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Denver Downtown Bike Tour & Brewery Tap Room Stop

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Duration3h

GroupUp to 12

LanguagesEN

Mobile ticketAccepted

Nine Miles Through Denver's Downtown on Two Wheels, Ending at a Tap Room

You ride 9 miles through downtown Denver hitting the Capitol, art museums, stadiums, and public art installations with a local guide keeping groups under 16 people. The tour includes a bike or e-bike, helmet, water, and ends with a 30-minute brewery tap room stop where you sample regional beers at a discount. You're back at the shop in three hours.

Step-by-step itinerary

Arrive 15 minutes early for bike fit
Sign liability waiver
Learn about the tour
Walk bike through Larimer Square
Visit Denver Center for the Performing Arts
See contemporary convention center and public art
Pass by Denver Mint
Explore Civic Center Park
View Colorado State Capitol
Visit Denver Art Museum
Ride Cherry Creek Trail
Stop where Cherry Creek meets Platte River
Pass by amusement park
Pass by Ball Arena sports venue
Visit Union Station area
Pass by Dairy Block dining area
Walk bike near ballpark area
See Coors Field stadium
Stop at RiNo for beer tasting
Return to shop and leave a review

The Experience

The sound of a bike chain clicking into gear, then the hum of the city opening up around you — that's how a Denver downtown bike tour starts. You roll out from the shop, and within minutes you're passing the gold dome of the Colorado State Capitol, then cutting through Civic Center Park where fountains and statues sit quiet in the morning light. The guide points things out as you go: the Denver Art Museum's sharp angles, the Performing Arts Center's glass and steel, Larimer Square's brick storefronts where you'll walk your bike for a block and hear the actual history instead of reading it off a plaque. It's three hours total, about nine miles, and the pace feels manageable — you're not racing, you're noticing.

Groups stay small, capped at 16 people with one guide, so there's room to ask questions without holding everyone up. E-bikes are there if you want them; regular bikes too. The route takes you past Coors Field, along the Cherry Creek Trail where the water actually guides your line, and through RiNo where the murals and breweries start to cluster. You see where the Cherry Creek runs into the Platte River, you pass Ball Arena, you get a sense of how the city actually connects instead of just knowing the names. The guide knows Denver — they live here, and it shows in the details they catch that a map wouldn't.

Toward the end, you roll into a tap room in RiNo. This is the "Brew" part of Bike & Brew. You get about 30 minutes to sample beers from across the country at a slight discount — you pay your own tab, but the selection is there and the guide's already told you what's worth trying. Kids can come on the patio with a soda and snack if they're with a parent. After that, you head back to the shop. The whole thing runs daily, rain or shine, and they give you 15 minutes at the start to get your bike fitted and sign the liability waiver.

What’s included

Your day includes use of a bicycle or e-bike, helmet, bottled water, and a local guide leading groups of up to 16 people through downtown Denver's major landmarks — the Capitol, Civic Center Park, Denver Art Museum, Performing Arts Center, Larimer Square, Cherry Creek Trail, and Coors Field.
The tour ends with a 30-minute stop at a tap room in RiNo where you can sample beers from across the country at a slight discount (drinks are your own cost).
Arrive 15 minutes early for bike fitting and liability waiver.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearby

Operated by Mile High Bike Tours

Is this one for you?Pick this if you want to see downtown Denver's main sights without driving or figuring out parking, and you'd rather move through the city on a bike where you actually notice the details — the guide handles the route and the history, so you just ride and look.