Bike tours

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Whether you’re new to town or a Tucson native, local bike tours are a great way to learn more about the city’s art, food, history and culture. Here are some tours you can find around town.

Taco Bike Tour

Tucson Bike Tours offers three different tours including one all about tacos. The tour takes riders to 3-4 different Mexican restaurants on the city’s south side where they can taste birria, asada and short rib tacos.

The taco tour is around 10 miles long and takes about 2½ hours to complete. It costs $75 and includes “a local guide, fitted bicycle, helmet, water in a reusable bottle, a Sonoran hotdog and up to five tacos,” according to Tucson Bike Tours’ website.

Mural Bike Tour

Tucson Bike Tours’ mural tour rides through neighborhoods filled with locals' favorite type of art — murals. Expect to see about 35 murals.

The $55 mural tour is around seven miles long and takes a little over two hours to complete. 

Historic Bike Tour

Tucson’s rich history is explored on this Tucson Bike Tour, as riders venture through historic areas such as Barrio Viejo, downtown Tucson and the Presidio District.

The $55 historic tour is around eight miles long and takes a little over two hours to complete.

Home Grown Mountain Biking Tours

Unlike traditional road biking tours, Home Grown MTB offers guided mountain biking tours and exhibitions through Southern Arizona. They often head up to Mount Lemmon in their bright red shuttle and ride through some of the popular trails in the area.

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Typical rides are about 18 miles long and take over four hours to complete. Rides cost $35 per rider and there is a four-rider minimum.

Saguaro National Park E-Bike Tour

Pedego E-Bikes, based in St. Philips Plaza, hosts two guided e-bike tours in Tucson including one in Saguaro National Park.

The three-hour $135 guided tour goes through the eight-mile paved loop through Saguaro National Park East. 

Urban E-Bike Tour

Want to ride an e-bike through the city instead? Pedego offers an urban e-bike tour, too.

This guided three-hour $119 tour takes riders through notable Tucson locations like the University of Arizona and Fourth Avenue.

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