History Ride: The Best of Buffalo by Bike
Buffalo, USA
2 hours
Art & Culture
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Walking Tours
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Biking
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History
What You Will Do
Enjoy Buffalo while cruising through its rich history and architectural highlights. Far from just a boring history lesson, this tour brings the city’s past to life through unforgettable stories, humor, and local insight.
This downtown tour stops at many of the city’s most well-known buildings like Buffalo City Hall, the Electric Tower, and the Guaranty Building, and shares the fascinating stories behind them. Learn about bitter rivalries, economic booms and busts, and trailblazing community activists who were instrumental in the city’s founding.
From Buffalo’s heavy hitters like the Erie Canal and Pan American Exposition to lesser-known stories of Black history and working-class movements, this tour provides a deeper appreciation for the city and its place in American history.
What's Included?
- Other
Cancellation Policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
Itinerary
Meeting Point
44 Prime St (Canalside, next to the Buffalo Heritage Carousel)
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Canalside
10 minutes
Wild stories of Canalside, the city’s historic red light district.
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Additional Information
This activity is operated by Buffalo Bike Tours
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Guide Options
- Guide - English
Customer Reviews
Great way to tour Buffalo!
2023-08-13
Our tour guide was so friendly and knowledgeable! We truly enjoyed this tour and our daughter, who now lives in Buffalo will be finding new bike tours with this company!
Great tour!
2023-08-08
We had a great time on the tour with Sarah. She was enthusiastic and was engaging with us as participants. It was only our group of four with her. You do bike on a mix of roads, bike lanes and sidewalks, but it's pretty safe. We had a few people do the e-bikes and a few on the road bikes. The bikes were good quality. They are easily found on the commercial slip in canalside. Sarah went through just enough history for a casual tour.
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Overall great tour!
Sign up for their newsletter as I was sent a promo code after I already bought the tour and the tour was not refundable. It could save you a few bucks.
Overall great tour!
Great way to see and learn about Buffalo
2023-07-12
My husband and I took the History Ride: Best of Buffalo, and I'm so glad we did. Sarah was our guide. She selected and got our bikes ready, gave us a quick overview on what to expect and immediately launched into giving us all sorts of interesting facts. The ride itself ended up being around 7+ miles, spread out over 2.5 hours. The pace was leisurely and not hard at all. We rode mainly in bike lanes and sometimes on sidewalks, and cars were aware and respectful. We stopped often, where Sarah would tell us about the area, history, architecture. The time flew by and we not only enjoyed ourselves, we learned a lot. We got to see a lot of Buffalo during the tour.
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