Bike Bangkok: Historic City Tour

Itinerary
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Stop At: Grasshopper Adventures - Bangkok Bike Tours, 57 Ratchadamnoen Klang Rd Phranakorn, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

Meet at the Grasshopper Adventures Shop near Khaosan Rd at 8:30 am. The tour will depart at 9 am sharp. After a quick bike fitting and briefing we head out. Cycling through the heart of the backpacker area, Khaosan Road, you will soon be biking off the roads this bike tour winds through small laneways, past ancient temples and canals to see the heart and soul of Bangkok.


Duration: 20 minutes

Pass By: Khao San Road, Khwaeng Talad Yot, Khet Phra Nakhon, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

From the starting point at the Grasshopper shop, we bike through Khaosan road and head out to another side of Bangkok.

Pass By: Phra Athit Road 66 Phra-Athit Road, Khwaeng Chanasongkhram, Khet Phranakorn, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

From the heart of the backpacker area, Khaosan Road, get going pass Phra Arthit road and another fort before we will take you off the roads biking through small laneways, past ancient temples and canals to see the heart and soul of Bangkok.

We cycle along the Chao Phraya River and then pedal cross the river on the Rama 8 Bridge. From here we visit ancient temples and urban street life.


Pass By: Rama VIII Bridge, Bangkok Thailand

Get out and cycle

There are no particularly famous sights that you will see on this bike tour. It is all about exploring the city by bike away from the tourists and big roads, to see the real Bangkok where people live, work and play. We cycle along the Chao Phraya River and then pedal cross the river on the Rama 8 Bridge. From here we visit ancient temples and urban street life.

Bangkok Noi

Bangkok Noi is the name given to a large canal of the Chao Phraya River. Bike along the canal through tiny alleyways home to a Muslim community. After cycling over a bridge you bike the canal back the other way, this time passing Buddhist temples and one of Bangkok’s first train depots. If open you are in luck to visit a bronze bowl foundry and the old steam engines at the Thonburi train depot - such is the diversity of the city when you get in close.


Pass By: Giant Swing, Bamrung Muang Rd, Bangkok 10200 Thailand

After a local ferry to cross back over the river, our bike tour passes the Grand Palace where we take a walk through a public park that was once exclusively used by the royal family. After cycling more twisting alleyways, pedalling through a food market, you bike past rows of Buddhas and other sacred images. The area around the Giant Swing is where Buddha images are made and sold. The Giant Swing is one of the landmarks of the city and was once used for an important Hindu ceremony. From the Swing it is only a short bike ride back to the Grasshopper Shop.