Venice · VENICE BIKE TOURS AND RENTALS
The 11 best venice bike tours and rentals you can book today, with what each costs, how long it runs and who it suits. Number one is top for a reason; start there.
Start at Travel & Bike in Marghera, near Venice, and choose a city, touring, trekking, or electric bike for one to seven days. Gianluca and his team provide route advice, locks, lights, bags, and optional helmets. You can leave suitcases at the shop and return to the same meeting point.
“Honest and reliable bicycle rental company. Good hybrid bikes and e-bikes. Responsive and flexible service. No hidden costs. Highly recommended.”
Ride from Fusina along the Riviera del Brenta with a local guide such as Monica or Gianluca. Visit Villa Widmann, pause at Palladio’s Villa Foscari, and finish in Dolo with time for local food. The four to five hour tour is limited to eight people and includes a bicycle and water.
“What a wonderful day with had biking through towns and the countryside with our fabulous host! Gianluca was prompt, enthusiastic, and an all-around lovely human being! He managed to impart useful historical knowledge while also giving uRead more”
Pick up an e-bike on Venice Lido and set your own route through beaches, Liberty villas, Malamocco, St. Nicholas Abbey, and Pellestrina. A 10-minute ferry ride reaches the MOSE flood gates and quiet fishing villages. Helmets, a lock, basket, and map are included.
“The te was very nice and efficient, the ride excellent.”
Join guide Valerio Coppo for a four-hour escape from Venice to Sant’Erasmo, the lagoon’s farming island. Ride easy country lanes past artichoke fields and salt marshes, visit Torre Massimiliana and a family apiary, taste local honey, and return by vaporetto or stay for a lagoon-side meal.
“Have you guys ever wandered in the little venetian districts? I don't mean the usual places we know of , but the small , secretive special secret streets that this ancient gem hides?”
Start at 9:00 am on Venice Lido with an e-bike, lock, and map on request. Ride to beaches, Malamocco, St. Andrew’s Fortress, the Murazzi, Nicelli Airport, and other lagoon sights. You can also take a 10-minute ferry to Pellestrina, with ferry tickets paid separately.
“Had a wonderful day exploring Lido Total stress free day🚲 beautiful views and deserted beach...and only 10euros for my bike hire.”
Pick up a regular bicycle near the Lido vaporetto stop at 9 a.m. and spend the day exploring Venice’s quieter islands. You get a lock, map, phone support and a child seat on request. Ride to Malamocco, Murazzi, St. Andrew’s Fort, Nicelli Airport or take the ferry to Pellestrina.
“Had a great time, going the full length of the lido and back. Try to avoid the sand as cycling through sand is quite difficult. The owner was a real gentleman!!!”
Ride the Brenta Riviera for about four hours with a local escort, using a geared trekking bike, lock, lights, pannier, and water. Choose a morning start in Vigonovo or an afternoon start in Dolo. Gianluca and his team are known for helpful advice, well-kept bikes, and friendly support.
“We found Travel & Bike through an online search. We were looking for access to bikes and discovered that Travel & Bike was attached to a B&B hosted by Gianluca, Monica and her parents. What a happy surprise. We stayed there for our last Read more”
Meet guide Valerio Coppo at Santa Maria Elisabetta for a 4.5-hour ride across Lido. You’ll see film-festival landmarks, the Murazzi, Alberoni’s dunes, Malamocco, historic cemeteries, and lagoon islands. Bike rental is arranged for you but costs extra.
“Valerio took my husband and I on a fantastic bike tour of Lido Island. He was super knowledgeable, attentive to our needs, and adjusted his biking to ours easily. He also has a great sense of humor! We thoroughly enjoyed our day with him and are suggesting him to friends who are planning a trip. Coming from a very hilly city, it was a very manageable bike and he had options for length which could accommodate a variety of people.”
Ride the flat Lido with a local guide, including Massimo when available, and see an old fortress, Malamocco, the film festival site, a historic airport, a sea barrier, an Austrian fort, and a WWF oasis. Finish with time to swim or sunbathe.
“A great way to see Venice from a different perspective without the tourist crowds. Massimo led us & gave a great overview of Lido & its history”
Leave Venice by water bus for Treporti, then cycle through Lio Piccolo’s salt marshes, fishing valleys, dunes, and vegetable plots. Choose a city bike, tandem, or e-bike, and watch for flamingos, herons, ducks, waders, and other lagoon birds with a nature and interpretive guide.
“Prima Tour! Wir waren zu dritt mit dem sehr netten Guide. Haben viele Vögel gesehen obwohl nicht die beste Jahreszeit. Wir hatten allerdings auch ein Fernglas dabei. (Stelzenläufer, Grünschenkel, Rotschenkel, Brachvögel, Kiebitzregenpfeifer, Ibis, Flamingo, Rallenreiher, Seidenreiher, Flussseeschwalbe, Neuntöter, Säbelschnäbler, Graureiher). Außerdem schöne Salzwiesen mit Strandflieder/Meerlavendel. Es lohnt sich wirklich diesen Teil der Lagune zu besuchen. Sehr empfehlenswert!”
Join guide Valerio Coppo Detourist for a four-hour bike tour of quiet Sant’Erasmo. Ride past artichoke fields, saltmarshes, canals, and a 19th-century fort, then taste honey made by local producer Elio Mavaracchio. The tour suits active visitors who want rural Venice and small-group or private guiding.
“We showed up at exactly 9am, no one was there at the meeting point. Tried calling and sent an email, no response.”
Pick a monument, a boat or a counter bar.
