Portsmouth Self-Guided Hybrid Bike Rental
4.3
6 Ratings
Portsmouth
Explore Portsmouth and the surrounding areas on a self-guided hybrid bike rental. Set your own pace, choose your route, and enjoy the freedom to discover historic attractions, restaurants, and breathtaking views.
Duration: 3 hours
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Prescott Park - Piscataqua River
  • Peirce Island - Ride through Peirce Island.
  • Wentworth by the Sea - Visit the Historic Hotel property.
  • Fort Stark State Historic Site - Fort Named after General Captain John Stark and location of the first settlement. Get out and explore.
  • Great Island Common - View the Isle of Shoals
  • African Burying Ground Memorial - Observe quietly our newest Memorial. There are plaques to read about the memorial.
  • Haven Park - Visit the beautiful Haven Park and the statue of the famous Major General Fitz John Porter.
  • Wentworth-Coolidge Mansion - Visit the grounds of the former British Governor Benning Wentworth and the Boston Brahmin John Templeton Coolidge.
What's Included
  • Self-Guided Tour Historical Markers Guide
  • Guide Booklet
  • Bicycle, Helmet and Vest
Additional Information

Explore the stunning Portsmouth and its surrounding locations, including NH, all on your bike and at your own pace - no need for a tour guide! You can choose your destinations, set your speed, and decide on the perfect spots to capture incredible photos! This SELF-LED experience allows you the freedom to discover Portsmouth and New Castle your way!

We have 20 and 24 inch options for young riders on our website

Our friendly PortCity Bike Tours team will help you select a route - your only concern will be deciding amongst the myriad of historic sights, delicious eateries, and stunning vistas Portsmouth has to offer. Besides one of our premium hybrid bicycles, your package will include a bag, helmet, emergency tire inflator, and lock.
Please arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled ride at the Historic John Paul Jones House, where we’ll get you set up with a 21-speed bike, a helmet, and a safety vest. We’ll also give a brief rundown of road rules, bike safety, and bike operation. A map and history booklet are also included.

Young riders can opt for a 20 or 24 inch bicycle.

Location
43 Middle Street
Middle Street
Meet at the John Paul Jones House Historic House Garden
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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(6 Ratings)
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Z4016srshannonj
Aug 11, 2023
Best Way to Explore Portsmouth - The owner was amazing and so helpful in giving us areas to tour and even places to visit after our bike tour. This is the way to see Portsmouth! It was fantastic!
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Christinecll800
Jul 30, 2023
Terrific way to see Portsmouth - We loved biking down to the beaches. It was a beautiful day, we had plenty of gear power on our bikes for the occasional hill, and the views were incredible.
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Jennifermx7296mb
Oct 4, 2022
Perfect way to see Portsmouth and New Castle, NH - Such a great way to see Portsmouth and New Castle. Superb pre ride support with the lovely owner. Ride was amazing. Views are special. Definitely recommend the ride.
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572siddhantj
May 9, 2021
Nice way to explore the city!! - We had a great time exploring the city, bikes were tuned to everyone's requirements, would highly recommend getting the rental bike here
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Holly
Sep 2, 2019
Best Way to Enjoy Portsmouth - We had a wonderful day learning about the history and seeing the sights of Portsmouth and New Castle on bikes. Dawn is a wonderful storyteller, filling each stop with historical accounts of the forts, houses, parks and sights along the way. The bikes were great and easy to ride. It's a wonderful way to get your bearings in Portsmouth and the 3 hours are filled with historical accounts of this incredible area of New England!
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Winchela
Jul 30, 2019
Zero stars for customer service - ruined the first day of our vacation - I am beyond disappointed with this company. We booked a cultural/history tour with this company over 3 months in advance. We even specifically emailed questions back-n-forth with the company prior to booking because we were concerned about making sure our airplane arrival times would work for the tour time. Then....they cancelled the tour at 5:00 pm the night prior to the tour - via an impersonal email on top of it all. It was to be our VERY FIRST activity upon arriving in New Hampshire to kick off our anniversary weekend. That little notice effectively gave us ZERO time to attempt to find something else to do, as we had already had dinner plans that evening that kept us out from 6 pm until midnight, and we had to catch a 7:20 am flight to NH the next morning. So...we spent the first 1/2 day of our vacation twiddling our thumbs and wasting time. So incredibly disappointing!!!! I'm not an unreasonable person - if the cancellation were due to bad weather or a staff member being sick or having some emergency I would totally get it. But, they simply cancelled because there were not enough people to fill the tour....so, profits is what it came down to. And I get that too. In the fine print most tours (this one included) state that they have the right to cancel a tour at the last minute if it doesn't sell out, but my husband & I have traveled the globe for over a decade and I have NEVER ONCE had a group tour cancelled for this reason. And again, I am a reasonable person. OK, so you cancel over profits. Fine, but give people that are traveling far, and spending their hard earned money on a vacation more than ZERO waking hours of notice. The professional thing to do would have been to cancel on us several days in advance so we had ample time to fill that morning with another well-planned activity. All in all they demonstrated VERY POOR customer service, and very short-sighted business decision-making. They actually claim on their website that "guarantee[d]...legendary customer service each and every day" is what "separate[s] [them] from the rest." Yup. It separated them for sure. WORST CUSTOMER SERVICE I'VE EVER EXPERIENCED regarding a vacation tour. I DO NOT recommend.
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