13 Apr 2023
Although the guide was extremely nice and friendly, the experience of not really being attended to was not safe. I understand in Europe you do not have to wear a helmet but it was fairly dangerous. I had been on an electric bike before but my boyfriend had not. They were not going to have him practice until I asked.
Originally, I am from Europe so I understand European traffic but I will be honest, it was a bit scary. A few times the buses in Florence got really close to the bikes and I told my 18 y old son not to go next to them since they cannot see you. The tour guide would take off without checking if we were all there so a few times we were far behind and also one time he had to come back to get us. I was not going to put our lives in danger to keep up with the group. My son's bike also made a loud clicking noise and his bike did not peddle well. seemed like the electric part of if was not working well. We told the tour guide halfway in, when we made a stop, and he switched bikes with my son, so that was nice of him.
The views, once outside the city, were amazing and worth the ride but I would not do it again.