AUD $207

Marseille in a Flash: Private Tour of Marseille’s Highlights

★ 5.0 (7)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Marseille in a Flash: Private Tour of Marseille’s Highlights

Squeeze Marseille's essential sights into two and a half hours with a private driver steering you through France's most ancient metropolis. You'll visit the whitewashed Notre-Dame basilica perched high with city-wide views, cruise along the rocky coastline past calanques and harbours, and spot pockets of street art threading through historic quarters. Travel in a comfortable hybrid sedan with just your group—no tour bus crowds, no rushed schedules. Pick which stops matter most to you.

2h 30mfrom AUD $483

Paris Highlights Louvre, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Pantheon

★ 5.0 (7)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Paris Highlights Louvre, Notre Dame, Sainte Chapelle, Pantheon

Traverse central Paris over one or two days, moving through centuries of French history at your own rhythm. You'll access the Louvre, Sainte-Chapelle, the Panthéon, Notre-Dame's crypt, and the Arc de Triomphe with pre-arranged entry. A 48-hour museum pass opens doors to additional galleries and optional day-two visits to Versailles, letting you shape the experience beyond the core monuments.

1 day – 2 daysfrom AUD $334

★ 5.0 (7)

✈️ Transfers

France

Roundtrip Transfers Port Marseille to Aix en Provence

A straightforward private transfer between Marseille port and Aix-en-Provence, covering the 29-minute journey in a modern, climate-controlled vehicle. Marseille-based since 1998, the service pairs seasoned drivers—fluent in French, English, and Italian—with well-maintained cars, handling everything from solo travellers to families with infants. Skip the airport queues and shuttle stress: you'll have a dedicated driver who knows the Provence region inside out.

Solex tour and tasting at Domaine les Aphillanthes

Pedal through Vaucluse's Plan de Dieu vineyard on a restored Solex motorised bicycle, a cult 1960s machine still beloved in French wine country. You'll ride your own bike between Travaillan and Violès, taking in rows of organic and biodynamic vines before settling in for a tasting of the estate's output. The full experience runs two hours and forty-five minutes, blending nostalgia with genuine winemaking practice.

Walk from Old Lyon to the Peninsula with a Guide

Discover Lyon's layered character across its most compelling neighbourhoods on this two-hour guided walk. Start in Old Lyon's narrow streets, where traboules—those peculiar covered passageways—connect Renaissance buildings and reveal the city's silk-weaving past. Your guide unpacks local stories and architectural quirks before leading you across the Saône to the Peninsula's grand civic heart, where Belle Époque squares and neoclassical monuments frame the city's modern identity.

Paris Montmartre Semi-Private Walking Tour to Sacré-Cœur

When Lily from our BugBitten team ran this Montmartre walk, it ticked the boxes for anyone wanting Paris beyond the postcard shots. You're covering ground from Moulin Rouge up to Sacré-Cœur over two to three hours, threading through the tight lanes where artists once crashed and the cabarets still pulse. The guide weaves local colour into each stop — the Wall of Love, La Maison Rose, a working vineyard tucked in the hills — and keeps numbers small (max ten), so it doesn't feel like you're shuffling through a tour-group scrum. Good for first-timers, couples, and solo travellers after the village-in-the-city vibe without the tat.

2 hours – 3 hoursfrom AUD $74

English Walking Tour to Great Monuments of Toulouse

★ 5.0 (6)

🛕 Culture & History

France

English Walking Tour to Great Monuments of Toulouse

When Lily from our BugBitten team walked this Toulouse circuit, she got a solid primer on the Pink City's heavyweight hits: Place du Capitole, Saint-Sernin basilica, the Garonne's riverside stretch, and the Jacobins Convent. Two hours is tight for four major stops, but the pace works if you're new to town and want context rather than depth. Toulouse trades on brick architecture, student energy, and serious food heritage — this tour hits the architectural landmarks that frame that identity without rushing you into fatigue.

