Bike around Barcelona!

Barcelona is an amazing city to be discovered on a bike, and there are several bike rental companies out there offering awesome tours around town for a couple of hours. There are several advantages in doing a bike tour in Barcelona,  the most obvious being that riding a bike enables you to see much more of the city and for those of you who like a little exercise, the extra workout will be appreciated together with the chance to burn off a couple more calories! Plus the tour guides assure that the oxygen keeps pumping to your brain, while his knowledge of the city provides you with fascinating histories and amusing anecdotes.
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So hop on, ride those two wheels and feel the freedom over those who’ve hopped on the nearest tourist bus! You can even brag about how environmental friendly orientated you are since there’s no carbon emissions from leg generated power!

Barcelona’s geography is (with the exception of the odd mountain here and there) actually an incredibly flat city with 120km of bike paths (and more planned). With this additional motivation which should provide additional incentive to ho on the saddle and rattle away to discover the town’s best attractions. Most of Barcelona’s numerous bike tour companies offer both private bike tours and group excursions with a guide, as well as all-round tours  that take in the likes of La Sagrada Familia, Barceloneta (Beach) and La Rambla in one circuit.  You’ll also find some exciting alternative two-wheel tours on offer, concentrating on different themes and districts, just look for what suits you best!  Find a list of providers below, many of whom also do bike rentals if you prefer free-wheeling it.

Barcelona Bike Tours

Here are just a few of the expert bike tour companies currently operating in Barcelona.

Steel Donkey Bike Tours
Looking for a two-wheel ride you will never forget? Steel Donkey tours (the donkey is the national animal of Catalonia in case you were wondering!) offer private/small group adventures around the city of Barcelona. Your friendly guide is a local travel writer with an eye for the fascinating details and stories that others might miss, and a nose for adventure! You won’t get a history lesson on Gaudi, but you will see sides of the city that most tourists simply don’t know about and spend a unique afternoon uncovering Barcelona’s secrets. There is no fixed itinerary as such, but beach bars, chocolate and churros, patatas bravas, flea markets and squat houses are just a few delights you may well experience. A simply great tour for people who don’t like to be tourists!
www.steeldonkeybiketours.com

Green Bikes Barcelona
The cheapest bike rentals in Barcelona also offer their clients an intriguing tour of the city. Their 3.5 hour tour takes in all the greats, including the Gothic Quarter and El Borne districts and sights such as the Palau de la Musica and Gaudi’s Casa Batló. Their tours are offered in more languages than spoken in the Tower of Babel so drop them a line if English is not your group’s Lingua Franca.
www.greenbikesbarcelona.com

Barcelona City Tours
These expert tour bookers work with four different providers in the city, offering not only typical bike tours of all the major sights, but also night tours, tapas tours and private cycling excursions along exciting routes in the Catalan countryside. What could be better than peddling past Romanic churches and paddy fields on a beautiful summer’s day?
www.barcelonacitytours.com

Barcelona By Bicycle
Established way back in 1995, Barcelona By Bicycle offers tours according to district and theme, all with a multi-lingual guide. They will happily take you out by night if you prefer.
www.bicicletabarcelona.com

Fat Tire Bike Tours
Established in 2001, Fat Tire (that’s American for ‘tyre’ by the way), were the first company to bring their bikes to Barcelona… and damn cool bikes they are too. These Californian-style beach cruisers have three gears (all you’ll need for this tour), a comfy saddle (important for your four hour trip) and, yes, fat tyres, so even the clumsy stay in control.
www.fattirebiketoursbarcelona.com