Edinburgh City Bike Tour - Choice of E-Bike or Manual
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Edinburgh, Scotland
- 3 hours 30 minutes (approx.)
- Mobile ticket
- Offered in: English
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Overview
Beat the crowds of Edinburgh's city center and discover off-the-beaten-path locations and secret spots on small-group cycling tour. Traveling on two wheels (either on a traditional or e-bike), you'll be able to access places buses cannot reach. Cycle out of the city, around Arthur's Seat, and to the (sometimes) sunny seaside all while your guide fills you in on fascinating facts about the city.
- Cycling tour of Edinburgh: Escape the crowds of the center
- Choice of a traditional bicycle or electric bike
- Small-group tour (maximum 15 people): A more intimate experience
- Great way to see places bigger vehicles can't reach
What's Included
- THE USE OF E-BIKE (ELETRIC) ONLY FOR RIDERS OF 14 YEARS OLD AND OLDERS!
- Air-conditioned vehicle
- helmet
- gloves
- rain jacket
- pannier bag if required
- Gratuities
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting point
- 11 Rutland St, Edinburgh EH1 2AB, UK
We meet in front of the Waldorf Astoria Caledonian Hotel at Rutland Street on the junction between Lothian road and Princess Street. MAKE SURE YOU ARRIVE 15 MIN BEFORE THE TOUR START.
End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.Itinerary
1
Union Canal
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
2
Bruntsfield Links Short Hole Golf Course
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
3
The Meadows
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Innocent Railway Tunnel (Pass By)
4
Arthur's Seat
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
5
Portobello Beach
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
6
Leith
15 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
Water of Leith Walkway (Pass By)
7
Calton Hill
5 minutes • Admission Ticket Free
New Town (Pass By)
Additional Info
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Stroller accessible
- Near public transportation
- No heart problems or other serious medical conditions
- Most travelers can participate
- We have all the kids equipment but kids younger than 13 years old can only attend on private tours !
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 15 travelers
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Cancellation Policy
You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.
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Featured review
This tour was amazing from start to finish! Both of the guides were excellent and did a fantastic job at keeping us safe around the city. The route we took was so diverse and beautiful and fun to see different parts of Edinburgh. It was so fun having their little dog Lucy on the tour and she was the star of the show! The guides were both attentive to our needs, accommodating and knowledgeable. The best bike tour we have ever taken- would highly recommend and would do it again!
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Ricky (and his dog Lucy) was a great tour guide - informative and engaging. The tour took us over to Leith and back to see more of the greater Edinburgh area than just old town and new town.
Ricky was great! Very knowledgeable about the history of the city! He was exceptional in keeping us informed on which way we were headed and things to look out for. He kept us feeling safe and together!
I highly recommend this tour.
We loved the trip out on the bikes with fun (history) insights! We couldn’t believe how fast 3,5h run if you are having fun!!!
Great tour from Ricky and Emma. Nice way to get around the city and see some things that I otherwise wouldn’t have. Depending on where you were in the pack it could be hard to hear Ricky at times - some form of a microphone would be very helpful for this if possible! Would recommend the e-bike unless you’re looking for a workout, as there are some longer steeper bits that some people on hybrids struggled with.
Stewart did a great job of leading the bike tour. He was mindful of people’s different pacing, and he included plenty of stops to talk about all things Scottish. We also liked moving beyond Edinburgh proper to see Leith and Portobello. This was a fantastic time.
Great way to see the outskirts of Edinburgh. Ricardo was very accommodating and informative. We loved his dog Lucy! Glad we had e-bikes, it made it much easier on the hills.
The bikes are great, 3 hours goes by very quickly. Don’t worry about being incredibly fit. The e bike takes care of the incline. Ricardo was a wonderful guide.
Ricardo is a professional experience rider. Very aware of the various levels of riders on the tour. Great combination of local sites and off the beaten track trails. Highly recommend him and Lucy!
It was great! Saw so much & felt that we covered a lot of ground! Enjoyed having Lucy the dog join us too!
Don’t miss it! Fantastic experience with Ricky’s City Bike Tour. For young and not so young with manual and e-bikes. Ricardo was so knowledgeable, funny, and a great cycle leader. Puppy Lucy was wonderful to have on tour if you are traveling and miss your fur babies!
We love a bike tour when we visit new places - and this one did not let us down! Stewart was an amazing guide - so knowledgable! He took us on a fantastic tour of the city (providing us with anecdotes, facts and stories as we went) and out to Portabello Beach, before looping back via the quay and a coffee stop. If we hadn’t done this tour, we would never have seen so many of these sites - or realised that the beach was just a short bike ride away!
We opted for the e-bikes and covered about 20km but, other than a bit of a hill at the end, we didn’t massively need the boost…it was just nice not to have to break too much of a sweat on a packed mini break!
By the end, we had a list of places that we knew we wanted to revisit and explore - and some great recommendations! Thank you!
I really enjoyed the cycling tour around Edinburgh. Ricky was an excellent and pleasant guide, sharing interesting history of the areas as we rode and stopped. He was attentive and ensured everyone’s safety throughout the ride. The bike provided was well-maintained and in great condition, making the ride comfortable. Overall, it was an enjoyable experience on a beautiful day.
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We had an absolutely fantastic time on the e-bike tour around Edinburgh and couldn’t recommend it more. From start to finish, everything was so well organised — clear directions, excellent quality e-bikes, and all the equipment you need to feel comfortable and confident on the road.
