{"id":86118,"date":"2017-05-08T14:50:38","date_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:50:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/?p=86118"},"modified":"2017-05-08T14:50:38","modified_gmt":"2017-05-08T12:50:38","slug":"bamboo-bike-tours","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/","title":{"rendered":"Bamboo Bike Tours"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">If you feel like exploring the city but don&#8217;t like the idea of having to do it on foot, there are a variety of services available that allow you to <strong>tour<\/strong> while sitting down. One popular way to do it is by\u00a0<strong>bike<\/strong> and one particular company is offering\u00a0<strong>tours<\/strong> that will have you riding some of the most <strong>beautiful bikes<\/strong>\u00a0yet.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_17 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-grey\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class=\"ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1\"><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/#Bamboo_Bike_Tours\" title=\"Bamboo Bike Tours\">Bamboo Bike Tours<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/#But_what_about_the_bamboo\" title=\"But what about the bamboo?\">But what about the bamboo?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/#An_ethical_form_of_doing_business\" title=\"An ethical form of doing business\">An ethical form of doing business<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/#Lets_talk_tour\" title=\"Let&#8217;s talk tour\">Let&#8217;s talk tour<\/a><\/li><li class=\"ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2\"><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bamboo-bike-tours\/#Hiring_Bamboo_Bike_Tours_for_your_events\" title=\"Hiring Bamboo Bike Tours for your events\">Hiring Bamboo Bike Tours for your events<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Bamboo_Bike_Tours\"><\/span>Bamboo Bike Tours<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_86235\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86235\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86235\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/16641033_1868971290047862_6738908436402568228_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86235\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bamboo Bike Tours<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">As the name indicates,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bamboobiketour.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\"><strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong><\/a> offers <strong>tours of the city in bikes made of bamboo<\/strong>. They have two beautiful models available for visitors to choose from: the <strong>Buena Vista<\/strong>, designed and built in Argentina, and the <strong>Octavi,<\/strong>\u00a0designed in Barcelona and built in Argentina. Both of the models are made of <strong>high-quality parts<\/strong> from brands like Brooks, Shimano, and Michelin.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"But_what_about_the_bamboo\"><\/span>But what about the bamboo?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bamboo<\/strong> may not seem like the most obvious choice when thinking of <strong>bike-building materials<\/strong>, but the truth is that it is a very strong and flexible type of wood which grows rapidly enough so that its harvesting won&#8217;t be a\u00a0synonym\u00a0of deforestation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/activities-with-friends\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Great activities do to with friends in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"An_ethical_form_of_doing_business\"><\/span>An ethical form of doing business<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong> is a company that is deeply committed to sustainability. Another reason why they chose the\u00a0<strong>bamboo<\/strong> as their main material is that building a\u00a0<strong>bicycle made out of bamboo<\/strong> spends only 10% of the resources that would be necessary to build a\u00a0<strong>bike<\/strong> using regular materials. Amazing!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">But their commitment to an ethical form of doing business doesn&#8217;t stop there.\u00a0<strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong> is a great supporter of\u00a0<strong>fair trade<\/strong>, making sure that all of their <strong>bikes <\/strong>are produced in <strong>good working conditions<\/strong>.\u00a0They also plan to use 10% of their earnings to <strong>promote social projects<\/strong> for young people in the city, a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/charitity\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">commendable initiative<\/a> that hopefully will inspire other local businesses to follow suit.<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Lets_talk_tour\"><\/span>Let&#8217;s talk tour<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_86237\" style=\"width: 347px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86237\" class=\" wp-image-86237\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17498948_1887848611493463_8329292944352229648_n-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"337\" height=\"190\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86237\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bamboo Bike Tours<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong> offers private tours only, which means that random people cannot join in a group. They offer <strong>8 different tours<\/strong>, each one with a specific duration.