Enjoy a delicious picnic prepared using the best ingredients Paris has to offer, hand-selected and prepared for you by a local chef with years of experience shopping local Paris markets. A Paris picnic is a unique experience that is convenient, delicious, and showcases unique products of France for a true Parisian experience. Instead of running to the nearest crepe stand after a tour or eating an overpriced cafe meal, you can have a market fresh, delicious picnic waiting for you right next to the Eiffel Tower. You work up quite an appetite running around Paris, so treat yourself to a market fresh, delicious picnic with seasonal ingredients and quality French wine.
Enjoy these tasty snacks along with market-fresh salads, quiches or tarts, sweet treats, and cap it off with a bottle of red French wine. You may choose a white wine or rosé during check-out if you prefer to do so. Spend as long as you'd like relaxing on the blanket, sipping wine and soaking in the beauty of Paris, as everything provided is disposable or recyclable. Included in your bag will be everything you need to enjoy a Parisian picnic at one of the many parks or river banks in Paris, and we are happy to offer advice on the best places to enjoy your picnic.
We truly believe having a picnic while watching the world go by and taking in the sights of Paris is the best way to experience our magical city. Bon Appetit!
Example of what will be waiting for you:
French red wine (you may opt for white or rosé instead of red in the Comments section during check-out)
French cheese
Sauccison (a French speciality of dried sausage)
Fresh French baguette
Market fresh salad, quiche/tart or sandwich (seasonal ingredients)
Fruit-based dessert (seasonal ingredients)
Bottled still water
Your picnic is prepared for you fresh that day, so the dishes included in your basket are subject to change based on what produce is in season. All ingredients are sourced from local producers with an emphasis on quality. Salads are more than just lettuce and tomatoes: for example, asparagus with fava beans and a poppy seed vinaigrette, or farro with balsamic fig dressing, Lyonnaise potato salad, or even melon gazpacho. Quiche are also baked with seasonal ingredients: ratatouille and ham, traditional quiche lorraine or tomato and chevre, for example. And for dessert: sweet rhubarb tartlettes, tart tatin, or raspberry panna cotta. As for wine, we work with a local distributor and all wines are sourced from small producers around France with unique qualities and nice characteristics.
Your picnic will be ready to pick up at Zia café, located at 22 Avenue de Tourville 75007. The closest métro station is École Militaire (line 8) and it is about a 10 minute's walk from the Eiffel Tower. For lunch, your picnic bag will be available for pick-up between 12-1pm and for dinner, between 4-5pm.
Your picnic will be ready to pick up at Zia café, located at 22 Avenue de Tourville 75007. The closest métro station is École Militaire (line 8) and it is about a 10 minute's walk from the Eiffel Tower. For lunch, your picnic bag will be available for pick-up between 12-1pm and for dinner, between 4-5pm.
Your picnic will be ready to pick up at Zia café, located at 22 Avenue de Tourville 75007. The closest métro station is École Militaire (line 8) and it is about a 10 minute's walk from the Eiffel Tower. For lunch, your picnic bag will be available for pick-up between 12-1pm and for dinner, between 4-5pm. Please verify your allotted pick up time window in your confirmation email.
We've been perfecting our tours since 1999, and we are always looking for new ways to improve our tour menu for our guests. We are committed to expanding the activities offered during your stay in Paris to make for an unforgettable experience. So for all of the experiences that we aren't able to deliver on our own, we've hand-selected the best local providers to offer a wide-range of unique and fun activities for our guests.
With anything Fat Tire Tours Approved, you still receive our spectacular customer service ready to assist you in any way we can, 24/7, as well as the guarantee that we have hand selected the best possible partners to supplement our tour menu.
There are a lot of parks in Paris where you can sit on some grass and enjoy a picnic. Some of our personal favorites are the Champs de Mars with a view of the Eiffel Tower, Luxembourg Gardens, or setting up your picnic along the Seine River. We are happy to help direct you to any location!
You may pick up your picnic between for lunch between 12-1pm. For dinner you may pick it up between 4-5pm. Please confirm your pick-up time window in your confirmation email.
Paris can be rainy throughout the year, and your picnic will be prepared rain or shine. They are conveniently packed in disposable, lightweight bags so that you can easily take them to an indoor location for enjoyment if needed. There is a covered pavilion in the Champ de Mars park around the corner. If you would like to modify the date of your picnic pick-up, it must be done at least 72 hours in advance.
Absolutely! Let us know what you can't have and we will make a substitution. Please let us know at the time of booking so we can do our best to satisfy any special dietary need. Failure to do so in advance might result in not being able to accomodate your request.
All of the materials for your picnic are yours to keep, dispose of responsibly, or recycle.
You may select artisanal juice as an option for wine replacement, and you will receive a bottle of Alain Milliat fruit juice, known as one of France’s premier artisans for high quality juices.
You may choose the juice option instead of wine. If you have 2 adults and 1 child, the adults may have wine, and water will be included. You may also purchase additional soda or juice in our office.
We're happy to offer free changes and 100% refund up to 24 hours before tour* Failure to cancel a reservation at least 24 hours prior to scheduled departure may result in forfeited travel funds. Fare difference may apply.