Escape Bicycle Tours and Rentals
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#1Guided tours in OttawaTravelers' Choice 2025
- Visit: about 2 h
- from CAD 65
- Good on a rainy day
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Escape Bicycle Tours and Rentals is a locally owned business offering guided cycling tours and independent bike rentals in downtown Ottawa.
Why go
- Explore more than a dozen landmarks on the two-hour Ottawa Express tour, covering 12–14 km on flat, car-free paths.
- Cross the Ottawa River toward Québec, stop at the Museum of History lookout, and return across the Alexandra Bridge.
- Visit the Rideau Canal locks and watch them operate.
- Choose from performance, comfort, mountain, gravel, tandem and children’s bikes, pedal-assist and cargo e-bikes, or electric scooters.
Opening hours
Today10:00 – 17:00Show all
Monday10:00 – 17:00
Tuesday10:00 – 17:00
Wednesday10:00 – 17:00
Thursday10:00 – 17:00
Friday10:00 – 17:00
Saturday10:00 – 18:00
Sunday10:00 – 18:00
With kids
- The Ottawa Express tour welcomes children from age 1.
- Children ages 1–6 can ride in a trailer. Children ages 5–8 can use a trail-a-bike attached to an adult’s bicycle.
- Children aged 7 and up can ride their own children’s bike. The shop offers bikes for children of all sizes and riding levels.
Tips for your visit
- The tour starts and ends at the shop. It begins with a safety briefing and bicycle and helmet fitting.
- Bike rentals include a helmet, lock and self-guided maps for exploring at your own pace.
- The guided ride follows paved paths at a relaxed pace and requires no special fitness level.
- Guides share local history, hidden places and stories at each stop.
Booking a table
- Guided tours can be booked privately and customized for groups of any size.
Shorts
History
- 2002Maria Rasouli rediscovered cycling as an adult.
- 2014The company’s local guides began leading bike tours.
How to get there
- On footThe shop is at 65 Sparks St, Ottawa, on pedestrian-only Sparks Street, within walking distance of Parliament Hill and the National War Memorial.
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Where
65 Sparks St, Ottawa
- Phone
- 16136087407
Questions and answers
Can I use an e-bike on a guided tour?
Yes, an electric bike is available as an add-on.
Which languages do the guides speak?
English, French, Spanish, German and Dutch.
What does the guide explain along the way?
Local history, lesser-known places and stories at stops along the route.
Does the tour visit the Bytown Museum?
The route includes a stop at the Bytown Museum to explore the Rideau Canal’s 19th-century engineering and construction.
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