Most of the roads are paved but some are gravel – I rode my cyclocross-style bike on Galiano. It’s a road bike with wide tires. As long as you don’t have really skinny tires on your road bike, you should be fine. And even then, a road bike with skinny tires will be fine on almost all roads.

Hi Clare. I haven’t actually been to Dionisio so I can’t comment on access directly, but I do know people who have cycled there. There are a few things to keep in mind if you do plan to go: the route to Dionisio is actually on the east side of the island – the main route up and down the island is Porlier Pass road. If you follow Porlier pass road to its northern end you’ll get to the First Nations reserve and you can’t get to Dionisio from there.

Instead you need to turn off Porlier pass road at Vineyard road which turns into Bodega Beach Road. I’ve heard you can follow Bodega Beach road north to Dionisio but the road is a private road. It is gated near the beginning and there are signs saying it is private and that trespassing is not allowed. A few years ago, I heard about people cycling or walking it without any trouble but more recently I have heard that the land owners don’t like people using the road to get to the park. My advice would be not to use the private road as it is private property.

I haven’t done the walk from the ferry terminal but it is about 4km one way. The hike of Mount Galiano is 6km return (so only 3km each way) – that makes the walk to the trailhead longer than the hike. Here’s a link to goolge maps with the directions from the ferry to the trailhead https://goo.gl/maps/pgV1hStzAZr. Google says it will take an hour to walk. But the hike is worth it and the walk to the trailhead is mostly on quiet side roads.

Another option would be to try to follow some of the local trails rather than taking the road the whole way. Have a look at the trails in Bluffs Park to plan your route. I haven’t gone this way but it could be an interesting option: http://www.galiander.ca/galianotrails/galianosouthtrails.html

Let me know how it goes!