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Full Day Biking Tour: Discover the Historic Landmarks of Kyoto
4.9
463 Ratings
Kyoto
Embark on a full day biking tour in Kyoto to explore its historic landmarks. Visit the Imperial Palace Park, Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, and Fushimi Shrine. Small groups, top-quality bikes, and experienced guides.
Embark on a full day biking tour in Kyoto to explore its historic landmarks. Visit the Imperial Palace Park, Golden Pavilion, Gion geisha district, and Fushimi Shrine. Small groups, top-quality bikes, and experienced guides.
Duration:
8 hours
Cancellation:
24 hours
Highlights
- Cycle Kyoto - Start at our shop, meet your guide and other travellers, get your bike fitted and get ready for the day!
- Nishi Honganji - Enter one of the least visited religious sites in the city and one of the largest wooden buildings in the entire world!
- Kitano Tenmangu Shrine - Join local shrine goers at Kitano Tenmangu, discover this…
- Cycle Kyoto - Start at our shop, meet your guide and other travellers, get your bike fitted and get ready for the day!
- Nishi Honganji - Enter one of the least visited religious sites in the city and one of the largest wooden buildings in the entire world!
- Kitano Tenmangu Shrine - Join local shrine goers at Kitano Tenmangu, discover this shrine’s fascinating past and enjoy the tranquil mood.
- Kinkakuji Temple - Discover one of the most visited attractions in the whole of Japan at the world famous Golden Pavilion. Enjoy an interesting commentary, grab an ice cream and relax!
- Kyoto Imperial Palace - Ride through the grounds of the former seat of Japan’s imperial family, learn about its past and enjoy!
- Gion - Stop off in Kyoto’s famous geisha district, discover the secrets of this hidden world and maybe even catch a glimpse of one these entertainers hidden away!
- Tofuku-ji Temple - Swing by the spectacular Tofukuji Temple. Enjoy stunning views from the bridge and admire the spacious surroundings of the one of the oldest and largest Zen temples in the country!
- Fushimi Inari-taisha Shrine - The most visited attraction in Kyoto can be tough to navigate. Allow our guides to expertly pick a path between the crowds for you to enjoy!
What's Included
- High Quality ‘Giant’ Bike
- Bicycle use
- Helmet
- Bottled water
- Lunch
- High Quality ‘Giant’ Bike
- Bicycle use
- Helmet
- Bottled water
- Lunch
What's Not Included
- Gratuities
- Gratuities
Additional Information
For those short on time and high on energy, join us for a one day all-you-can-Kyoto bike tour!
Experience the tranquility of one of world’s largest wooden buildings, learn about the history of Kyoto at the Imperial Palace Park, reflect on life at the stunning Golden Pavilion, enjoy a traditional sit-down lunch, capture the essence of Kyoto in the Gion…
For those short on time and high on energy, join us for a one day all-you-can-Kyoto bike tour!
Experience the tranquility of one of world’s largest wooden buildings, learn about the history of Kyoto at the Imperial Palace Park, reflect on life at the stunning Golden Pavilion, enjoy a traditional sit-down lunch, capture the essence of Kyoto in the Gion geisha district and discover the majesty of the mighty Fushimi Shrine.
Our shop is a 2 minute walk from Kyoto central station, our groups are small, our bikes are top quality ‘Giant’ hybrids, and our guides are relaxed, bilingual, experienced and safe!
Sit back and let Cycle Kyoto show you around town!
- Must be 13+ to participate as a rider
- Riders must be at least 13 years old and be comfortable riding a bike
- Dietary requirements need to be known ahead of time. Please let us know
Location
Cycle Kyoto
Please make sure to arrive 15 minutes before the start time.
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Customer Ratings
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(463 Ratings)
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Reneev553
Aug 5, 2025
A beautiful bicycle bag through Kyoto - Jae gave us a fantastic day through Kyoto! With many nice stops between EN and great stories about Japanese culture EN all the sights DEn we had a very nice day with the family! Also DE drinking stops EN saltpill were much appreciated and were very much needed with these temperatures! We had a great day!
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360christiani
Jul 20, 2025
A warm but very insightful and nice day at Kyoto - Paul was an excellent guide who knew a lot about Japanese culture and history. An informal introduction to many items making it easy to digest.
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Johnm2832
Jul 6, 2025
Lovely bike day in Kyoto - So good! We have been doing bike tours in many cities, thanks to our excellent guide Jay, it was super. It was 35 degrees in the sun, but Jay kept everyone happy!
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Bella1231
Jul 4, 2025
Cycling Kyoto is a cultural experience with Indra! - The biking tour with Indra was truly amazing. We covered 18 miles and saw sites that are not possible by walking or using a bus. Cycling around Kyoto is part of Japanese culture and you become submerged. Indra has excellent English and is a fountain of knowledge. We learned more with Indra than on any other tour. We highly recommend cycling Kyoto with Indra.
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164reyneb
Jun 25, 2025
Biking Kyoto is the way to go! - Cycling Kyoto is the way to see the city, shrines and experience the culture first hand on a bike. We traveled through the city and back roads to several famous shrines, had lunch at a 300 year old cafe and learned the rituals used when visiting the shrines and rode through the Gion District. Our guide, Quin was fabulous! He explained the history, let us experience the rituals at each of the shrines. Couldn't have asked for a better day!
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Christine_p
Jun 21, 2025
Best way to see Kyoto! - Great way to see Kyoto. Generally flat, the route is safe and easy to follow. Much more fun to bike than to walk. And our guide Paul was knowledgeable, fun and very organized in sharing little stories at each stop. Our teens who would lose interest if they had to listen to long presentations were engaged and had fun the whole day. We saw ALOT and lunch was delicious
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Z3781aktraveller
Jun 21, 2025
The best way to tour Kyoto! - Nice, efficient way to see the sights of Kyoto. There is a breeze when biking which you don’t get when walking and it was a welcome change to trains and buses. Delicious udon + donburi lunch and had a snack while cooling off in the river. Our guide, Paul, made it fun and interesting. Taught us much about the history of the places we visited, shared little tidbits about the Japanese culture and contrasts between living in the US and Japan since he has experienced both. My teens were engaged and had a great time because he told some fun stories about things we saw along the way. Besides the have-to-see tourists spots where we had to join the throngs of people, there were also many littler known places that were just as much worth visiting. He was always watching out for our safety, making sure no one lagged behind. Checks in about food restrictions. A few times he picked up garbage left by others; likely tourists who aren’t as careful with leaving things around. I was impressed! Despite it being a hot day, the day passed quickly for us. We aren’t a family that rides bikes much and we found it easy to follow his lead around town.
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Juliette
Jun 10, 2025
Fun bike ride - In a small group (6 pers) nice tour given by Julian in Tokyo. Educational, fun explanations and beautiful places seen
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Nat_g
Jun 10, 2025
Highly recommend - Great tour of the city, with a good mix of quiet areas and main attractions. We had Carl as our guide, who's an absolutely lovely person, full of personality, and kept things fun all day. Lunch was delicious too (unlike some other tours I've been on). The pace was perfect, and seemed to suit everyone in the group. Thank you for a lovely day ☺️
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Tilta2024
Jun 5, 2025
Great day - Harn was fabulous, his knowledge and the places we visited in short time amazing. The weather was perfect, blue sky's and lots of bright sunshine. The only thing I didn't like which couldn't be helped was the amount of people at the Golden Temple.
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