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Los Angeles Arts District Bike Tour

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Overview

Handlebar Bike Tours takes you where buses and walking tours can't — deep into LA's Arts District, an underground, trendy neighborhood most visitors never see. Just past Little Tokyo, this rapidly evolving industrial district is packed with galleries, tech startups, nightlife, murals, historic architecture, breweries, and some of LA's best restaurants — plus surprises like lowriders, pop-ups, and film shoots.

We'll stop at iconic murals, Hauser & Wirth Gallery, ride the Sixth Street Bridge, Bloom's Square, Warner Music, Art Share LA, The American Hotel, on an easy E-bike ride. Your guide shares the neighborhood's origins, industrial roots, and ongoing transformation, plus introduces you to the street artists shaping its walls.

Enjoy off-bike breaks at a fine art gallery and a unique local coffee house along the way.

Perfect for visitors craving something different from the typical LA sightseeing loop — an insider's ride through a side of the city most tourists never see.

What's Included

  • We use class 2 Electric bikes
  • Helmet + live amplified guide
  • This tour does not include any food.
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Meeting Location

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312 South Hill Street
Los Angeles, CA 90013, USA

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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. Building this tour on Trip Advisor/Viator is hard, because software only allows us to choose from well-established locations. But this tour is unique; as the nature of street art is fluid, temporary, and every pop-up, mural and underground warehouse is not a "well-established location" but an of the moment, off the beaten path part of Los Angeles many "locals" do not even know about. You will not see a tourbus as you would at other LA top locations. You might see a few other tourists looking lost at the first few stops, but this bike tour goes deeper into the Arts District than vans, busses or walking tours can go. This neighborhood hugs the LA River, and if you've enjoyed the gritty views in productions like Grease, Repo Man, Sugar and Bosch, with the LA Skyline in the background, we ride these streets.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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.
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10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Hauser & Wirth

Our tour takes an off-bike break here. Guests have a chance to explore this expansive gallery, art book store, and nearby cafes on their own.
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20 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Art Share L.A. (pass by)

Non-profit providing below market live work studios to keep artists in the Arts District
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The American Hotel

The birth place of the modern Arts District, this historic hotel has stories to tell. Built in 1905, covered in murals, and steeped in history long before artists took it over in the 1980's. Your guide will fill in the last 150 years of history of this historic neighborhood that reigned as a produce shipping hub from the 1800's into the beginning of the last century when LA was primarily citrus groves. For the past 40 years it has been the canvas of Unite to Ignite graffiti crew.
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10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Little Tokyo (pass by)

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.
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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.
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5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Bike Shed Moto Co (pass by)

One of the many under the radar cool clubs in the Arts District.
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Willow Studios

One of several production studios in the Arts District. As we ride the surrounding streets, you might recognize them as B-reel from some of your favorite movies and shows. A lot of production and filming takes place in the Arts District. We might even see a shoot in progress as we often do.
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5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Bestia

One of several chef driven restaurants in the Arts District.
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5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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.
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10 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Soho Warehouse

Ride by this celebrity enclave hiding out next to the railroad tracks of East L.A.
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2 minutes Admission Ticket Free

6th Street Viaduct

Ride this iconic bridge featured more and more frequently as an LA film location.
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10 minutes Admission Ticket Included

Bike Shed Moto Co (pass by)

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.
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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.
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2 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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.
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2 minutes Admission Ticket Free

idyllic

We'll take a break in this unique coffee house and vintage auto-storage that serves Vietnamese ice coffee out of a bus. A great way to get a look inside the converted warehouses many artists call home.
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15 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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.
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2 minutes Admission Ticket Free

Southern California Institute of Architecture (SCI-Arc) (pass by)

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.
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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.
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5 minutes Admission Ticket Free

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Additional Info

  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 16
  • Ability to ride a bike on city streets

Frequently Asked Questions (8)

Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Los Angeles Arts District Bike Tour?

A: You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund. For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (PST). Read more Apr 2025

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.

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Q: What is the cancellation policy for the Los Angeles Arts District Bike Tour?
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You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the tour for a full refund.
  • For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the tour start time.
  • If you cancel less than 24 hours before the tour start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
  • Any changes made less than 24 hours before the tour start time will not be accepted.
  • Cut-off times are based on the tour local time (PST).
Apr 2025
Q: What's included in the price?
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The following is included:
  • We use class 2 Electric bikes.
  • Helmet + live amplified guide.
The following is NOT included:
  • This tour does not include any food.
Apr 2025
Q: What is the weather cancellation policy?
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This tour requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund.

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The minimum age to participate is 8. This tour requires at least one adult to accompany children..

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Q: Is this an accessible tour?
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Accessibility information for the Los Angeles Arts District Bike Tour is as follows:

  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Should know how to ride a bike
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Apr 2025
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Detailed check-in instructions – including meeting point address, Google map, and parking information – for Los Angeles Arts District Bike Tour will be included in your confirmation email from Cool Shore Excursions. Please be sure to double and triple check your email address is correct at checkout so this important email makes its way to you!

 

 

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  • We use class 2 Electric bikes
  • Helmet + live amplified guide
  • This tour does not include any food.

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  • Confirmation is instant and will be received at time of booking
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
  • Should know how to ride a bike
  • Suitable for all physical fitness levels
  • Minimum age is 16
  • Ability to ride a bike on city streets
  • This tour/activity will have a maximum of 8 travelers

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