We ride where the busses, vans and walking tours can't go! The Arts District bike tour allows you to see much more of this underground, trendy neighborhood. Just past Little Tokyo, the Arts District, is full of galleries, tech-industry, nightlife, murals, history, architecture, shopping, breweries, and restaurants. Still an industrial district, rapidly changing and full of surprises like low-riders, pop-ups and film shoots. We visit instagram worthy murals, Hauser and Wirth Gallery, the Sixth Street Bridge, Bloom’s Square, Warner Brother’s Music, Art Share, The American Hotel, some of L.A.’s best restaurants and many more surprising locations. You’ll hear the origins, history, new developmen...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Helmet + live amplified guide
We use 8-speed dutch style traditional bikes
This tour does not include any food.
Meeting Points
Departure
312 S Hill St
We are located at Grand Central Market, Hill St entrance. Look for our "Tour Meets Here" sign on the sidewalk. Bikes staged from the 1st floor parking garage.
Return
Important Information
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Public transportation options are available nearby
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Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
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Travelers should have at least a moderate level of physical fitness
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Minimum age is 12 years
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Ability to ride a bike on city streets
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Should know how to ride a bike
Cancellation policy
For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.
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For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
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Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
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If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
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This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.
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Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.
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We ride where the busses, vans and walking tours can't go! The Arts District bike tour allows you to see much more of this underground, trendy neighborhood. Just past Little Tokyo, the Arts District, is full of galleries, tech-industry, nightlife, murals, history, architecture, shopping, breweries, and restaurants. Still an industrial district, rapidly changing and full of surprises like low-riders, pop-ups and film shoots. We visit instagram worthy murals, Hauser and Wirth Gallery, the Sixth Street Bridge, Bloom’s Square, Warner Brother’s Music, Art Share, The American Hotel, some of L.A.’s best restaurants and many more surprising locations. You’ll hear the origins, history, new developmen...
Highlights
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
2 hours and 30 minutes
Offered in English
Free Cancellation
Mobile Ticket
What's Included
Helmet + live amplified guide
We use 8-speed dutch style traditional bikes
This tour does not include any food.
Meeting Points
Departure
312 S Hill St
We are located at Grand Central Market, Hill St entrance. Look for our "Tour Meets Here" sign on the sidewalk. Bikes staged from the 1st floor parking garage.
Return
Itinerary
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Handlebar Bike Tours
We are located at LA's 100 year old food hall, a destination in itself. Our home base has over 45 food vendors to choose from pre or post ride. All bike tours are round trip from DTLA's #1 destination we're proud to call home.
10 minutes
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Art District
Artists lofts hiding out among the industrial neighborhood full of emerging clubs, pop-ups and restaurants. We wind through the alley ways checking out graffiti writing, culture and pieces. You'll see a part of L.A. few locals even know about. Viator allows us to describe tours with known locations only-well these locations aren't known. We've discovered them through urban exploration by bike, the big bus tours won't be coming to this part of LA anytime soon.
10 minutes
3
Angel City Brewery
The unofficial gateway to the Arts District adorned with local artist's work.
5 minutes
4
Arts District Firehouse Hotel
This area contains excellent examples of graffiti writing, Warner Brothers Music, and several star chef's restaurants. The eclectic mix of street art culture can not be found on any other tour.
10 minutes
5
Hauser & Wirth
Our tour breaks here and guests have a chance to explore this expansive gallery complex on their own.
20 minutes
6
Art District
The largest concentration of murals and street art in L.A. You'll learn about the artists, process and production of these museum worthy walls. We strive to foster relationships with the artists and residents we feature and to respect the unique culture of street artists.
15 minutes
7
The American Hotel
The birth place of the modern Arts District, this historic hotel has stories to tell.
10 minutes
8
Little Tokyo
We ride through Little Tokyo to access the Arts District. Full of sushi, Anime and Ramen, when the gallery is closed we take our break stop here.
9
Art Share L.A.
Non-profit providing below market live work studios to keep artists in the Arts District
10
Bike Shed Moto Co
One of the many under the radar cool clubs in the Arts District.
11
Japanese American National Museum
Located in Little Tokyo we stop by to see Museum of Contemporary Art and the Go For Broke Monument and explain how the history of Little Tokyo is entwined with the history of the Arts District and Los Angeles.
5 minutes
12
Bestia
One of several chef driven restaurants in the Arts District.
5 minutes
13
Willow Studios
One of several production studios in the Arts District.
2 minutes
14
Soho Warehouse
Ride by this celebrity enclave hiding out next to the railroad tracks of East L.A.
2 minutes
15
6th Street Viaduct
Ride this iconic bridge featured more and more frequently as an LA film location.
10 minutes
16
Bike Shed Moto Co
LA outpost of the famous London motorcycle clubhouse. We'll ride by, and probably see some motorcycles cruising the arts district out on our pedal bike tour.
17
Ace * Mission Studios
One of several movie studios, this giant warehouse space often hosts special pop-up events like the Balloon Museum and Luna Luna: Forgotten fantasy. Hollywood is where they used to make movies, but downtown L.A. is where they still do.
2 minutes
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Bestia
One of several high end, chef driven restaurants in the Arts District, Bestia is just one of Chef Ori Maneshe's two restaurants located in this foodie neighborhood.
2 minutes
19
Grand Central Market
All Handlebar Bike Tours are round trip from L.A.'s historic food hall. We meet here, and it is a great spot to land after the tour for hungry riders. Your guide will have suggestions for what's good and how to snag a coveted table.
5 minutes
20
Shohei Ohtani Mural
One of many murals we'll see on our Arts District Tour. This mural done by homegrown artists Robert Vargas features the double threat of Ohtani pitching and hitting, appropriately located in the Little Tokyo neighborhood of DTLA.
2 minutes
21
Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc)
Housed in a repurposed train station, LA's premiere graduate architectural school, with a gallery, is a central historical location to the establishment of LA's cold storage warehouses later converted to artists lofts.
