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Cycle Berlin with Fat Tire Tours

7/23/2017

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Cycle Berlin: Berlin Wall
Travelling Europe with kids has it’s challenges.  Whilst the adults marvel in the history and architecture - it does not quite hold the appeal a Disneyland holiday has for a 7 and 10 year old. Keeping the kids entertained whilst also giving them a historical and cultural lesson can be tricky.  

Our kids hate doing bus tours, they simply don’t enjoy any part of them.  Before children we would always do a hop-on-hop-off tour to orientate ourselves in a new city. However our kids simply whinge the whole time - trust me we tried it!

It is for this reason we have started to opt for city cycling tours. We have done a few in places like Bali, Vietnam, New York and now have added to the list with the Fat Tire Berlin Day City Tour.

Range of Kids Bikes

Cycle Berlin: Tandem Bikes
Depending on the tour company, kids are catered for in a range of ways. Child bikes, child seats for the adult’s bike - or as we just tried in Berlin, tag-along bikes.  Essentially a tandem bike, the child has their own seat and pedals but the adult bike brakes and steers from the front whilst the child tags along.  

We started with a child’s bike for our seven year old however as we were cycling on roads through some traffic we opted for the tag-along for safety. Whilst she can ride confidently on the open parks and walkways at home, we decided she probably was not really confident enough to ride through Berlin traffic. For the most part the tour was in parks and on cycling pathways, however there were occasional stretches of city traffic to manoeuvre. 
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Our 10 year old on the other hand relished the freedom and cycled up the front of the group right alongside the tour guide.

Berlin City Highlights

Cycle Berlin: Tours for Families
The beauty of a cycling tour is that you get to see all the main attractions - we visited Brandenburg Gate, Checkpoint Charlie, Museum Island, The Berlin Wall, The Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe and more, all the sights you would see on a bus tour - however the kids (and adults) were being active and having fun.

Our tour guide, Alex, was fantastic and kept both the kids and adults fascinated at each location.  Although it was quite a heavy history lesson to digest, the kids took in bits and pieces and we were able to discuss further after the tour where they had questions. ​

Great Tour Guide

Cycle Berlin: Fat Tire Tours
There is definitely something to be said for an enthusiastic and knowledgeable tour guide - Alex was a great story teller and was animated in his delivery. A Canadian, he had a clear passion and enthusiasm for the city and it’s history which he shared with us all.

As well as the major sights the tour also took us through a large stretch of Tiergarten, Berlin’s premier city park.  We covered ground that we never would have seen by foot and visited a Beer Garden tucked away in a corner of the gardens that only a local would find. 

The tour took a total of 4.5 hours and included a one hour stop for lunch.  The kids loved every minute of it and not once whinged are we there yet!

If you are travelling with kids and see a city cycling tour - give it a go! For details or to book this tour, visit Fat Tire Berlin City Tour.

Penny
Itchy Feet Family

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Rosalind link
2/12/2018 05:01:48 pm

Hi Penny,

Your article bought back lots of memories, we visited Berlin recently to see our son.

A fabulous city, one we hope to return to soon so we will definitely look up Fat Tire Berlin tours :).

Happy Travels! :)

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