Provence Shared Half Day Lavender Tour from Aix en Provence

Four-hour shared tour from Aix en Provence's city centre into the rolling lavender plateaux of Provence. You'll spend time across Le Plateau de Valensole's most striking fields, then visit a working lavender producer to watch how essence is extracted and learn the botanical distinction between true lavender and lavendin. An English-speaking guide leads the group in an air-conditioned vehicle, covering roughly 80 kilometres of Provençal countryside.

Guided Tour and Tasting at the Distillerie Baccae Paris

Walk through Baccae's Paris distillery to see how spirits are crafted, from copper stills to barrel storage. You'll taste across their product range in this compact one-hour session. Adults only (18+), this distillery visit cuts through the romance of French production to show you the actual craft: heat, fermentation, patience, and the precise chemistry that separates rough alcohol from refined spirit.

Wine cellar visit and wine tasting in Aiguèze

When Charlie from our team visited this cellar tasting in Aiguèze, we got a proper feel for what the local vignerons have built over generations. You're taken through the working cellar by one of the estate owners — usually Vincent or Laurent — who walk you through the winemaking process before pouring a selection of their own bottles. The tasting comes with a spread of local charcuterie and cheese, so you're eating and drinking in the medieval village itself, surrounded by stone buildings that have seen centuries of harvests. The whole thing runs about 90 minutes and suits pretty much any fitness level.

Food Tour Marseille Local specialities only With a local

When Charlie from our BugBitten team ran this food tour, Marseille showed up properly — no tourist shortcuts, just a local guide steering us through tight neighbourhoods toward real food. Over three-and-a-bit hours, we tasted about ten dishes: the kind of stuff Marseillais actually eat. We kicked off at the Vieux-Port with the city's most famous starter, then drifted through hidden corners picking up Provençal wines, tapenades, and regional street finds. The last stop was Le Panier, Marseille's oldest quarter, where the flavour and the history sit on top of each other. Vegetarians get looked after too.

Biarritz Food Tour : Authentic Basque Flavors

When Tom from our BugBitten team ran this 3.5-hour Biarritz food tour, we walked straight into the Pays Basque's culinary heart. The guide steered us through the city centre, stopping at Les Halles market and local spots to taste properly good stuff — Basque charcuterie, regional wines, a famous cake — while weaving in the town's story: from quiet fishing village to the seaside spot it is today. Biarritz itself has that mix of belle époque architecture and laid-back coastal energy, and the food scene reflects both old traditions and modern energy. The group was small and mixed — mostly food-curious travellers keen to eat their way through the Basque region.

Paris Latin Quarter & Left Bank - History Walk (Small Group Tour)

When Charlie from our BugBitten team took this Left Bank walk, we got a proper historian's tour of Paris's oldest neighbourhoods — the Latin Quarter, St Germain-des-Prés, and the riverbank where revolutionaries plotted in 1789. The guide moved us through Roman ruins (thermal baths, an arena), baroque and medieval churches, and the cobbled streets where intellectual Paris once thrived. It's a compact 2- to 2.5-hour loop that works best if you're after context and stories rather than a rush through landmarks. Small groups meant we could actually hear the guide and ask questions; bigger tours (up to 40) are available but noisier.

2 hours – 2h 30mfrom AUD $165

2-Hour Private Tour of Versailles in a Vintage Car (2CV)

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

2-Hour Private Tour of Versailles in a Vintage Car (2CV)

Roll through Versailles in a restored 1968 Dyane, hitting the palace's essential sights in two hours. Your driver navigates the grand Avenue de Paris, the Saint-Louis and Notre-Dame quarters—where courtiers once plotted—before entering the palace grounds to reach the Petit Trianon, Grand Trianon, and Grand Canal. Park entry is sorted. You'll pause for refreshments overlooking the Trianon before heading back, having traced the routes Louis XIV and Marie-Antoinette knew.

