Valencia Riverbed Bike Tour
Cruise along Valencia’s Turia Riverbed Park, very safe for bicycles along its bike path, stopping for commentary along the way to the famed City of Arts and Sciences. After gorgeous pictures there, and depending on your stamina, we will continue out to the beach area for wide open cycling before returning to the city center.
Valencia is one of the best cities to cycle in in Europe, as it is very flat, so we run bike tours with our private guides for families with baby seats on the back, small bikes and even double or 4-seater bikes with only 2 peddlers, for the less agile. The City Riverbed Bike Tour is a private tour just for you and your party, you can go at the pace you are comfortable with and cover more ground or less ground, depending on your stamina and choice. Your trained private tour guide will keep you safe, with a short tutorial at the beginning of your tour for the ‘rules of the road’, and you will be equipped with a great bike and a helmet.
After meeting at our bike rental partners shop in the city center, we will use the bike paths to head out to the surrounding river bed, fondly still called ‘El Rio’, where a 9km long park has a wide variety of sites from local sports’ fields, roman ruins, outdoor gyms and many people doing yoga, drumming and other interesting things to watch. At the eastern most end is our famed City of Arts and Sciences, where we stroll around (biking on those grounds in prohibited) to see the amazing futuristic architecture. We then continue down the Port Avenue to the Malvarrosa beach with a 5km long promenade that we can go along until your heart’s content or stop to have a bite to eat. We will return to the bike shop in the city center via the modern University area.
Duration:
- 4 hours
- 6 hours (with lunch stop*)
Meeting Point: City center bike partner shop or your centrally located hotel
The route will change slightly with your agility, stamina and speed. Your private guide will be atuned to your needs and you can go as slowly or as fast as you´d like.
The tour ends back at the bike shop.
NOTE: Please bring a backpack or similar to carry water and possible snacks you may need. Dress accordingly wearing a baseball hat and using sunscreen or bringing a windbreaker or similar.
*Please note that the price of lunch is not included in the price of the tour, as it will need to be paid directly to the restaurant on the day. We would be delighted to organize lunch for you at a local restaurant within your preferred budget. If you prefer, your guide can accompany you to lunch to assist you with translating and ordering, or you can meet with your guide after your meal has finished.
Inclusions:
- Private tour just for you and your party, so you can go at the speed you are comfortable with and stop where you would like
- Bike and helmet
- Cycle-trained private guide in your requested language
- Bottle of water
Exclusions:
- Any museum or monument entrances (which are not usual on this tour)
- Souvenirs
- Gratuity (non-obligatory)