North Buenos Aires Bike Tour
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$40.54
Ages 13-99, max of 10 per group
Duration: 3–4 hours
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Mobile ticket
English, Spanish
- Bottled water
- Professional guide
- Use of bicycle
- Use of helmet
What's not included- Gratuities
- Departure details
- Dr. José Modesto Giuffra 310, C1064ADD CABA, Argentina El punto de partida es nuestra tienda de color naranja.
Return details- Returns to original departure point
- Infant seats available
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
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- Children must be accompanied by an adult
- Dress code is smart casual
- Most travelers can participate
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 10 travelers
- For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start date of the experience.
- What you can expect during your visit
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Social distancing enforced throughout experience
Community- Safety precautions are provided by the property and are not checked by Tripadvisor for accuracy.
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Itinerary
- You'll start atDr. José Modesto Giuffra 310Dr. José Modesto Giuffra 310, C1064ADD CABA, ArgentinaEl punto de partida es nuestra tienda de color naranja.See address & details
- Pass byPuerto Madero
- 1Puente de la MujerStop: 10 minutesSee detailsPass byRetiro
- 2Torre MonumentalStop: 10 minutesSee details
- 3Plaza General San MartinStop: 10 minutesSee details
- 4Floralis GenericaStop: 10 minutesSee details
- 5Rosedal De PalermoStop: 10 minutesSee detailsPass byRecoleta
- 6Cementerio de la RecoletaStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 7Eva Peron's TombStop: 15 minutesSee details
- 8Plaza de MayoStop: 10 minutesSee details
- 9Casa RosadaStop: 10 minutesSee details
- You'll return to the starting point
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anne457269
00Great! Would recommend!
Great service and Paola is really lovely. We rented two bikes and did a tour ourselves. Paola showed us a map and p…
CHD6265
00Cycle around Puerto Madura
We just hired bikes and made a self guided tour around Puerto Madura and the eco-reserve. Well worth doing at 500 p…
Ereuss
00Truly average
The tour was less expensive than some offered by other companies but there was nothing special about the company. W…
E7610GCrob
00Great tour
You get to see many different areas of Buenos Aires in a short time that you may not have been able to visit by you…
MrG2019ya
00Competent, well-managed, on a beautiful day
A very pleasant way to visit sections of the city otherwise non-discoverable. A guide and four clients on a beauti…
Zeldaperon
00Tigre tour with Nestor
Spent a beautiful day with a knowledgeable and laidback guide who was ever so flexible and accommodating. Nestor wa…
kmxfitness
00Great ride
Barbie was a fantastic guide and tailored the tour to suit my needs as it was cold we kept moving, she was very inf…
michaelangelo22
00BA southern tour - time was too rushed
I went on the Buenos Aires southern bike tour, and although the background at each site we and navigation through s…
Anna N
00Palermo and Recoletta Bike tour
The tour is advertised as focusing on Palermo and Recoletta- however when we got to the cemetery the guide had to s…
Amy J
00Enjoyable Ride
This is our second time visiting Buenos Aires, and both times, we have done a bike tour with this company. This t…
Joan C
00Great city tour
Nestor and his colleagues did a great job from fitting bikes to insuring safety while touring beautiful sites. BA i…
Johng1953
00Easy paced bike tour
We cycled with one other couple, and had a lady tour leader and a lad following. It was a really hot day, but the p…
Geoff N Beth K
00Unserviced and Maintained = Unsafe Bicycles.
The following comments are for the Palermo Soho location of La Bicicleta Naranja. Lousy service, uninterested hos…
fl0rinescu
00Great way to see some Buenos Aires attractions with a guide
We visited BA a few months ago and wanted to visit La Boca and Bombonera with a guide. We decided the bike tour was…
Pattireviews
00Great Bike Tour
This was a great tour of the city with Nestor. From Puerto Madero through Retiro and Elvita's resting place, Nestor…
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Kim N
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia45 contributions
May 2014
Two of us booked on the southern tour of BA. The bikes are basic, with no gears but comfortable and as there are pretty much no hills in buenos aires, these are not required.
