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Bristol named as one of the best cities in the world for a beautiful bike ride
Those of us who are accustomed to cycling around Bristol will have seen many more cars blocking our way in bike lanes than hot air balloons floating serenely over the treeline.
But that’s not to say that traversing across our city on two wheels cannot be a picturesque way to travel.
And now it’s official; with new research revealing that Bristol is one of the best cities in the world for a beautiful bike ride.
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Research from MoneyBeach.co.uk also sees Bristol as officially the best city in the UK, going by their research criteria as having more cycling related photos shared on Instagram per square kilometre than any other city.
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Chiang Mai, Miami and Paris made up the global top three, with Bristol in fifth place behind Beirut and just ahead of Cambridge.
The 20 most picturesque cycling cities in the world
1. Chiang Mai, Thailand
2. Miami, USA
3. Paris, France
4. Beirut, Lebanon
5. Bristol, UK
6. Cambridge, UK
7. Barcelona, Spain
8. London, UK
9. Dublin, Ireland
10. Athens, Greece
11. Amsterdam, Netherlands
12. Copenhagen, Denmark
13. Bath, UK
14. Florence, Italy
15. Atlanta, USA
16. Seattle, USA
17. Taipei, Taiwan
18. Warsaw, Poland
19. Berlin, Germany
20. Oxford, UK
Mike Rees, CEO of MoneyBeach.co.uk, said: “As better weather and hopefully the ability to travel to new places is on the horizon, there can be nothing better than a bike ride.
“In major cities around the world, it’s long been a great way to take in the sights at your own pace. In 2021, it also makes a socially distanced, Covid-safe way of getting about, so we wanted to discover which city proves the most popular and picturesque for cyclists.
“The Instagram data provided the perfect way to find this out, and the research was filled with snaps of bike rides up beautiful mountains or across bustling cities.
“We hope our rankings can act as the ideal post-Covid travel inspiration for any keen cyclists, as well as some ideas for rides a little closer to home.”
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Main photo: Martin Booth
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