Tour Dé Jonquilles

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Get daffy with The Newport Daffodil Festival and Bike Newport! Once again, we will be enjoying a small COVID-safe guided group daffy ride.

Location: Meet at Touro Park & finish at Ballard Park

Decorate your bike, don your yellow jersey and join other daffy riders for an easy 3-mile ride to view beds of 1 million daffodils throughout Newport, ending at Ballard Park where over 20,000 will greet us. Let's get out and enjoy the beauty of Newport in Springtime!

Rain date is Sunday April 11th, 9:30-11:00am.

Some ground rules:

1. Keep your distance from others on bikes or otherwise, at least 6 feet.

2. Stay aware of the numbers (people, not flowers), if the area becomes crowded, move on.

3. Wear your face mask at all times.

4. Wear a helmet.

5. Don’t pick the flowers.

Register for your free ticket - only 30 available - so sign up soon.

Bike Newport looks forward to riding with you!

We also encourage you to take your own Daffodil bike rides - follow the route posted on the Eventbrite page for a self-guided ride, or make your own - the daffodillion daffies will be in bloom for several weeks!

Go ahead and get daffy! We’d love to see you in your daffodillion best, be sure to tag us on social media @BikeNewportRI. We’ll be surprising some of the daffiest with Bike Newport water bottles!

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