2 hoursfrom AUD $301

Book Photo Souvenir in the beautiful Nice, walking tour

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Book Photo Souvenir in the beautiful Nice, walking tour

When Charlie from our BugBitten team booked this walking tour in Nice, we got a hybrid experience: half cultural guide, half professional photographer. Over two-and-a-half hours, you're walked through the Old Town's narrow lanes, past the Cours Saleya market (lively with flowers and produce in the morning, quiet by afternoon), along the Promenade des Anglais, and up to Castle Hill. The photographer stops at 10–15 carefully chosen spots—archways, spice vendors, sea views, the old washhouse—snapping portraits and group shots. You leave with 10 high-quality images emailed or WhatsApp'd within days. It's less about visiting monuments and more about getting yourself photographed in front of them.

Paris Sidecar Excursion with Hotel Pick-up !

See Paris from an unusual vantage point aboard a vintage motorcycle sidecar, whisked between major landmarks and quieter corners of the city. This 90-minute private tour collects you from your hotel, winds you past the [Eiffel Tower](/places/eiffel-tower), Notre-Dame, Arc de Triomphe, Louvre, Grand Palais and Invalides, then returns you at day's end. You'll ride in the sidecar or perched behind the driver—either way, the experience feels distinctly different from coach tourism.

1h 30mfrom AUD $226

Guided Eco-Friendly Bike Taxi Tour from Nice

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Guided Eco-Friendly Bike Taxi Tour from Nice

Pedal through Nice on an electric bike taxi, taking in the Promenade des Anglais, Place Masséna, Old Town, and Castle Hill viewpoints over 60 minutes. You control the stops and pace from a shaded, comfortable seat whilst a local guide or multilingual audio provides context. It's a low-impact way to see the city's main sights without herding into tour buses, suitable for anyone from solo travellers to families with infants.

1 hourfrom AUD $100

Romantic Tour of Paris in a Vintage Luxury Open-Top French Car

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Romantic Tour of Paris in a Vintage Luxury Open-Top French Car

Glide through Paris in a restored 1960s Citroën DS with your own guide and driver for two hours of unhurried sightseeing. Benjamin pilots the iconic open-top motorcar past the city's most storied streets and landmarks, narrating local knowledge whilst you take in the architecture and atmosphere from the wind-in-your-hair vantage point. Tailored for couples or small groups up to four, the experience works for special occasions—proposals, anniversaries—or simply anyone who'd rather experience Paris from a vintage French car than a tour bus.

Emily inspired walking tour with a local.

Walk through Paris with a local guide who knows the neighbourhoods that inspired the hit series. Over two hours, you'll drift past filming locations and discover the real streets behind the show's glamour—tree-lined squares, corner cafés, quiet passages—at a pace that lets you actually absorb the city rather than tick boxes. You'll leave with insider tips for navigating Paris like someone who lives here, not visits.

Discovery canyoning in Grenoble - Vercors Massif

Chase water-carved chutes through the Moules Marinières canyon in the Vercors, a four-hour technical descent near Grenoble. You'll navigate a narrow gorge sculpted by torrent flow, starting with playful slides and graduating to a 16-metre abseil, multi-metre jumps, and Isère's longest natural waterslide. The route weaves through small caverns and hidden passages, demanding solid fitness but rewarding with striking Alpine scenery and the freedom to slide forward, backward, or roped.

4 hoursfrom AUD $92

Bordeaux Small Group Guided Walking Tour

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Bordeaux Small Group Guided Walking Tour

Spend two hours walking through Bordeaux with Guadalupe, a local guide, and a small group of fellow travellers. You'll navigate the city's grand monuments—the cathedral, principal plazas, and the celebrated shopping street—before exploring the tight lanes of the medieval quarter. The tour culminates at the port precinct and the Water Mirror, Bordeaux's most photogenic spot. Guadalupe rounds things off with insider tips on where to eat, drink wine, and spend your remaining time in the city.

E-bike Cycling and Wine in Saumur France

Pedal through the Loire Valley on an electric bike, tracing the river's edge while visiting two historic wine producers—one a family-run château since 1655, the other among France's rare sparkling wine makers outside Champagne. Along the route, spot a medieval pilgrimage church and explore a clifftop troglodyte village. A French-style picnic breaks the 5–6 hour ride. Local guides with two decades' experience share the region's layered history as you cycle.