There were only two of us in the group and cathy was a great guide. She rode at a very manageable pace and was clear with directions, signalling for traffic to stop when necessary. Cathy spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable.
I must admit, I don't think buenos aires is the best set up for bike tours, but cycle lanes have only recently been created and some of the traffic shows little respect for cyclists.
Overall however it was enjoyable and a great way to see parts of the city we wouldn't otherwise have seen. We felt safe and it was nice to cycle round the ecological reserve and particularly into la boca and he stadium. There is plenty of time to take photos also and have a wander around. You are provided with a helmet and free water by the company.
We thoroughly enjoyed it and it was probably one of or favourite excursions. Not for everyone, but we would certainly recommend it.
There were only two of us in the group and cathy was a great guide. She rode at a very manageable pace and was clear with directions, signalling for traffic to stop when necessary. Cathy spoke excellent English and was very knowledgeable.
I must admit, I don't think buenos aires is the best set up for bike tours, but cycle lanes have only recently been created and some of the traffic shows little respect for cyclists.
Overall however it was enjoyable and a great way to see parts of the city we wouldn't otherwise have seen. We felt safe and it was nice to cycle round the ecological reserve and particularly into la boca and he stadium. There is plenty of time to take photos also and have a wander around. You are provided with a helmet and free water by the company.
We thoroughly enjoyed it and it was probably one of or favourite excursions. Not for everyone, but we would certainly recommend it.
Written May 4, 2014
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Jasmine
Philadelphia, PA117 contributions
Apr 2017 • Solo
First, I cannot say enough nice things about Cush, who was my guide this afternoon. He was friendly and knowledgeable and interesting. I was the only person in the south group today, so ended up with a private tour (lucky me)!
Buenos Aires is mostly flat, which made peddling around east and fun. Plus, you can cover so much more ground on bikes than on foot. Be warned, while this ride isn't physically strenuous, there are multiple parts where you must navigate through traffic, so it's not for the timid! Cush, however, was great about giving proactive directions and looking to see if I was still with him.
The only thing keeping this tour from five stars is that the bikes are not in great condition. Mine was mainly fine, just a squeaky back wheel and a seat that slowly slid down during the ride (thanks for helping me readjust!). However multiply that by however many people are typically in a tour and it's and issue.
Buenos Aires is mostly flat, which made peddling around east and fun. Plus, you can cover so much more ground on bikes than on foot. Be warned, while this ride isn't physically strenuous, there are multiple parts where you must navigate through traffic, so it's not for the timid! Cush, however, was great about giving proactive directions and looking to see if I was still with him.
The only thing keeping this tour from five stars is that the bikes are not in great condition. Mine was mainly fine, just a squeaky back wheel and a seat that slowly slid down during the ride (thanks for helping me readjust!). However multiply that by however many people are typically in a tour and it's and issue.
Written April 12, 2017
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Adrian D
Scarsdale, NY3 contributions
Dec 2014 • Family
Buenos Aires is flat, with lots to see and perfect for sightseeing on a bike. Sadly, I can't recommend this bicycle rental shop. I would suggest people keep well away from it.
I visited the store with three of my nephews with plans to rent bikes for half a day. We are Argentine nationals and know the city well so had no need for a guided tour. The bikes were in pretty bad shape but I was hopeful we would be able to manage without too much trouble. About forty-five minutes into our ride through the Reserva Ecologica, one of the bike's chains began to slip off requiring us to turn it upside down, get it unstuck...etc. It took us about an hour and a half to ride back to the store during which time the chain came off another nine or 10 times. While the woman who had rented the bicycles agreed to replace the broken bike, she kept telling us this was a routine occurrence and refused to accept the store bore any responsibility for the poor maintenance of the bike. She resisted any suggestion that we should be compensated with an additional hour for the time we had lost. At one point she became very agitated and refused to rent any bicycles to us whatsoever. It was a very disagreeable experience and I recommend everyone keep well away from the place.
