1 Days From £176 (275 USD)

Enjoy a day cycling around Kyoto including a visit to Gion, Nanzenji temple, Imperial Prayer house, Shimogamo shrine, a minka private house and the Imperial Palace whilst enjoying the local cuisine. For full no obligation pricing options and operator contact details please enquire: Full Name* Email* Your Country* Afghanistan Albania Algeria American Samoa Andorra Angola Anguilla Antigua and Barbuda Argentina Armenia Aruba Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bermuda Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia and Herzegovina Botswana Brazil British Virgin Islands Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Central African Republic Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Cook Islands Costa Rica Cote d'Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominica Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Faroe Islands Fiji Finland France French Guiana French Polynesia Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Gibraltar Greece Greenland Grenada Guadeloupe Guam Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hong Kong and Macau Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Monaco Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar - Burma Namibia Nauru Nepal Netherlands Netherlands Antilles New Caledonia New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria Niue North Korea Northern Mariana Islands Norway Oman Pakistan Palau Palestine Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Pitcairn Islands Poland Portugal Puerto Rico Qatar Republic of Congo Republic of Ireland Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Islands Somalia South Africa South Korea Spain Sri Lanka St Helena St Kitts and Nevis St Vincent and The Grenadines Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Taiwan Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand The Antarctic The Arctic Tibet Timor Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Tuvalu UAE Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe Telephone

Key Information Travel Style: Small Group Start Location: Gojo Station, Kyoto, Japan End Location: Gojo Station, Kyoto, Japan Accommodation: N/A Period: Sat, Sun and Japanese national holidays Difficulty: Suitable for Most Travelers About The Operator Accreditations: Sustainability Policy, Ecotourism Principles and CSI Years In Business: 2

Get more out of Kyoto on a bicycle following distinctive waterways: moats, canals, rivers, wells etc which are scattered like stepping stones around the city. Circling Kyoto are thousands of old temples and shrines, ranging in colour from bright red to pure gold. Cultural heritage sites are numerous, tranquil back streets lie between the grid-like street blocks, and occasional maikos and geishas are sighted. In your premium lunch setting, the impeccably prepared Buddhist vegetarian dishes are enhanced by stretches of Japanese gardens tinted with seasonal hues and the remnants of passionate songs written by the emperor Gomizuo in the 17th Century. Visit a Japanese ‘minka’ house, unwind on the tatami straw mat floor and chat with the family members over a cup of green tea. Pray for eternal love in the Imperial Palace. Experience Kyoto, it's everything you have heard it is.

Meet at Subway Gojo station or request an escort from our carefully selected affiliated inns. After warming up and instructions on the bicycle, we first head to the famous Gion area known for maiko and geisha and stroll through narrow back streets. Learn the history of the waterworks and canal feeding Kyoto on the way to a breathtakingly beautiful Zen Buddhist temple of Nanzen-ji, established in 1291. Take some time to explore the temple grounds where Zen spirit humbly expresses harmonious coexistence between human and nature. Continue by bicycle to the world cultural heritage site of Shimogamo Shrine, often described in The tale of Genji and other historical literature and believed to be first erected in 2 B.C. Breathe fresh air through the 124,000 square-meter shrine forest Tadasunomori where approximately 600 trees of some 40 species give the Kyotoites place to relax. Zestfully flavored, hearty vegetarian Zen-style lunch with a history of more than 300 years is carefully prepared at an exclusive setting in a defunct Imperial prayer house where Gomizuo emperor often dined and poeticized the garden.

In the afternoon, move on to a minka private house to experience what it would be like to visit as a distant relative: bow to greet, remove shoes to enter, rest on the “tatami” straw mats, and chat about local issues with a family over green tea. At the end of the journey, you will find the “Tree of Love” by a spring near the Imperial Palace. Make a wish and your dream may come true. Our unparalleled bike tour will invite you to immerse yourself in the city, following the biotopes and cultural assets, and feeling the breeze. The rest is up to you to find numerous tiny treasures on the paths.

A full itinerary will be provided by the tour operator when you make an enquiry about this holiday.

Includes
-Bicycle hire
-Entry fees
-Gourmet lunch
-English speaking professional guide

Prices per person - please submit an enquiry to receive a personalized itinerary and costs.