Cycling in Seville: should you walk instead?

Cycling in Seville is the easiest way to get around the city, and when you visit it you’ll see all kinds of people that use a bike as their primary form of transportation. Seville is pretty flat, so you’ll find it easy to coast along most of the streets.

Even if you only pedal around for a few hours, riding a bike is an essential Seville experience.

Renting a bike or taking a guided cycle tour is a great way to discover the city and can be quite an adventure. Exploring the city on a bike lets you see more in a day, while blending in with the locals at the same time.

Below you’ll find all you need to know about cycling in Seville, including where to hire a bike, some cycling safety tips, rules of the road and what are the best Seville bike tours.

A complete guide to cycling in Seville

I love exploring a city on a bike. And it’s something that I try to do as often as I can, especially when I’m in big cities that cover a huge area. I prefer the autonomy that a bicycle provides rather than relying on the subway or the bus.

Alas depending on the destination I am in, this is not always the case…

But back to cycling in Seville, I believe that apart from walking, a bicycle is the single best means to discover this beautiful city. It’s definitely more efficient and it allows you to cover more ground and material than walking while providing a much more intimate experience than a mass transit solution like an open top tour bus or a river boat cruise.

That’s why after many years using rented bikes myself, I decided to come up with a complete guide related to cycling in Seville based on my own experience.

The following section contains all the information about exploring Seville on bike where you can read all the information you need to enjoy the city on a bicycle.

Here is a complete summary of all the guide:

1. Cycling in Seville: should you walk instead?
2. Riding a bike: Seville rules and recommendations
3. 7 cycling tips to safely ride around Seville
4. Sevici: Seville’s municipal bike rental
5. The best bike rental Sevilla shops
6. The best Seville bike tours

Why should you explore Seville by bike?

Exploring Seville by bike is for just about everyone – people of all shapes, sizes, ages, and ability levels.

If you are traveling with children, they will love riding behind mom and dad in a bike trailer, tag-along or tandem. But if not, you can choose among road bikes, mountain bikes, and the increasingly popular electric bikes and travel down memory lane when you were a child too.

And, of course, cycling in Seville heightens your senses. On a bike, you can quite literally smell the food cooked at any tapas bar, listen to locals chat in the streets, and feel the beauty of the colorful architecture surrounding you.

Cycling in Seville “works”

Cycling in Seville works for a number of reasons.

My personal opinion is that it’s a combination of a number of things: weather, geography, and infrastructure.

In terms of weather, Seville enjoys an amazing climate. Spring and fall are the best time of the year to spend your holidays in Spain. During both seasons you’ll find extremely sunny days along with fantastic temperatures.

Regarding geography, Seville is flat. Granted.

As for the infrastructure…

Seville is an extremely bike-friendly city

Over the past few years, the City Council has invested time, money and resources to transform Seville into Spain’s most bike-friendly city and one of the European leaders in two-wheel transportation.

In 2010, a major urban circuit of separate, dedicated bike lanes of 142 km connecting the entire city grid was approved and built. Nowadays, Seville has 190+ km of bike path network.

Wander around to explore the city at your own pace

Getting on a hop-on hop-off bus is sure fun, but wandering on your bike all by yourself allows you to discover the city sights and some other off the beaten path areas at your own pace. Bike across some of the most amazing streets and parks while marveling what a wonderful place Seville is.

You don’t need to worry about traffic or parking

There’s no need to rent a car to visit Seville on your own. Driving and parking in the center of Seville can be a stressful experience.

If you don’t like walking, try renting a bike instead. You won’t need to worry about traffic jams and you’ll be able to park your bike pretty much anywhere you want. Be careful not to getting robbed though!

It’s easy to get a very cheap rate

Because the competition among bike rental companies is so fierce, they usually offer really good deals and a wide range of bikes.

Reap the benefits of active travel

If you enjoy doing a little exercise, you can appreciate the chance to burn off a couple more calories and keep the oxygen flowing to the brain as you explore some lesser known and further away areas of the city.

You will definitely experience the beauty of being active during the day so you can give into the pleasures of good food and drink in the evenings!