Shopping Bike Tours Around the World: 15 to Book

1.Versailles Palace Bike Tour with Market & Marie-Antoinette hamlet

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,680 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $131Our pick

Start near Gare Saint-Lazare, take the train to Versailles, and shop for picnic supplies at the lively Notre-Dame market. Then cycle through the royal grounds with a guide, visiting Marie-Antoinette’s Hamlet, the Trianons, Royal Forests, and Grand Canal before entering the palace on your own. Arnaud, Lena, GiGi, and other guides lead these small groups.

“Our bicycle tour of Versailles has been the highlight of our visit to Paris. Lucien was a fantastic informative guide with a charming personality. I would highly recommend this tour for anyone who would like to fully experience the history and magic of Versailles!”

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2.Versailles Bike Tour with Market, Gardens & Guided Palace Tour

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,121 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $130

Spend about eight hours exploring Versailles by bike with a small group of up to 12. A licensed guide such as Clara, Andrea, Maggie, or Brian leads you from Paris by train to the market, gardens, Queen’s Hamlet, Grand Canal, and Hall of Mirrors. Bikes, palace access, helmets, and train tickets are included. Lunch is not.

“We had so much fun! Maggie, our guide was great and we got to see and learn all about the palace and its history. Shopping at the market was really cool and we had a beautiful picnic lunch. There was some rain just as we got to the canal, but it stopped just in time for us to enjoy our food. It was the perfect blend of history, exercise and the great outdoors!”

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3.Night Bike Tour with Temples & Flower Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 751 reviews · 4 hours · from $35

Ride 12 km through Bangkok’s quiet lanes with an English-speaking guide such as Top, Tammy, Tom, or Jojo. You’ll cross the Chao Phraya by ferry, see illuminated temples, visit the 24-hour flower market, sample local snacks, and return through the Old City. Bikes, helmets, water, and insurance are included.

“The tour was one of the highlights of our time in Bangkok! We had an exccellent guide, good equipment and doing it in the evening made it special. I can really recommend it to anybody who likes to explore a city by bike”

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4.London E-Bike tour & Borough market

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 316 reviews · 2 hours 15 minutes (approx.) · from $95

Ride a pedal-assist e-bike through central London with a guide such as Younis, Yunis, Eunice, or Eustous. In 2 hours 15 minutes, you’ll see Westminster Abbey, Buckingham Palace, St Paul’s, Shakespeare’s Globe, Borough Market, London Bridge, and Tower Bridge. Bikes and helmets are provided, but you must ride confidently in traffic.

“A safe and enjoyable route with plenty of interesting stops along the way. A great option for a quick yet engaging ride through some of London’s highlights.”

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5.Bike / E-bike tour : Plateau, Mile-End, Jean-Talon Market by Fitz

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 269 reviews · 3 hours (approx.) · from $89

Spend about three hours cycling Montreal’s Plateau, Outremont, Mile End, Little Italy, and Jean-Talon Market with a local Fitz Montréal guide. Bikes and optional helmets are provided. You’ll ride quiet lanes, see murals and parks, sample a warm St-Viateur bagel, and return to the starting point.

“We had a fantastic time! Our first time as a family in Montreal and Anne was a wonderful guide. She was fun, knowledgeable, kind and easy to be with. Highly recommend this tour to all first timers or even repeat visitors. Thank you for the delicious bagels too!!”

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6.Night Bike Tour with Temples & Flower Market Visit

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 223 reviews · from $39

Ride through Bangkok’s old city from 6 to 10 pm with a local English-speaking guide such as Woody, Tom, or JoJo. Expect narrow lanes, Loha Prasat, Rama VIII Bridge, a ferry crossing, Wat Rakang, Pak Khlong Talat, the Grand Palace area, street snacks, and a route of roughly 16 km. Bikes, helmets, water, insurance, and return to the start are included.

“This night bike tour completely transformed the way I see Bangkok. It took us beyond the typical tourist spots and showed us the city in a whole new light. Be prepared to get sweaty and tired, especially with the humidity, but it was 100% worth it.”

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7.HCM: 2-Day Mekong Delta Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 133 reviews · from $66

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho and Can Tho for pagodas, river islands, coconut candy, honey tea, folk music, cycling, and an early Cai Rang floating market visit. Your package includes transport, boats, two lunches, breakfast, and a three-star hotel. Guide Hau has led some departures.

“The organisation was a mess. Received a message the night before demanding more money. The first day was with 1 tour company, then we got dropped off to a different tour company. After that I think we were on a different similar tour. Read more”

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8.Bike Tour: Capitol Hill, Lincoln Memorial, National Mall

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 69 reviews · 2 hours · from $55

Ride 7 mostly level miles through central Washington, DC, with an English-speaking guide. You’ll pass Capitol Hill, the Supreme Court, Library of Congress, National Archives, White House, Blair House, Washington Monument, Lincoln Memorial, Smithsonian museums, and war memorials. Bikes and mandatory helmets are included.