Our tour guide was truly lovely: incredibly knowledgeable, engaging, and clearly passionate about Edinburgh. They shared fascinating history and local insights while keeping the ride relaxed and enjoyable, making it easy to take everything in without feeling rushed.
The small group size was perfect — it felt personal, safe, and easy to keep together, which made the whole experience even more enjoyable. And a special mention has to go to Lucy, the cutest dog ever, who completely stole our hearts and somehow made an already great tour about 10x better 🐶💛
If you’re looking for a fun, informative, and beautifully paced way to see Edinburgh, this e-bike tour is an absolute must. We’d do it again in a heartbeat!
Great fun, very informative and we loved Lucy barking at squirrels and running her heart out along the river.
Great guide and a terrific tour. The electric assist bikes made the tour super easy. The tour provided a great overview of Edinburgh.
My husband and I thoroughly enjoyed our morning bike tour with Stuart. We covered a lot of ground (14.5 miles according to my Apple watch/map) and saw many sites in a fun and engaging manner. We opted for the pedal assist bikes and I would recommend this because there are definitely some hilly parts. Plus, why not give yourself a bit of juice while riding on vacation? I ride both a road bike and a pedal assist at home and found the bike to be easy to use. We did ride with traffic for very short sections, crossed busy intersections and rode on cobblestones. It is all part of the city experience and it was incredibly easy and safe to just follow Stuart. I would take this tour again and recommend it!
I would not recommend this tour for anyone. The tour stopped multiple times to repair the bikes, which were in terrible condition. The tour also stopped for the guide to chase after his dog on numerous occasions. We indicated upon booking that we wanted e-bikes, but the guide was short of them and we received normal bikes instead. After he got upset several times about us lagging behind, he finally stopped for 5 minutes to chew us out. After another mile he kicked us off the tour and chewed us out for needing to chain his bikes to a pole. We needed to pay for tram fare to return to the starting point. I've guided novice runners and bikers for decades and the first rule is you never leave anyone behind. This was the most arrogant, unprofessional tour leader I've ever encountered.
The trip was a great trip where we pass by many beautiful places. I would recommend taking electric bike as I took the hybrid one and it was too much for me. Thank you to our tour guide 🙏🏻
Ricky was very nice. His dog was a huge distraction! One of my friends almost hit the dog with her bike when the dog was running around! Riding through the city was kind of rough with traffic and lots of people! Riding through the parks was my favorite part!
Fun experience cycling through Edinburgh. Very nice guide and his assistance. I rented an e-bike but I would have done fine with a regular bike. Mostly a flat route.
Ricky does an amazing job of keeping everyone safe during the tour all the while providing in-depth historical and current information about Edinburgh and the surrounding areas. We enjoyed meeting his dog Lucy. She loved to run behind Ricky's bike. The best part was taking a short break on Portobello Beach. The tour included several stops in Edinburgh as well as three stops outside the city.
It is a great opportunity to visit special and spectacular places in Edinburgh. Ricky is the best guide tour. We had a fun, safe, interesting ride.
My wife and I had a great time - neither of us had spent much time on E-bikes - but our guide Ricky was very helpful in getting us all adjusted and comfortable prior to heading out. I would definitely recommend using the ebike - as there are sections going uphill where this comes in handy. Ricky was highly engaging and entertaining (with his little dog Lucy in tow) - and made for a great guide. Not easy I’m sure leading a dozen people of various skill levels through the streets of Edinburgh and then into more remote areas - but he manages to do it well and was a walking (or riding I suppose) encyclopedia of local knowledge and history. So many sights and places we would have never discovered or even known about had we not done this tour. And all were well worth the time and memorable
After our 4 day stay in Edinburgh was complete - we agreed the bike tour was one of the best decisions we made to explore the area. Highly recommended
What a fun ride this was! Our tour guide, Ricky, was both patient and informative, and showed us many parts of the city that you might miss if you’re on one of those big buses.
The e-bikes are very easy to handle, even if you’ve never ridden one before.
If you’re especially lucky, Ricky’s adorable puppy, Lucy, will be along for the ride — what a treat that was for us!
Ricardo did an excellent job of making the tour fun and able for all skill levels. He was very patient with our group and understanding our needs. The coffee stop was planned well and we loved meeting Lucy, his little puppy!
Stuart was essential to having fun during our adventure e-bike tour!! We loved everything about the biking tour, from the Meadow, Alexander's Seat (seeing deer), to the beach (which we love!) and all around Edinburgh! We learned a great deal while burning off calories and riding through Scotland's most beautiful places!!
We had a great experience with the tour. Ricky and Bobby were great guides, and Lucy (Ricky's dog) was such a good girl! They also took us to areas that we would not go by ourselves, so we got to see a completely different version of the city.
Great tour around Edinburgh + history background+ pleasant people! I highly recommend!!!! Go for it!
We really enjoyed our bike tour of Edinburgh and saw things we would not have seen otherwise. Ricky and Robby went above and beyond. It was a fairly big group for a bike tour with participants using bikes and e-bikes which resulted in a couple of minor
slow downs. Smaller groups perhaps divided by bike types would have made the experience even better than it was! I highly recommend!!!
RIcky was our tour guide and did an excellent job keeping the tour interesting and everyone safe. I would recommend this tour. You get to go places and see things a little off the beaten track that you normally would not get to see.
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