18 Amazing Places You Should Ride Your Bike Before You Die
One of the most rewarding way to explore a country is to get a bike and ride around for days—or even weeks—without hustle. By bike, you can explore stunning places that can't be experience from the seat of a car or a bus. Here is our brief and totally incomplete selection of the most wondrous places where you can get by bike.
Since it is impossible to gather and rank all the amazing biking destinations, I kindly ask you to share in the comments your favorite place you've ever ridden.
One of the most overwhelmingly sacred places on Earth is Angkor, Cambodia. And you can spend days among the ruins of the ancient Khmer temples by riding a cheap rented bike.
Photos: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
This seems like cyclist nirvana: pedaling slowly across the Atacama Plateau in Chile.
Photo: ix4svs
From the top of Mariette Peak in the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe is a wonderful sight.
Photo: Brian Holsclaw
You can admire this amazing view while riding down the 401 trail in Crested Butte, Colorado.
Photo: Pierce Martin
Biking in the coastal towns of Croatia, for example in Dubrovnik, is a pleasant way to explore the Adriatic country.
Photo: Filip Horvat/AP
If you're a dedicated mountain biker, the Incan ruins of Peru are waiting for you.
Photo: philipdixon
Also coastal Croatia has beautiful bays and friendly hills.
Photo: Jason Rogers
Tourists with rented bicycles lie on the grass in front of the Reichstag, the seat of the German Bundestag. Berlin is a bike friendly city, worth wandering around on bicycle.
Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Rent a bike and take a ride in the Ayutthaya historical park when you visit Thailand.
Photo: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Riding is fun on this 2-year-old bike path near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And the view is awesome.
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Bikers on the frozen Portage Lake, Alaska. Because biking on ice is fun, especially amidst such amazing wintertime scenery.
Photo: Frank Kovalchek
Biking in Havana, Cuba—among those ancient American cars—is another a memorable experience.
Photo: Javier Galeano/AP
Photo: Jorge Rey/Liaison/Getty Images
Easter Island is small enough that you can bike around comfortably to meet—in person!—all the mysterious moai.
Photo: Karen Corby
Stonehenge. Get a bike and visit Europe's most famous prehistoric monument if you are in England.
Photo: English Heritage
You can easily visit the temples and pagodas of Bagan, Myanmar, by bike.
Photo: Anthony Tong Lee
Photo: imke.stahlmann
Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia, is ideal for those cyclists among us who hate mountains...
Photo: Revolution_Ferg
Visiting all the castles in the Loire Valley, in France, by bike is probably on the bucket list of many.
Photo: Frédérique Voisin-Demery
Pedaling high above the gorgeous landscape? You can do this on the sky cycle roller coaster at Washuzan Highland Amusement Park in Kurashiki, Japan!
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
Source: Gizmodo
One of the most rewarding way to explore a country is to get a bike and ride around for days—or even weeks—without hustle. By bike, you can explore stunning places that can't be experience from the seat of a car or a bus. Here is our brief and totally incomplete selection of the most wondrous places where you can get by bike.Since it is impossible to gather and rank all the amazing biking destinations, I kindly ask you to share in the comments your favorite place you've ever ridden.
One of the most overwhelmingly sacred places on Earth is Angkor, Cambodia. And you can spend days among the ruins of the ancient Khmer temples by riding a cheap rented bike.
Photos: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
This seems like cyclist nirvana: pedaling slowly across the Atacama Plateau in Chile.
Photo: ix4svs
From the top of Mariette Peak in the Sierra Nevada, Lake Tahoe is a wonderful sight.
Photo: Brian Holsclaw
You can admire this amazing view while riding down the 401 trail in Crested Butte, Colorado.
Photo: Pierce Martin
Biking in the coastal towns of Croatia, for example in Dubrovnik, is a pleasant way to explore the Adriatic country.
Photo: Filip Horvat/AP
If you're a dedicated mountain biker, the Incan ruins of Peru are waiting for you.
Photo: philipdixon
Also coastal Croatia has beautiful bays and friendly hills.
Photo: Jason Rogers
Tourists with rented bicycles lie on the grass in front of the Reichstag, the seat of the German Bundestag. Berlin is a bike friendly city, worth wandering around on bicycle.
Photo: Sean Gallup/Getty Images
Rent a bike and take a ride in the Ayutthaya historical park when you visit Thailand.
Photo: Attila Nagy/Gizmodo
Riding is fun on this 2-year-old bike path near the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco. And the view is awesome.
Photo: Justin Sullivan/Getty Images
Bikers on the frozen Portage Lake, Alaska. Because biking on ice is fun, especially amidst such amazing wintertime scenery.
Photo: Frank Kovalchek
Biking in Havana, Cuba—among those ancient American cars—is another a memorable experience.
Photo: Javier Galeano/AP
Photo: Jorge Rey/Liaison/Getty Images
Easter Island is small enough that you can bike around comfortably to meet—in person!—all the mysterious moai.
Photo: Karen Corby
Stonehenge. Get a bike and visit Europe's most famous prehistoric monument if you are in England.
Photo: English Heritage
You can easily visit the temples and pagodas of Bagan, Myanmar, by bike.
Photo: Anthony Tong Lee
Photo: imke.stahlmann
Salar de Uyuni, the world's largest salt flat, located in Bolivia, is ideal for those cyclists among us who hate mountains...
Photo: Revolution_Ferg
Visiting all the castles in the Loire Valley, in France, by bike is probably on the bucket list of many.
Photo: Frédérique Voisin-Demery
Pedaling high above the gorgeous landscape? You can do this on the sky cycle roller coaster at Washuzan Highland Amusement Park in Kurashiki, Japan!
Photo: Buddhika Weerasinghe/Getty Images
Source: Gizmodo
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