5 hours – 6 hoursfrom AUD $283

Private Day Trip to Arles Les Baux de Provence and Saint Remy de Provence

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Private Day Trip to Arles Les Baux de Provence and Saint Remy de Provence

Explore three gems of Provence in a single day with your own guide and driver. Start in Arles, where Roman ruins—the amphitheatre, theatre, and sprawling necropolis—sit alongside medieval streets Van Gogh once wandered. Climb to the fortified village of Les Baux perched 245 metres above the plain for sweeping views across the countryside. Finish in Saint Rémy de Provence, where you'll visit the monastery where Van Gogh spent a year recuperating, then stroll the atmospheric old quarter. Seven and a half hours of Provence without the tour-bus crowds.

Photographer in Paris - Lukas Nguyen Anh

Work with Lukas, a Paris-based photographer who specialises in natural-light portraiture and candid storytelling. This 30-minute to one-hour session captures genuine moments across your chosen Parisian locations, with early morning shoots leveraging the soft quality of dawn. You'll receive high-resolution edited images and originals via digital transfer, creating a lasting visual record of your time in the city. Contact Lukas ahead to confirm availability.

30 min – 1 hourfrom AUD $284

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Private Tour from Cannes

Tailored private driving tour through the French Riviera, departing from Cannes. Choose between 4, 6 or 8-hour itineraries to explore Cannes' glamorous seafront, medieval Antibes, elegant Nice, and—depending on duration—either the hilltop village of St-Paul-de-Vence or the principality of Monaco. Your driver-guide provides commentary from an air-conditioned minivan, with hotel collection and return included for selected properties.

Lyon: Wine & Cheese Pairing with a Sommelier

When Noah from our BugBitten team ducked into a Croix-Rousse wine cellar, he found himself in a hands-on masterclass that strips away the pretension. A local sommelier walks you through wine-tasting technique, then the real action begins: pairing wines with French cheeses—deliberately bad pairings included—so you understand *why* certain combos work. The workshop builds logically from soft goat and cow cheeses through aged varieties to blues, touching on terroir (soil, grapes, climate) as you go. It's a solid 90 minutes of actual learning in a genuine neighbourhood cellar, not a tourist box-ticking exercise.

Montpellier Private Walking Tour with a Local

Navigate Montpellier's layered past and present with a local who knows the city's rhythms. This flexible private walk spans 2–6 hours through medieval laneways and grand neoclassical squares, weaving between centuries of architecture. Your guide steers you past postcard landmarks towards neighbourhood cafés, local markets, and lesser-known corners that reveal how Montpellier actually works. The pace and focus adjust to your interests—whether that's Renaissance facades, 1980s urban design, or where locals queue for coffee.

2 hours – 6 hoursfrom AUD $67

★ 5.0 (6)

🍜 Food & Cooking

France

The Médoc in a sidecar, magic!

Explore the Médoc vineyard region of Bordeaux from the seat of a vintage sidecar, piloted by a local driver. This 3.5-hour circuit weaves between Grand Cru châteaux, stopping at a classified estate for a guided tasting led by a wine professional. You'll swap seats mid-ride—one passenger in the sidecar basket, one behind the pilot—to experience the route from different vantage points. Expect winding rural roads, château architecture, and hands-on insight into how the region's celebrated wines are made.

Family Tour at the Musée d'Orsay

Explore the Musée d'Orsay with your family on a guided 2-hour tour through 19th-century art and architecture. Your children work through activity booklets while discovering works by Monet, Renoir, and Van Gogh across one of Europe's finest Impressionist collections. The guide pitches the experience as a gentle detective hunt, keeping younger visitors engaged without resorting to talk-down explanations. Professional guide and entrance included.

Dark Paris Myths & Legends Private Walking Tour

A 2.5-hour private walking tour through medieval Paris that traces the darker chapters of the city's past. Your guide navigates the Latin Quarter, Marais, and streets around Notre-Dame and Châtelet, unpicking gothic architecture, criminal hideouts, and alchemists' quarters that shaped Parisian history from the Middle Ages through to the 1960s. Groups stay small—maximum 10 people—so you'll move at a genuine pace through lanes most visitors miss.

