Amsterdam Historical City Bike Tour

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Join the locals and see Amsterdam the Dutch way by exploring the city by bike! Escorted by a local guide, you'll see all the famous sights as well as hidden gems away from the main tourist areas.  Numbers are limited to a maximum of 15 to 20 people on this small group tour, ensuring you'll receive personalized attention from your knowledgeable guide.

Amsterdam is best known for its three rings of canals, perfect for cycling and lined with elaborately decorated merchants' residences and warehouses from the 17th century. You'll see so much more on a bike tour than on foot or by coach in Amsterdam, a city that's tailor-made for cycling.

Your experienced multilingual guide will lead you through all the famous attractions, including the Royal Palace, National Monument, Skinny Bridge, Albert Cuyp Market and one of the last windmills in Amsterdam.

USD $27.36

Traveler Reviews

Review by: totoroboston	April 2012
Great tour of the city especially for the time. Great guide, too.

Review by: Lee B	March 2012
Great tour and a great way to see the city!!

Review by: Brian Elliott S	March 2012
I was the only person to show up on my scheduled tour date, and the guide didn't have to do the tour, but he did anyway. I got to see lovely, hidden courtyards and parts of town I'd probably not gone to otherwise. It was extremely good value for money and one of the highlights of my trip to Amsterdam. If you're not a regular biker, you may feel sore the next day...I did.

Review by: Wendy H	January 2012
Our guide was excellent - very informative and knowledgeable. It was a great way to see the historic parts of Amsterdam and fun!

Review by: Neil C	December 2011
Great tour! Late December cold rainy day only 2 of us on tour and tour guide was still great! Still enthused and informative giving us great info! Second visit to Amsterdam and learned so much new information. Would recommend this over just renting a bike yourself. The tour guide wasn't finished in the allotted time but he continued until he was done! Well worth the money and would recommend. Very happy with this tour and the company it was through!

Review by: Georgina P	December 2011
We booked this tour a week before going to Amsterdam and it was one of the most enjoyable days of the trip! We were expecting a large group which seemed daunting on the hectic roads. However when we arrived it was just the two of us and the guide (maybe something to do with the time of year). Our guide was a very well informed, friendly art historian and despite the cold we felt she was passionate about showing off her city taking us off the beaten track to see some hidden gems. The bikes themselves were also really easy to ride, very cute and well maintained. A great way to see the city.

Review by: Scot P	October 2011
A lot of fun- just me and the tour guide (off season has its advantages) biking around the city for four hours and seeing the sights. Highly recommend.

Review by: Darcy B	October 2011
We really enjoyed our Amsterdam Bike Tour. Guide was very interesting and had many facts about Amsterdam. The route was easy and make for a perfect afternoon. Would recommend to anyone who is looking for a overall view of Amsterdam.

Review by: Mark W	October 2011
This was definitely a highlight of our trip. We really enjoyed cycling around this beautiful city. The tour guide was amazing and was very knowledgeable about the history of the city and not in the least bit boring. She covers so much in the three hours and it is so good to be cycling around the city you really feel part of it.

Review by: Jeanette M	October 2011
Great way to see the city and get your bearings. However the bikes are old and need attention (as do most of the bikes in Amsterdam). Excellent commentary from the guide, however over 20 people in our group - way too many for a big, bustling city like tihs.

Review by: Toni W	September 2011
This was a lot of fun went to all the sites sprinkled a little but it didn't matter - guide was very good and quite a character - it was hairy in parts with the traffic and bikes everywhere but if you can ride a bike you can do this great way to see Amsterdam.

Review by: ABDULRAHMAN A	September 2011
It was a nice tour and learned about the history of the city, it was very impressive

Review by: Krystal H	September 2011
the tour guide was nice but not that informative. however, i did enjoy the ride around the city. sept is cold and rainy so dress appropriately.

Review by: sneakypete	September 2011
We missed this tour due to jetleg. :(

Review by: fiona g	September 2011
Fantastic guide and great fun. No real fitness required as the tour goes at a leisurely pace.

Review by: Timothy C	July 2011
Outstanding way to see the city!. Our guide (Sharon) was very knowledgeable of both the city and art history, was engaging, and actually enjoyed talking about her city. The tour lasted almost 4 hours, and we never felt rushed. And if know Amsterdam, bicycles are really the ONLY way to get around, other than on foot. Saw some great sites, and were even lucky enough to be at the Skinny Bridge when the drawbridge was raised.

Review by: traceyanne	July 2011
My friend and I agree that this was the BEST thing we did in Amsterdam! We loved our tour guide. We rode all over the whole city and the guide would stop to show us historical sites or tell us interesting facts about areas. It is a really great way to see and experience the city!

Review by: David L	July 2011
This was one of the most enjoyable three hours I have spent recently._br/_ The guide Sean, was a mine of information and took us to parts of the city that no tourist could ever have known about, or discovered!!_br/_ I could strongly recommend this trip, however, it appears that bike helmets are few in and around Amsterdam !!!!_br/_ Sign up and enjoy yourself, especially if you are travelling in a party !!!

Review by: Linda M	July 2011
Excellent tour. Guide was knowledgable and helpful. A number of stops allowed us to learn about the sites we were seeing. Highly recommended.

Review by: Marsha F	July 2011
There were too many people on this bike tour. Also the ride was congested with too many bicycles, pedestrians and traffic.

Review by: eamonnshanahan	June 2011
To be recommended; our tour guide was knowledgeable and too us at a leisurely pace through the city. As you can cover considerably more ground than a walking tour, I would recommend this in preference.