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Red Tour<\/strong> lasts 2 hours and it covers the areas of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/video-barceloneta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Barceloneta<\/a>, Vila Olimpica, El Born and the Gothic neighborhood. In this\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong>, visitors will have a chance to see Parc de la Ciutadella, Arc de Triomf, Palau de la M\u00fasica Catalana and much more. The price of the\u00a0<strong>Red Tour<\/strong> is of 29\u20ac per person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<strong>Blue Tour<\/strong> lasts 3 hours and it covers the same areas as the\u00a0<strong>Red Tour<\/strong>, plus the areas near Sagrada Fam\u00edlia and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/torre-agbar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Agbar Tower<\/a>. The price of the\u00a0<strong>Blue Tour<\/strong> is of 39\u20ac per person.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<strong>Green Tour<\/strong> lasts 4 hours and it expands from what the\u00a0<strong>Blue Tour\u00a0<\/strong>covers to the area of Gr\u00e0cia, which includes highlights such as the former bullfight arena Monumental and Teatre Nacional de Catalunya.\u00a0The price of the <strong>Green<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Tour<\/strong> is of 57\u20ac per person, which includes a drink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <strong>Yellow<\/strong><strong>\u00a0Tour<\/strong> lasts 5 hours and, on top of the areas covered by the previous\u00a0<strong>tours<\/strong>, covers some of Eixample and more of Ciutat Vella. This\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong> will take visitors to such sites as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/macba\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">MACBA<\/a>, La Pedrera, and Pla\u00e7a Catalunya. The price of the <strong>Yellow<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Tour<\/strong> is of 73\u20ac per person, which includes a drink and a tapa.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The\u00a0<strong>Purple Tour<\/strong> lasts 6 hours and it covers most of the major touristic sites in the city, expanding the visit all the way to Plaza Espanya and the Poble Sec neighborhood. Some of the highlights of this\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong> include El Gran Teatre del Liceu, the Old Port, and Pla\u00e7a Universitat.\u00a0 The price of the <strong>Yellow<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>Tour<\/strong> is of 90\u20ac per person, which includes a \u00a0drink and a two-course meal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">They also offer a different type of\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong>, focused on <strong>s<\/strong><strong>treet art<\/strong>. This\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong>, which happens in collaboration with\u00a0<strong>Street Art Barcelona<\/strong>, takes visitors to discover some of the most amazing samples of\u00a0<strong>street art<\/strong> that can be found in the city. There are 3 different <strong>street art tours<\/strong>\u00a0to choose from: the\u00a0<strong>Ciutat Vella<\/strong>\u00a0<strong>tour<\/strong>, which costs 25\u20ac per person and lasts 2 hours,\u00a0the\u00a0<strong>Poble Nour tour<\/strong>, which costs 39\u20ac per person and lasts 3.50 hours, and a\u00a0<strong>tour that combines both areas<\/strong>, which costs 58\u20ac per person and lasts 5 hours.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>Related article:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/bachelor-bachelorette\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Celebrate your bachelor or bachelorette party in Barcelona<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hiring_Bamboo_Bike_Tours_for_your_events\"><\/span>Hiring Bamboo Bike Tours for your events<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<div id=\"attachment_86238\" style=\"width: 310px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-86238\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-86238\" src=\"https:\/\/www.shbarcelona.com\/blog\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/04\/17522790_1886888504922807_6171420810654447804_n-300x228.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"228\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-86238\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo by Bamboo Bike Tours<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong> is available for hire for certain types of events. One of the popular options they offer is a pack for <strong>Bachelor\/Bachelorette parties<\/strong>, where the bride or groom to be can choose a <strong>classic experience<\/strong> (tour + drink + tapa or cake), the <strong>refresh experience<\/strong> (tour + \u00a0soup or juice + vegan or vegetarian tapa), or the\u00a0<strong>VIP experience<\/strong> (tour + glass of cava + 2 drinks + local snacks like fuet, ham and cheese). There is also the possibility of choosing a\u00a0<strong>personalized experience<\/strong> which will be tailor made for you.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>Bamboo Bike Tours<\/strong> also offers\u00a0<strong>team building activities<\/strong> such as the creation of a\u00a0<strong>collective artwork<\/strong> with graffiti, individual works of art, or even a fun treasure hunt.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">What are you waiting for? 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