“David tells passionately and impressed with his knowledge! We had the pleasure of spending a nice morning with him.”

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9.HCM: 2-Day Mekong Floating Market with Cooking & Bike Ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 68 reviews · from $87

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to My Tho, Ben Tre, and Can Tho for two full days of river life, local food, and village roads. You will visit Cai Rang Floating Market, ride a motorboat and sampan, make Bánh Xèo or Bánh Khọt, and cycle through the countryside. Guides may include Ry, Stephen, Sam, Robert, or Phil.

“Great!! Amazing to be able to interact that much with locals!”

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10.Khlong Toei Market & Bang Krachao Island Bike Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 64 reviews · 4 hours · from $83

Meet your English-speaking guide at Queen Sirikit MRT, then visit Khlong Toei Market, ride a tuk-tuk and ferry, and cycle Bang Krachao’s quiet lanes. You’ll stop at a park, Muay Thai school, Buddhist temple, and local restaurant. Small groups have up to six people, with private options and hotel pickup available.

“A great Tour To Explore Bangkok a Bit offside the Main Tourist streams. John did a great Job! He shared a lot of information around the Market, the Vegetation and Thailand in General. We enjoyed the Tour a lot and can absolutely recommend it!”

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11.Rural Cycle, Market Tour, Basket Boat & Organic Farm Cooking

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 64 reviews · 4 hours · from $34Best value

Spend four hours cycling from central Hoi An through rice fields and villages, tasting unusual local fruit, riding a quiet basket boat, and helping an organic farm. Guides such as Kun, Khieu, Trang, and Nguyen add local stories before you cook a Vietnamese lunch from garden produce. Vegan and gluten-free meals are available.

“The whole day was packed full of different activities. This is definitely not just your average cooking class. The ONLY thing I would warn about is the bike ride through the city. I was completely fine, but there were kids below 12 in the class and they were very anxious riding through the parts of the city with all the traffic. We ended up stopping mid ride multiple times for them to be able to keep up which is totally understandable. But everyone we met at all the stops were so kind and the actual class itself was so fun and exciting! And of the food was top notch. It…”

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12.Rome E-Bike Tour: Ultimate Street Food and Market Feast

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 50 reviews · from $117

Ride an electric bike through Imperial Rome, the Jewish Ghetto, Trastevere, and Testaccio with an English-speaking guide. Along the way, stop for espresso and a Roman croissant, artisan pizza, supplì, fresh pasta, wine, and homemade gelato. Guides such as Tony, Marco, Alex, and Michele have led especially well-received tours.

“It was well organised, but we were missing a bit more historical information on the way between the stops.”

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13.Secrets of London Bike Tour: Thames, Tower Bridge & Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 42 reviews · 4 hours · from $60

Ride through central London with an English-speaking guide, following both banks of the Thames past the Tower of London, St Paul’s, Shakespeare’s Globe, the London Eye, and the Shard. Guides such as Chris, Dan, and Joshua bring the city’s stories to life. Lunch is at your own cost, usually at Borough Market.

“This was my third Fat Tyre tour in London. My guide, Dan was very informative and helpful. As I was alone the tour was adapted for me and I saw many of the sights on my Bucket List. Lunch was at Spitalfields Market where I had free time. I would thoroughly recommend this company as the tour allows you to see much more. Thanks again.”

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14.Bike/E-bike tour Plateau,MileEnd, Jean-Talon Market by Fitz

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 33 reviews · 3 hours · from $87

Ride 15 kilometres through Montreal’s Plateau, Mile End, Outremont, Little Italy, and Jean Talon Market. Your English-speaking Fitz Montreal guide leads a small group along bike paths, quiet streets, and laneways, with bagel samples, market time, street art, and local stories. Bikes, helmets, a city map, and taxes are included.

“Our guide was so likable and personable that I feel bad writing this. I ascertained very little interesting information that I hadn’t read but worse, we road our first leg not having a clue of where we were and what we should be noticing. We road carefully and he was pretty clued into how people were doing but the only interactions really went on among him and the first three cyclists. The people on the tail end heard nothing and remained isolated the entire time. Stopping for bagels was a great touch as was spending 15 minutes at the market and seeing the Italian church was great serendipity. It was…”

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15.Mekong Day Tour by Car:Cai Be market, Local Island & Cycling

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 33 reviews · from $125

Travel from Ho Chi Minh City to Cái Bè with a private English-speaking guide such as Joy, then cruise by motorboat, ride a hand-rowed sampan, taste fruit and coconut candy, enjoy honey tea and lunch at a local house, and explore village paths by foot or bicycle.

“What a wonderful day trip. Our guide Joy was so awesome. She is extremely knowledgeable, kind and caring. Has no issues with answering any questions and she is very passionate. The day is full of adventure and learning about life on the Mekong. I would recommend this tour to anyone traveling in Saigon. We ate fresh local fruit. Drank honey tea at the bee farm. Had a lovely home stay lunch and explored the local village and markets. Transportation is top class as ate all the boats on the Delta. Thank you so much Joy you are a legend. ♥️”

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