Guided bike tours and bike rides in Montreal
Montreal On Wheels offers guided bicycle tours as well as bike rides with tour leaders. Enjoy one of the very best biking networks in North America!
Guided bike tours
These tours are run with accredited tour guides specially trained for bike tours. Montreal On Wheels offers two guided bike tours: the "City Tour" and, new for 2010, the "Vista-Architecture" tour.
3 hours in length, these visits consist of easy and safe itineraries with breaks and commentaries. Departures are at 9:00 am (see details below). Each tour includes a full-day bike rental! Therefore, after your guided tour, you can continue discovering Montreal! It’s easy with our Montreal tourist Bike Map and the advice of our staff.
"City Tour"
Take the pulse of Quebec’s metropolis!
Take the pulse of Quebec’s metropolis while covering, by bike, the neighbourhoods at the heart of the city. A professional guide will show you the main highlights and will also let you discover more intimate locations. The itinerary, of an "easy" level, is interspersed with stops in photogenic locations and with commentaries touching on history, architecture and Montreal’s neighbourhood life.
Landmarks and sites visited: Old-Port * Latin Quarter * La Fontaine Park * Le Plateau * Mont-Royal Park (just the entrance) * Business District * Old-Montreal
New * "Vista-Architecture"
Ride your bike across the St-Lawrence River
Montreal, its St-Lawrence river and its architectural elements. Superb landscapes.
The historical importance of the St-Lawrence river for Montréal. Architectural works that have branded Montréal. Parks which have established Montréal’s renown.
And you’ll cross the St-Lawrence river via the "estacade" (an icebreaking structure).
Landmarks and sites visited: Old-Port * Lachine Canal * Habitat 67 (Moshe Safdie) * "L’Homme" sculpture (Alexander Calder) * Biosphere (Buckminster Fuller) * F-1 racetrack (Gilles-Villeneuve) * Sainte-Hélène Island * Notre-Dame Island * Atwater Market
Terms * Guided Tours
- Schedule: Click here to view the 2010 schedule
- Departure: 9:00 am. Meet-up between 8:30 am and 8:45 am for a 9:00 am departure.
- Departure point: Montreal On Wheels bike shop
- Duration: 3 hours approx.
- Minimum age: 14 years of age and older * Ability to handle a bike
- Reservations required
- Price: 49$ plus taxes
- Includes: bicycle * professional guide * helmet * lock * bike path map * full-day bike rental (bikes can be returned at the end of business day, click here for our store hours) * emergency shuttle
- Private tours, tours outside of the regular schedule and custom tours available. Contact us in this regard.
- Special prices for groups, tours operators, businesses and event organizers.
Bike rides with leaders
Montreal On Wheels offers a choice of 4 bikes rides with specially trained leaders. As opposed to guided bike tours, there are no or few stops for commentaries other than rest stops. Very safe, these rides are very popular with student groups, businesses, families and others.
Ride #1: Jean-Drapeau Park (2 hours * 15 km approx.)
Landmarks and sites: Old-Port * Habitat 67 * Pointe de la Cité du Havre Park * Notre-Dame Island’s Formula 1 racetrack * Casino * Ste-Hélène Island * Calder sculpture
Ride #2: Jean-Drapeau Park * Icebreaker bridge * Atwater market (2.5 hours * 20 km approx.)
Landmarks and sites: Old-Port * Habitat 67 * Notre-Dame Island * Formula 1 racetrack * St-Lawrence Seaway * Crossing of the St-Lawrence river via the icebreaker bridge * Nuns Island * Atwater Market * Lachine Canal
Ride #3: Lachine Canal et Lachine Rapids (4.5 hours * 35 km approx.)
Landmarks and sites: Old-Port * Lachine Canal * Canal locks * Atwater Market * René-Lévesque Park("Sculpture Garden") * The banks of the St-Lawrence river * Lachine Rapids Park
Ride #4: Jean-Drapeau Park or the Lachine Canal (1.5 hours * 12 km approx.)
The shortest of all our rides! Designed for participants with a busy schedule!
Jean-Drapeau (some of the sites of ride #1) or Lachine Canal (a ride along a section of the bike path bordering the canal).
Terms * Bike rides
- Schedule: April to November
- Starting time: from 8 am on. Meet-up 15-20 minutes before starting time for an on-time departure.
- Starting location: Montreal On Wheels bike shop
- Minimum age: 7 years old and up * Ability to handle a bike * Tandems available for participants unable to handle a bike
- Reservations required
- Number of participants: minimum 8 * maximum 100
- Price:
- Ride #1: 27$ plus taxes
- Ride #2: 40$ plus taxes
- Ride #3: 50$ plus taxes
- Ride #4: 22$ plus taxes
- Special pricing for groups, tour operators, businesses and event organisers
- Includes: bicycle * leader * helmet * lock * Map of the Montreal bike paths * emergency shuttle
Custom tailored tours available. Contact us for more information.
