Prince Edward Island (PEI) - Canada's Bicycling Paradise
Cycle PEI on one of our four self guided bicycle tours.
- Tip-to-Tip - follows quiet country roads along the island's north shore (8 days)
- Confederation Trail - Canada's longest rail-to-trail bike tour (8 days)
- East Point Lighthouse - Bike through eastern PEI on quiet roads or trails (6 days)
- St. Peter's Bay - Cycling tour goes to beautiful St. Peter's Bay in 2 or 3 cycling days ( 4 days)
Our PEI independent cycling tours include luggage transfer, loding, breakfast, directions, maps and a help number. Some also include transportation to starting point (where necessary).
Gentle rolling landscape, red soil, quiet country roads, an extensive network of cycling trails, and never being far from a beautiful seashore, make Canada's smallest province a bicycling paradise. Get some Red Dirt on Your Tires!
Choose from four tours including the Tip-to-Tip tour (road based along the North Shore) or the Confederation Trail tour (a former rail path which extends the length of the island for a distance of 274 km).
The Island and Its People
PEI is Canada’s smallest province with 135,000 residents. Affectionately known by residents as “The Island”, it is 224 km (139 miles) long and between 6 km and 64 km (4 and 40 miles) wide. Charlottetown its capital and largest city has a population of 38,000. The Island attracts more than a million visitors annually, most in the summer months.
Located in the Gulf of St. Lawrence just off the coasts of New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, summer temperatures are mild and comfortable. Its red sandy beaches have some of the warmest water north of the Carolinas (70F or 21C in late summer). The highest point above sea level is only 152 meters, (466 feet) which keeps most hills reasonable for cycling.
Islanders are as friendly and unhurried as their landscape is beautiful. As an independent tourist you will cycle from inn-to-inn visiting picturesque villages and stay with helpful, welcoming Bed and Breakfast hosts. PEI’s “Lobster Suppers” are famous beyond its shores and you will find that PEI lobster, mussels, and oysters are among the best in the world.
Things to Do
Perhaps the most enjoyable things to do after a day of cycling (or on an off day) are to walk along the beach, read a good book, or simply enjoy watching the sunset. But the Island has many other attractions too.
It has many golf courses, some ranked as among the best in Canada. The Charlottetown Festival runs all summer with plays and music. “Anne of Green Gables, the Musical” has played every summer since its debut in 1965.
PEI is known as the birthplace of Canada. Meetings in Charlottetown in 1864 directly led to the founding of Canada in 1867. PEI is also home to the Anne of Green Gables stories, first published in 1908 and still going strong after almost 100 years. The stories written by Lucy Maud Montgomery tell the story of a young Island girl at the turn of the 20th century. The Anne of Green Gable sites (and the inspirations for the book) primarily at Cavendish on the North Shore attract many visitors. Anne has an especially large following and visitors from Japan.
The Prince Edward Island National Park stretches across the North Shore preserving the shoreline and its wildlife. It has great beaches and quiet shoreline roads that are perfect for cycling. The Greenwich section of the park, near St. Peter’s Bay has unique protected sand dunes.
For more information you may wish to visit the Official PEI “Visitor’s Guide” web site.