Boston's Emerald Necklace Guided Bicycle Tour: E-bikes/city Bikes

Our guides were awesome! Boston natives with lots of knowledge. They safely guided us through the busy streets, and made sure our group stayed together. It was such a fun way to see parts of the city we wouldn't have accessed without a bike. I would recommend this to anyone who likes to be active and explore. It was around 3 hours and we rode about 15 miles. The price felt fair for the length of the tour and provided equipment. This was one of our favorite parts of our trip - fall is a beautiful time to be outdoors in Boston!

We had an absolutely fantastic time on the Emerald Necklace Tour with UrbanAdventours. Our guide, Bob, was brilliant, knowledgeable, friendly, and clearly passionate about Boston and its history. We opted for e-bikes, which made the whole experience easy and enjoyable, even on the longer stretches. The route was perfectly planned, weaving through some of the most beautiful and peaceful parts of the city that we would never have found on our own. It was a refreshing break from the usual tourist crowds and gave us such a different perspective on Boston. A wonderful way to spend the day. Great bikes, great guide, and a great experience overall. Highly recommend!

Bob was our tour guide. He was very friendly, showing us so many nice sites and bike trails. He took us many nice photos as well.

My boyfriend and I love guided bicycle tours and this one was not the exception. Landscape was stunning and beautiful. We got to experience the last part of autumn.

We had an excellent time and bike riding experience with our Tour Guide, Gary. He was so friendly and knowledgeable and provided us some great information about Boston’s History and historical landmarks. Thank you again for all your help and a beautiful adventure. This is a great tour especially in the fall! -AnneMarie and Matt

We had a small tour with Austin. He was a great tour and went a little farther than normal. He took us to some good spots for photos and was always making sure we were comfortable and willing to keep pushing. He gave a lot of insight to the area. It was also a nice little workout to boost.

Bob and Caroline were wonderful tour guides. We felt like we saw a good amount of the city and stopped at some cool spots for pictures. The tour is a must do in Boston!

While this is a great mode of exercise, the tour wasn't really all that informative. We stopped just a few times in the 4 hours, so we passed by a lot of sites but didn't learn anything about them. We were quite disappointed in the value offered. We would have been better off just renting a bike for the day if all we wanted was some exercise.

What a beautiful way to experience Boston for the first time! Pell, our guide, knew all kinds of information and history about the many places we rode by. Our pace was comfortable and very friendly for wide-eyed tourists like me. The Emerald Necklace route took us through many different areas of the city, from the Back Bay and the Harbor to Jamaica Pond and the Arboretum. We biked through many beautiful parks and greenways. Highly recommend this for anyone going to Boston for the first time! There were only a couple of spots where we biked uphill, and they were pretty mild and brief. You don't have to be a Tour de France athlete to enjoy this ride. I didn't even drink half of my water bottle.

Great overview of Boston. It was good to have a guide who grew up in Boston and knew a lot about the city and its history.

Bob was an incredible tour-guide! Personable, safety-minded and articulate--As a native Bostonian, he had numerous anecdotes to offer throughout the ride. (We are local and got so much out of it!) The ride itself is "slow but substantial," and the scenery was beautiful. We saw corners of the city we had never seen before. In terms of terrain covered, please know that there is only one (long slow) hill (at the Arboretum), which Bob made optional for the group. We went yesterday, and I have already recommended this ride to others! Looking forward to taking another tour in the future!

Greg - our guide was the best part! He gave good information on the way and made it easy on me to ride the city! Completely and totally recommend this tour!,!!! Roll Tide!

Charles river bike path give you magical view of Boston and Cambridge. From the path you can see the magnificent building of MIT, Harvard Business School, Harvard and the skyline of Boston from Prudential to the financial district. do not miss this experience !

On our tour, it just so happened that all 8 of the participants were from Boston or a nearby suburb. All of us signed up for the tour because we wanted to learn more about the Emerald Necklace and have a chance to tour the entire length of it. We LOVED the experience! En route to and from various segments of the Emerald Necklace, our guides, Greg and Michelle, led us through the city on un-congested bike routes. Aside from experiencing the beauty of the Emerald Necklace, we also explored neighborhoods that were new to most of us (back streets of JP, new development in Forest Hills). The return route on along the Southwest corridor gave us a taste of how Boston has done a wonderful job developing safe bike routes for commuters. If you are a local who wants to learn more about your city, I can't recommend this tour enough!

I had an excellent time riding the Emerald Necklace with Urban Adventours. Staff at the shop were very helpful in getting the bike set up and ready, and everyhing was well organized. The weather didn't start out too friendly, but our guide took care to find spots for our stops that were a bit out of the wind. Fall foliage at the parks was beautiful, and we even got to see a very cool art installation with vapor creating a mysterious atmosphere over one of the lakes. Because this was one of the longer tours, we were able to cover quite a long distance, with enough time for stops and background from our knowledgeable guide.

I didn't like biking through so much traffic. It was supposed to be a Fall Foliage Bike ride but we had to ask Pell to stop a few times so that we could take pictures, which he did. Also, one of the bikes got a flat tire and it took 40 minutes to fix. That seemed like a long time, but I was glad that he was finally able to do it. The ride through the arboretum and the ride back to the north end was pleasant when we weren't in the traffic. I am sure that is hard to avoid in Boston but maybe a different route would have been better. I am glad that we all survived and we did see some beautiful trees that we would not have seen otherwise.