Paris Covered Passages Food Tour

Step into 19th-century Paris via five covered passages—glass-roofed arcades that sheltered Parisians from weather and shaped urban life. Over three hours, your guide unpacks the architectural details, merchant histories, and symbolic stonework whilst you taste your way through the neighbourhood: pastries, cured meats, cheese, wine, chocolate. You'll eat where locals do, spotting original souvenirs tucked into vintage shopfronts. The passages stay dry year-round, making this equally good on grey days.

Biarritz private surf lessons

One-and-a-half-hour private surf lesson on Biarritz's Marbella beach with a veteran instructor who brings three decades of water time to the lineup. You'll work one-on-one in genuine local conditions, learning technique and water awareness from someone who knows every break and rip. Board and wetsuit provided; all fitness levels welcome, though you'll need basic cardiovascular fitness for paddling and positioning.

Montmartre Marvels Small Group Guided Stroll in Bohemian Paris

Climb Montmartre's winding streets with a local guide who reveals the neighbourhood's bohemian past and artistic legacy. Over two to two-and-a-half hours, you'll reach Sacré-Cœur Basilica and get sweeping city views from the hilltop, then explore the area's cultural landmarks including the famous Moulin Rouge cabaret. Groups stay small at fifteen people maximum, keeping the experience intimate and conversational.

2 hours – 2h 30mfrom AUD $151

Custom Private Island Tour St Maarten Experience

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

Custom Private Island Tour St Maarten Experience

When Jake from our BugBitten team booked a private island tour across St. Maarten, we got a tailored three-to-four-hour spin through the Caribbean's split French-Dutch territory. You're riding in an air-conditioned vehicle with a driver who shapes the itinerary around what you actually want to see — whether that's dramatic viewpoints, quieter beach coves, colonial architecture, buzzing street markets, or the tourist hotspots everyone photographs. It's the anti-rushed-bus-tour vibe: no fixed stops, no clock-watching, just you setting the pace through an island that shifts personality depending which side of the border you're on.

3 hours – 4 hoursfrom AUD $104

★ 5.0 (6)

🚌 Day Trips & Sightseeing

France

The super fun family tour

A flexible five- to six-hour family-friendly exploration of France's key landmarks and hidden corners, led by a local guide who tailors the route to suit your group's pace and interests. You'll hit the major sights within the first three hours, then branch into neighbourhood markets, parks, and casual eateries where everyone—from toddlers to teenagers—finds something worthwhile. Strollers provided; the whole route is flat and wheelchair-accessible.

5 hours – 6 hoursfrom AUD $819

★ 5.0 (6)

🍜 Food & Cooking

France

Strasbourg: Food Tour and Old Town Walk

Walk through Strasbourg's backstreets with Davide, tasting your way through Alsatian classics. Over three hours, you'll sample tarte flambée with local beer, hunt down knacks from a street vendor, and take refuge in a renowned pâtisserie for espresso and éclairs. Between bites, explore hidden courtyards, centuries-old timber buildings, and quiet corners where coach tours rarely venture. A genuine flavour and footfall tour of the city.

A City of Shadows: Dark Tales of Paris by Night

This two-hour evening walking tour explores Paris's violent and macabre history, moving through shadowy streets, historical burial grounds, and sites of major upheaval. A native English guide leads you through the city's lesser-known chapters—from civil unrest to Gothic graveyards—revealing a starkly different Paris than the postcard version. Contains mature historical content unsuitable for young children.

Walks and hikes with donkeys

Walk through France's Pays de Mélusine region with a donkey as your companion over three hours. Start near the Grotte aux Fées and wind through countryside where hidden châteaux appear around bends and bird calls fill the air. The route suits all fitness levels, moving at the donkey's steady pace rather than a rushed hike. You'll receive a detailed map and route notes at the start; accommodation options (guesthouse, gîte, or camping) can be arranged for longer stays, though must be booked ahead.

3 hoursfrom AUD $139

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