I visited the store with three of my nephews with plans to rent bikes for half a day. We are Argentine nationals and know the city well so had no need for a guided tour. The bikes were in pretty bad shape but I was hopeful we would be able to manage without too much trouble. About forty-five minutes into our ride through the Reserva Ecologica, one of the bike's chains began to slip off requiring us to turn it upside down, get it unstuck...etc. It took us about an hour and a half to ride back to the store during which time the chain came off another nine or 10 times. While the woman who had rented the bicycles agreed to replace the broken bike, she kept telling us this was a routine occurrence and refused to accept the store bore any responsibility for the poor maintenance of the bike. She resisted any suggestion that we should be compensated with an additional hour for the time we had lost. At one point she became very agitated and refused to rent any bicycles to us whatsoever. It was a very disagreeable experience and I recommend everyone keep well away from the place.
Written December 28, 2014
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KathyTravelling
Oakland, CA21 contributions
Feb 2018 • Friends
Five or so years ago I took a bike tour like this one and thoroughly enjoyed it. I recommended doing this to my friends and promised there would be minimal riding on streets, 95% bike lanes. Turns out there is construction everywhere and we spent 60% of our time on streets riding with fast moving traffic. It was a frightening experience, especially in an unknown city. Our leader, Julia Anna, would take off fast from each stop, and fail to look back. Several times I got caught at a red light and could not cross with others. Since she never checked, I was left behind to catch up. With only 5 riders on the tour, she managed to lose 3 of us, going through an area so crowded it was difficult to maneuver the bikes. We simply waited for her to come back for us as we didn't know where to go! While fun to see the city, I found myself getting upset at her lack of concern. Finally, our last stop, Recoleta Cemetery, we were given 15 minutes and told Eva Peron's grave site was somewhere in the rear left. We were never able to find it! I had seen it on my prior visit, but felt bad for my friends who never had. I read about another tour that had a 30 minute break there and guide took them to the site. Clearly should have taken that tour. The final straw was our ride back to the bike shop, all in rush hour traffic, in the lanes with cars, moving fast and honking at us! By the time we got there, I was thoroughly disgusted.
I know they can't do anything about construction except find the best alternate route. However, it seems this company chose the worst alternate route. Unfortunately, since Trip Advisor bought Viator, it seems that if you are not careful, they assign a company and it is not clear what you've got. I would never go with this company again. I believe last time was with BA Bikes and a wonderful tour, but I would check with all on route time not in bike lanes due to construction.
I know they can't do anything about construction except find the best alternate route. However, it seems this company chose the worst alternate route. Unfortunately, since Trip Advisor bought Viator, it seems that if you are not careful, they assign a company and it is not clear what you've got. I would never go with this company again. I believe last time was with BA Bikes and a wonderful tour, but I would check with all on route time not in bike lanes due to construction.
Written March 29, 2018
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jilly2973
Vancouver, Canada21 contributions
Jul 2011 • Solo
Vary friendly and welcoming. I found the bike rental place by accident waking around and went in. The woman I spoke to was fluent in Spanish, English and German and helped me to choose a tour to La Boca. The tour was fun and the guide was knowledgeable about the area and let me stop to take photos when I wanted to and I got a great review of Buenos Aires.
The next day I went back to rent a bike on my own and reccomend it as a way to see Buenos Aires in a different light. the traffic is not for the timid though. While there are designated bike lanes on some streets.. there are not prolific through the city.
All in all a good value. Both the tour and the solo rental.
The next day I went back to rent a bike on my own and reccomend it as a way to see Buenos Aires in a different light. the traffic is not for the timid though. While there are designated bike lanes on some streets.. there are not prolific through the city.
All in all a good value. Both the tour and the solo rental.
Written July 29, 2011
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Kitty A
Brisbane, Australia17 contributions
Dec 2016 • Couples
Really enjoyed bike tours with this company in Buenos Aires. Nestor took us to La Boca and Puerto Madero yesterday. This was an afternoon tour and great fun.