Review by: Carey B	June 2011
Enjoyed the bike trip although the group was far too big with 28 people, and so it made it hard to keep together in the busy streets, as well as hear what the guide said.

Review by: Erin O	June 2011
There was only three of us on this tour so we were able to go to a couple of different places not usually on the tour. It was a lot of fun and careful of the muni trains!

Review by: shelley s	June 2011
very enjoyable. guide was very knowledgeable. wished it was longer!.

Review by: brian s	June 2011
great bike trip. highly recommend.

Review by: Elizabeth H	June 2011
Very enjoyable as a lovely day butvery disappointed with the bike company. First thetour group was rather large and the guide said he'd never taken so many people out in one go. Kept losing him as was extremly busy!! Then 2 out of the 6 bikes got punctures so 2 of us ended up walking back to where we started. Granted we got a refund of 20euros but boss wasn;t very happy to give us refund. Disappointed as a lot of money and it could havebeen smaller groups with 2 tourguides.

Review by: Brenda V	June 2011
fun way to see the city. I was travelling solo so was great to join a group tour for the afternoon to see some sites I wouldn't have ventured to on my own.

Review by: Daniel F	May 2011
The company seemed a little disorganised and the tour left quite a bit later than scheduled, however the guide was good showing us around and talking about the sights._br/_ Cycling in Amsterdam is quite hectic so it was good to have a guide to lead the way.

Review by: NgADAM P	May 2011
good fun. only complaint was that some french people in our party had not booked a french speaking guide and the result was that our guide could not explain as much to us as he wanted because they could not understand,so we missed out. enjoyed it all the same.

Review by: William E	April 2011
You learn so much more from your guide then you would by yourself. I enjoyed the tour around Amsterdam

Review by: Scott L	April 2011
A real highlight of our trip. The guide was informative and the ride was a lot of fun.

Review by: Joseph B	March 2011
Excellent tour guide, and a very laid back tour. This is a great opportunity to get a lay of the land.

Review by: Pam Y	March 2011
A great tour in Amsterdam, and well worth taking the time to go on it. Our guide was highly knowledgeable about the area, and definitely knew how to conduct a bike tour with an array of people with varying bicycling abilities. He led the way, and kept total control of each and every individual. He knew a lot about the area and made the tour educational and entertaining. Everyone should do this tour and with a smile on their face.

Review by: O C	November 2010
Good guide.

Review by: Phillip I	November 2010
saw great spots..

Review by: Prithvi B	September 2010
Not bad at all. Amsterdam is a small city, so a cycling tour like this can take you nearly every major attraction in under three hours. I have been with a excellent tour company through Viator in Paris, so maybe my expectations were not reasonable, but this tour did disappoint just slightly. Amsterdam maybe known as a cyclist's city, but it is surprisingly tough to cycle around Amsterdam than Paris - maybe because Paris is larger, so you don't always need to take the motorways. But overall, would I recommend a cycling tour in Amsterdam? - Yes.

Review by: Sandra L	September 2010
I was the only person who signed up for the tour during my time slot and they originally wanted to reschedule me, but ended up accommodating me and I got a private tour. Pretty good, but sometimes hard to hear as you're biking down busy streets. The people in the shop were super nice!

Review by: David T	August 2010
Our family loved this tour.

Review by: Alexandra S	August 2010
Really enjoyed bike tour. It took a while to find bikes for my children as there seemed to be a limited supply. I thimk because we live in Holland we were vere aware of the way you can ride your bike here. Can be a bit scary if you are not used to it although the guide was helpful. Very good way to see Amsterdam. Cycling is not at all tiring on the flat roads. It would have been good to have cycled through the Vondelpark too. Will do it again with friends who visit.

Review by: Dan N	August 2010
We were the only ones on the tour, but we had a nice time. Got to see parts of Amsterdam we hadn't seen.

Review by: Steven M	August 2010
Really a highlight of our trip to Amsterdam - we had as much fun or more than the kids. Guide was fantastic energetic, knowledgable and funny. Got glimpses of the city that we would not have gotten elsewhere. A must.

Review by: Jaco B	July 2010
Had a few hours to kill and this was an excellent way to quickly get a feeling for the city.

Review by: DEBORAH A T	July 2010
The best way to see a city....

Review by: Christopher P D, United States of America	April 2010
The tour was nice despite the rain and temperature. The bikes were ok, however they could been both better and more bike sizes available to meet everyone's needs. Our guide was both knowledgeable and had a good sense of humor.

Review by: Anonymous	April 2010
Worth doing.

Review by: Anonymous, United Kingdom	October 2009
This tour was FANTASTIC!!! But tiring!

Review by: Maggie & Mark K, United States of America	September 2009
What a wonderful way to see Amsterdam! Even though the weather was a little rainy we saw the real side of the city. Our guide was good and very helpful when we needed to exchange one of our bikes for a better working one. This is an easy ride even for us retirees.

Review by: Anonymous, United States of America	September 2009
This was the best! Our guide took us to very unique and unknown parts of the city! We got to see things that an ordinary tourist wouldn't be able too! It was like a private tour! The guide was fun and knowledgeable and took us through the entire city! This is a must do for anyone going to Amsterdam!

Review by: Steven S, United States of America	July 2009
My son and I both thought that the tour was informative and an excellent street level view of Amsterdam. My son's 18-year-old eyes got big when we hit the red light district.

Review by: Judi S, Australia	July 2009
Is such a great way to cover a lot of Amsterdam in a short time. Join the locals & go by bike, it can be a bit hair raising at times but a lot of fun as well.