Public | City View and Hidden Neighborhoods Bike Tour | 2 hrs.
Public | City View and Hidden Neighborhoods Bike Tour | 2 hrs.
Save if you book direct. Discover and explore Portsmouth on our City View and Historic Neighborhood Bike Tour. Your professional tour guide will take you through the five distinctive districts of Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
You'll leave the hustle and bustle of Market Square, pass by the glistening waters and rising tides of the Piscataqua River, and pedal your way to the historic South End for a stop in Prescott Park. We'll pedal on safe routes into the charming and historic neighborhoods of Little Harbor, West End & Atlantic Heights. You'll be amazed at the beautiful green scapes, preserved historic houses, & landmarks.
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Portsmouth
Creek Neighborhood - Christian Shore
10 minutes20 Deer St
There are over a dozen colorful wooden houses are squeezed up against the towering Marriot and the Hilton Hotels. The concept, in the early 1970s, was that dilapidated buildings bred ragged people. After World War II, most cities demolish thousands of "blighted" urban areas across the nation. Most were replaced by high-rise apartments, shopping malls, and hotels. In Portsmouth, we lost much of historic Vaughan Street and replaced it with a parking garage and open lots. We will pass by a collection of preserved historic homes saved by urban renewal and move into this area for preservation.
10 minutesStrawbery Banke Museum
That day Vaughn “laid it on the line” for the Rotary Club, telling them that every time one of the old houses was torn or an antique piece of Portsmouth furniture shipped out of town, the city was losing its past. The Rotary Club was galvanized into action, and while Puddle Dock did undergo urban renewal, much of it has been saved as a historic museum.
10 minutesWentworth-Coolidge Mansion
Explore the beautiful Little HARBOR
7 minutesPortsmouth
a 19th-century Frank Jones Brewery and Button Factory which also encompasses the Islington Street neighborhood and includes various residential and commercial architectural styles.
10 minutesPrescott Park
Prescott Park is a ten-plus acre waterfront park in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States. The land was purchased in the 1930s by two sisters, Josie and Sarah Prescott. The sisters, public school teachers, had used an inheritance to systematically purchase and clear properties along the Piscataqua River.
10 minutesPortsmouth
Atlantic Heights
10 minutesBrewery Lane
Franklin Jones was born in Barrington, New Hampshire in 1832. He was the fifth of six boys as well as the fifth of seven children in his family. He left home at 16 and moved to Portsmouth and worked as an apprentice in his older brother Hiram's stove store. Within 3 years he owned an interest in the store and in 1854 he took it over completely. Throughout his life Jones would be active in several businesses at once, a pattern he developed early and in these early years, he was also a tin peddler and a rag picker. In 1858 he became partners with John Swindell, an Englishman who had recently moved to Portsmouth to start a brewery producing ale.
7 minutesIncluded
- Use of bicycle
- Helmet
Not Included
- Tips and gratuity
Good to Know
- Not wheelchair accessible
- Near public transportation
- Infant seats available
- Most travelers can participate
- Face masks required for travelers in public areas
- Face masks required for guides in public areas
- Face masks provided for travelers
- Hand sanitizer available to travelers and staff
- Regularly sanitized high-traffic areas
- Gear/equipment sanitized between use
- Guides required to regularly wash hands
- Regular temperature checks for staff
- Contactless payments for gratuities and add-ons
- COVID-19 vaccination required for guides
- We continue to provide an open air - outside set up for our guests. We offer online waiver and a transaction free free environment. We request that if a guest needs to use the restroom, we ask to not congregate in the building. Masks and sanitizer is available at all times.
- This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
- This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers
- Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Tickets & Cancellation
You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity.
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours in advance of the start time of the experience.