Bicycle tourism: get to know Barcelona on two wheels

Barcelona is one of the most touristic cities in the world and its pleasant climate and the charm of its streets make it an ideal place for sightseeing by bicycle.

In this way we can move around the city in a comfortable and good way for both health and the environment and get to know some of its most emblematic places in a different way.

Cyclists ride along the bike lane that runs in front of the Olympic Village.
photo by @elperiodico.com

To start our touristic route in Barcelona the first stop is the Bikestocks store, where we can buy bikes and choose the one that best suits our needs.

The advantages of tourism by bicycle

The bicycle is one of the most beneficial means of transportation and allows us to engage in sustainable tourism from a different perspective.

Thanks to the bicycle we can move around the city comfortably and with the certainty that it is an environmentally friendly and less polluting way of transportation than by cab, motorcycle or bus.

In addition, the city of Barcelona has a bicycle lane network of more than 240 kilometers, which makes this destination one of the most comfortable to move around the city in a practical and safe way.

To this we have to add that the bicycle is a transport with benefits for our health, as it is a way to combat sedentary lifestyles and to exercise in a different way and with the opportunity to discover new landscapes and monuments of the city.

These reasons make the bicycle an alternative form of tourism with multiple advantages, making it an increasingly fashionable form of tourism.

5 places and monuments not to be missed during your visit to Barcelona

The city of Barcelona has many places and corners to visit on our bicycle and that allow us to know one of the most touristic cities in the country, in which we can not miss these places and monuments:

  1. The Gothic quarter of Barcelona is one of the best known, located in the heart of the city and where we can stroll through its streets by bike and visit the Cathedral of Santa Eulalia, the Plaza de Sant Jaume or the Plaza del Rey.
  2. Park Güell is one of the most famous parks and gardens in the world, where we can disconnect in a green environment and is listed by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site.
  3. One of the most recognizable sights of the city of Barcelona is the Basilica of the Sagrada Familia, which we can access comfortably on a bike ride and admire this impressive architectural work.
  4. Continuing with the creations of the famous Gaudí, another place that can not miss in our visit to Barcelona by bike is the Casa Batlló, located in Paseo de Gracia, one of the most popular streets of the city.
  5. Finally, nothing like a refreshing swim in the beaches of Barcelona, where we can cycle along the promenade and enjoy unique views of the Mediterranean.

In short, the city of Barcelona offers a great variety of places and monuments that we can visit on a bicycle route, which allows us to know the city in a sustainable and different way and in which we can comfortably visit all the corners we want pedaling through its streets.