Today we went to Tigre delta. We ride bikes, took a train twice and had a boat trip around the delta which was absolutely fascinating. People live on the island so move around by boat and 'service' boats visit regularly with food and other goods. Some of the homes and jetties are most attractive and boats are lifted out of the water by a hoist and the boars sits in a raised cradle until further use. I presume it floods on occasions. It is a full day excursion and both come highly recommended.
Today we went to Tigre delta. We ride bikes, took a train twice and had a boat trip around the delta which was absolutely fascinating. People live on the island so move around by boat and 'service' boats visit regularly with food and other goods. Some of the homes and jetties are most attractive and boats are lifted out of the water by a hoist and the boars sits in a raised cradle until further use. I presume it floods on occasions. It is a full day excursion and both come highly recommended.
Written December 6, 2016
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Thank you for leaving us your opinion! We are glad to read that you enjoyed two circuits with us and that you had so much fun with our guide! Hope to see you again some day here at La Bicicleta Naranja!
Written December 11, 2016
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Adam W
Philadelphia, PA33 contributions
Nov 2016 • Solo
I originally signed up for the south tour, but due to the weather and some people in the group who wanted to do stuff in the north, we did a hybrid tour Including san telmo, la boca, puerto madero, recoleta, and retiro. The guide, Nestor, was awesome. He explained things well in both english and spanish, and was happy to answer questions throughout. The tour lasted longer than I think it was supposed to, but I'm certainly not complaining about that. My only complain is some of the bikes need a little work, but without much intense terrain in Buenos Aires, they were sufficient.
Written December 3, 2016
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Thank you for leaving us your opinion! We are glad you enjoyed the tour!
Written December 11, 2016
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doctorbobster
Gainesville, FL966 contributions
Dec 2013 • Family
We have had some excellent bike tours, both in terms of equipment and the cycling/sightseeing experience, in Siem Reap, Cambodia, Thailand fishing villages and Amsterdam. In comparison, our experience here was dismal. Here's why.
Located on a quiet street, La Bicicleta Naranja looked run down and a cursory examination of their equipment was confirmatory. The elderly man running the store was about as run down as his bicycles and similarly interested in our needs. We sorted through the dilapidated inventory until we found bikes that fit as best as possible which, in my case, was not. In addition, on this urban biking experience. THERE WERE NO HELMETS!
Our private guide who had given us a van tour and who was an avid cyclist stayed on as our guide: she was wonderful, so this is not about her. Of my family of four, three of us are extremely fit and regular cyclists while the fourth is merely fit.
In addition to my poor fitting bike and the discomfort it brought, there is the fact that I do not think Buenos Aires is meant for touring by bike: it is too big and the urban attractions do not lend themselves for a visual bike-by. We would have been better off staying on our van, covering ground more quickly, thereby leaving more time for sights worth seeing, such as the Recoleta Cemetery. On the other hand, the we traveled surprisingly bike-friendly streets and, at all times, felt safe.
We were relieved when the tour came to an end. If you are really committed to the idea of a bike tour of Buenos Aires, find another rental shop and make sure you have a clear agenda of what you want and that your guide can deliver.
Good luck.
Located on a quiet street, La Bicicleta Naranja looked run down and a cursory examination of their equipment was confirmatory. The elderly man running the store was about as run down as his bicycles and similarly interested in our needs. We sorted through the dilapidated inventory until we found bikes that fit as best as possible which, in my case, was not. In addition, on this urban biking experience. THERE WERE NO HELMETS!
Our private guide who had given us a van tour and who was an avid cyclist stayed on as our guide: she was wonderful, so this is not about her. Of my family of four, three of us are extremely fit and regular cyclists while the fourth is merely fit.
