Private Family City Highlights by Bike, London

This 3.5-hour jaunt around Central London introduces you to the city's monuments, palaces, and parks at a relaxed, kid-friendly pace. Pair each family member with a perfectly-sized Pashley bicycle, then set off with your private guide for a gentle cycle along a safe, flat route, following traffic-calmed backstreets and shaded park cycling lanes to reach iconic landmarks like Big Ben, Westminster Abbey, and Buckingham Palace. Plenty of breaks along the way ensure even the littlest legs can keep up, while stops for ice cream, street performers, and a spot of hands-on graffiti keep all ages entertained and engaged.

Perfect for families of all ages, this 3.5-hour excursion begins near Lambeth North tube station, where you'll join your private guide and choose from a fleet of handmade, vintage-style Pashley bicycles, complete with wicker baskets and options for baby seats and tag-along attachments. Fasten up your helmets (or get in character with a tweed flat cap), and begin with a pedal through a local Lambeth park to make sure everyone's comfortable and ready to set off into the city. 

As you follow a safe, kid-friendly route along quiet backstreets, separate cycle lanes, and shaded parks, you'll loop across the River Thames and into Westminster and the West End, pausing at landmarks like Big Ben and Westminster Abbey along the way. Depending on your timing, you may cut through St James's Park to reach Buckingham Palace just in time to catch the Changing of the Guards, or take a leisurely pedal through Hyde Park, following the banks of the Serpentine and pausing for some ice cream and refreshments (not included).

Skirt Trafalgar Square as your guide points out the four bronze lions that guard Nelson's Column, and continue onto the cobblestones of Covent Garden to watch a quick set from the entertaining street performers. After plenty of sightseeing (and fun, interactive storytelling from your guide), you'll roll up to your final stop, where the kids can get creative with a can of spray paint as they add their own masterpiece to the city's largest graffiti wall.