20 Short Bike Tours Around The World – Great Vacation Ideas

This might be one of the best kept secrets of a great vacation experience…. take a short bike tour.  Seriously. Yes, there are walking tours and there are bus tours, but a bicycle tour has the unique benefits of giving you something active to do, and you can cover so many more places quickly with a bike than on foot.   Bike tours are typically guided and in small groups, so you will not only have a local guide expert, but also the safety in numbers on riding the roads.

Short bike tours are one of our favorite ways to conquer jet lag in the first days of a trip, and it is a terrific mix of local experience with sightseeing.  

Interested?  If bike  tours are part of your vacation travel plans or a bucket list travel experience, then here are some great short bike tours around the world (note, these are not multi-day cycling vacations, but short bike tours typically from a couple of hours to half day. We’ve curated this list of 20  Great Bike Tours from  11 Countries Around the World … Ride on!

• Australia bike tour: Perth Rottnest Island Bike & Ferry Tour
• Vietnam bike tours: multiple, including Tam Coc and Hoi An
• Amsterdam bike tour: Amsterdam Bike Tour & Windmills, Clogs & Cheese Bike Tour
• Germany bike tour: Dresden Sightseeing Bike Tour
• Portugal bike tour: Sintra-Cascais eBike Tour from Lisbon
• England bike tour: London Bike Tour
• Thailand bike tour: Bangkok Night Bike Tour and Temple Visits
• Norway bike tour:  Oslo Highlights Bike Tour
• Hungary bike tour: Discover Budapest Bike Tour
• Greece bike tour: Santorini Sunset and Wine ebike Tour
• Austria bike tour: Go Green e-fat Bike Vienna