Getting around Paris by Segway electric scooter

Paris Segway Tours

If you've heard about Segway scooters, you know you've always wanted to try one out! Segways are amazing computer-controlled, self-balancing electric scooters with two wheels side-by-side (you stand on a platform in between). To move forward, backward or turn you simply lean ever so slightly in the direction you want to go: that's all there is to it!

The Segways travel along the pavements (sidewalks) and have sort of the same status as electric wheelchairs (no-one has really quite worked out what kind of vehicle they are!).

Paris Segway Tours offers a morning (9:30 am), afternoon (2 pm March-November) and a night tour (6:30 pm April-October) on their machines, with groups limited to eight people with a guide. The tours last around 3 hours. The tours start from the South Leg ("Pilier Sud") of the Eiffel Tower. Each tour begins with a 30 minute "orientation session". The Segway is appropriate for virtually anyone aged 12 and older.

• Paris Segway Tour (book online here)
  Highlights include: The Eiffel Tower, Napoleon's Tomb, the Louvre Museum, the Arc de Triomphe, Ecole Militaire, the Rodin Museum, Les Invalides, Place de la Concorde, the Orsay Museum, Assembly Nationale, La Madeleine and more! (3 hours 30 mins)

Link: Paris Segway website

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