1 Days From £140 (220 USD)

Discover hidden Kyoto on this one day bicycle tour as we visit Gion, Nanzenji temple, Philosopher's Road, where you stop for a traditional japanese lunch box and green tea with sweets, Shimogamo shrine, a minka private house and the Imperial Palace. For full no obligation pricing options and operator contact details please enquire: Full Name* Email* Your Country* Afghanistan Albania Algeria Amazon 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 Bonaire Borneo 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 dIvoire Croatia Cuba Curacao 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 Himalayas Honduras Hong Kong and Macau Hungary Iceland India Indochina Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kalahari Desert Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Liechtenstein Limpopo River Lithuania Luxembourg Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Marshall Islands Martinique Mauritania Mauritius Mekong 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 Okavango 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 Saba Saint Lucia Saint Martin Samoa San Marino Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Silk Road Singapore Sint Eustatius 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 Andes The Antarctic The Arctic Tibet Timor Togo Tonga Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Turks and Caicos Islands Tuvalu UAE Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States of America Uruguay US Virgin Islands Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Victoria Falls Vietnam Western Sahara Yemen Zambia Zanzibar 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, 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 your visit to Kyoto on a bicycle following distinctive waterways: moat, canal, river, well, etc. which are scattered like stepping stones around Kyoto. Circling the city are thousands of old temples and shrines, ranging 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.

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. An artfully decorated boxed lunch is waiting for your arrival at a riverside traditional restaurant, also known for their exquisite Japanese sweets. 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. 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 waterways and cultural highlights, and enjoying 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
-Professional English speaking guide
-Lunch
-Entry fees

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