I recently read somewhere that as a tourist, no matter how much you might want to cycle around the Place de l'Étoile, just don't do it. So did I? Of course I bloody did, about a dozen times - above is what my GPS recorded while tracking me around it hehe! I've even got a video of it here shot from my little bike cam, although as it can only see out 45-degrees in front of me it really doesn't capture the full extent of the chaos around me - I probably should've stuck it to my helmet! I'd have to agree with the recommendation not to ride around this - some of the drivers are mad (a year of biking around London definitely helped), and even car insurance companies here have different rules specifically regarding this road. Afterwards I was approached by a local, who in very broken English told me I was a maniac but he had enjoyed watching me hoon around and around hahaha!