In addition to my poor fitting bike and the discomfort it brought, there is the fact that I do not think Buenos Aires is meant for touring by bike: it is too big and the urban attractions do not lend themselves for a visual bike-by. We would have been better off staying on our van, covering ground more quickly, thereby leaving more time for sights worth seeing, such as the Recoleta Cemetery. On the other hand, the we traveled surprisingly bike-friendly streets and, at all times, felt safe.
We were relieved when the tour came to an end. If you are really committed to the idea of a bike tour of Buenos Aires, find another rental shop and make sure you have a clear agenda of what you want and that your guide can deliver.
Good luck.
Written January 14, 2014
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Bonnie C
Buenos Aires, Argentina36 contributions
Dec 2013 • Couples
If you want to use the services provided by this operator, just make sure you just hire a bike, don´t get a tour! Our guide sucked on so many levels that it was simply too hard to detect whether her incompetence came from a lack of knowledge or poor English language skills. Too bad she majors in tourism..
I think that people with very little knowledge about matters like history or politics and a strong desire to express their ill-informed opinions about these same matters should not become tour guides, because guiding a tour is not abuot talking about yourself. Also: If you´ ve manage to become a tour guide without giving a thing about “200 years of boring Argentinian history”, don´t assume your clients are idiots. If, whenever you stumble across something you don´t know, you tell people that you´ll talk about it “later”, they´ll know pretty soon that that won´t ever happen. Also, it might be common to randomly chose the right or the left side of the road in buenos aires city traffic for your guided bike tour, but risky lane changes when turning are never a good idea, nowhere in the world, especially when you ask other people to follow you.
Had the guide invested less time in talking about herself and her friends, there would have been a lot more time for the actual sites.
To sum it up, a total waste of time and a considerable amount of money. You get a lot more information from reading the information plates in front of the sites, and they´re way less annoying. Plus, you can get a FREE bike for an hour a few blocks further down towards the harbor if you bring a passport copy, so go explore the area by yourself
I think that people with very little knowledge about matters like history or politics and a strong desire to express their ill-informed opinions about these same matters should not become tour guides, because guiding a tour is not abuot talking about yourself. Also: If you´ ve manage to become a tour guide without giving a thing about “200 years of boring Argentinian history”, don´t assume your clients are idiots. If, whenever you stumble across something you don´t know, you tell people that you´ll talk about it “later”, they´ll know pretty soon that that won´t ever happen. Also, it might be common to randomly chose the right or the left side of the road in buenos aires city traffic for your guided bike tour, but risky lane changes when turning are never a good idea, nowhere in the world, especially when you ask other people to follow you.
Had the guide invested less time in talking about herself and her friends, there would have been a lot more time for the actual sites.
To sum it up, a total waste of time and a considerable amount of money. You get a lot more information from reading the information plates in front of the sites, and they´re way less annoying. Plus, you can get a FREE bike for an hour a few blocks further down towards the harbor if you bring a passport copy, so go explore the area by yourself
Written January 2, 2014
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Laura L
Colorado Springs, CO85 contributions
Sep 2013 • Friends
Before we took the city bicycle tour, I stopped by and talked with the agent about what to expect. I was told that the tours were small and that we traveled at our own pace. I told them I am not much of a bike rider; and they assured me the guide would travel at my pace. HA HA HA. Little did I know, but my guide was a Lance Armstrong wannabe, and almost from the start he ditched me. I was struggling to keep up, only to have him and the two twenty-somethings also on the tour take off once I caught up. This made me MORE tired, which made me go even SLOWER. Plus, I heard NOTHING of the "tour." The guide actually did lose me once, and seemed p.o.'ed that I stopped and waited for him to return. (I do not speak Spanish and I did not know the city, so I was scared to guess which way they went and get lost.) Plus, Buenos Aires traffic is a bit nutty by American standards and I was mostly terrified the entire time. Maybe it had something to do with me almost getting hit by a bus. Twice. Anyway, unless you are a hard core bicyclist, AVOID this scam of a tour. But, if you're a hard core cyclist, you probably aren't interested in a tour anyway.
Written November 21, 2013
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