Come to Catalonia and expertise the solar, the ocean, the folks, the delicacies and the colourful cities that make this small a part of northeastern Spain so extremely distinctive!
Whereas taking part on this one-of-a-kind bicycle touring journey with native tour firm, Touring Catalonia, you’ll keep in charming farmhouse villas and seaside lodges, dine just like the locals do (with siestas through the afternoon and meals late at night time) and really feel the wind in your hair as you cycle alongside the scenic coastal cities of the Costa Brava – stopping alongside the best way to eat scrumptious meals, take a swim within the sea or stroll within the scorching Mediterranean sand.
While you guide the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” self-guided bicycle tour with Touring Catalonia, the entire particulars are taken care of for you. Simply let the corporate know which week of the yr you need to journey and the folks at Touring Catalonia will do the remaining for you. Your solely duty is to point out up in Girona, Spain for the beginning of the tour. After that, your lodging, bicycle and scenic biking routes are all taken care of for you. Simply comply with the step-by-step directions laid out for you by the tour firm… and luxuriate in your biking tour in lovely Catalonia!
Bike Tour Info
Tour Firm: Touring Catalonia
Tour Identify: From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava
Web site: www.touringcatalonia.com
Tour Sort: Self-Guided
Tour Size: 7 days / 6 nights
Beginning/Ending Location: Girona, Spain
Whole Biking Distance: 234 km
Worth: 625 EUR per individual
Day by day Overview of the Tour
In the summertime of 2016, I had the pleasure of taking part within the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” self-guided bike tour with Touring Catalonia. The reserving course of was a breeze and your entire week was an utter pleasure! The climate was nice, the meals was good, the folks had been pleasant, and Catalonia left a long-lasting impression on my psyche.
Right here, on your viewing pleasure, is a day-by-day account of this distinctive Catalonian bicycle tour.
Day 1: Welcome To Catalonia
On the primary day of the bike tour, your solely activity is to reach in Girona, Spain for the beginning of the tour. Most individuals fly into Barcelona, Spain after which take the bus or practice from there to close by Girona. The practice takes lower than an hour-and-a-half and is a pleasing experience in-and-of-itself by the Catalonian countryside. As soon as in Girona, you’ll be met on the bus/practice station by somebody from Touring Catalonia and also you and your belongings might be transported by van to the close by city of Joanetes. Right here, you’ll keep in a fantastically restored, multi-story farmhouse. You’ll be fed dinner and then you definately’ll have a little bit time to wander across the property earlier than going to mattress.
Day 2: Joanetes to Girona
The primary day of the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” bike tour is a busy one. You’ll get up within the tiny countryside city Joanetes and be handled to a scrumptious farmhouse-style breakfast. After that, you’ll return to your room and pack up your issues. You’ll depart your baggage on the farmhouse and proceed in your bicycle. Better of all, your luggage might be transported to the following lodge for you, making it pointless so that you can carry a lot of something in your bicycle through the day. The experience out of Joanettes is a pleasing one. You begin out on quiet nation roads after which shortly transfer to a hard-packed dust and gravel bike path, which can take you down an extended, flat valley – all the best way to Girona. In Girona, you’ll test into your lodge and, when you like, take part in a strolling tour of the town (extremely really helpful). Afterward, you would possibly take into account becoming a member of a neighborhood cooking class at Tots a Taula the place you may be taught concerning the delicacies that makes Catalonia so distinctive (additionally very satisfying).
Day 3: Girona to Sant Feliu de Guíxols
It’s a heat, sunny bike experience alongside devoted bike paths on this explicit day. Benefit from the experience as you cycle previous farmland, throughout small bridges, and thru shady tree-covered areas, earlier than arriving on the seashore in Sant Feliu de Guíxols. You’ll be staying on the Hostel del Sol, which is positioned on a hill simply outdoors the town middle – with wonderful rooftop views of the town and the ocean within the distance. From the lodge, it’s only a quick stroll into city, the place meals and drinks might be had within the city’s many small eating places. You should definitely take within the sand and sea on this explicit day, as Sant Feliu de Guíxols is among the most lovely fishing villages on your entire bike tour.
Day 4: Sant Feliu de Guíxols to L’Estartit
This was, by far, my favourite day of the bike tour in Catalonia. The day begins with breakfast in your lodge, adopted by a brief bike experience by crowded coastal streets lined with eating places and vacationer outlets. Heading north alongside the coast, you’ll finally flip inland and discover your approach again to the bike path, the place you’ll then cycle by the countryside. You’ll bike by small cities, previous massive plots of farmland, and thru dense tree-covered tundra. Lastly, you’ll arrive on the Resort Medes II in L’Estartit the place you may bathe earlier than taking a pleasing stroll round city and trying to find a neighborhood restaurant to dine in for the night.
Day 5: L’Estartit to Roses
Day 5 of the Touring Catalonia bike tour is your final alternative to soak in the fantastic thing about Catalonia’s coastal seaside. Fortunate for you, a lot of today’s bike experience is alongside the waterfront, with bike paths and quiet nation roads taking you virtually your entire method to Roses. Alongside the best way, you’ll want to cease and luxuriate in a number of of the native seashores. They’re simple to identify, after-all, with dozens (and generally tons of) of people in brightly coloured swimsuits laying within the sand or taking part in within the surf. On the finish of your experience at present, you’ll cycle by a high-end coastal group that feels extra like Miami, Flordia than it does Roses, Spain. From there, it’s a brief, however scenic bike experience up the coast and to your lodge for the night time – Resort Ramlamar.
Day 6: Roses to Figueres
Roses is a lovely little metropolis positioned on the sting of the Mediterranean Sea. As a result of at present is the shortest day of the bike tour at solely 28 scheduled kilometers, be at liberty to calm down in Roses through the first a part of the day. Then, bounce in your bicycle and head inland towards the city of Figueres, the place your biking vacation in Spain will in the end come to an finish. Alongside the best way, cease and discover the traditional villages of Castelló d’Empúries, Vilanova de La Muga and Perelada. Lastly, arrive in Figueres and test into the Resort Pirineos earlier than showering, taking a stroll round city and consuming dinner at one of many many native street-side eating places.
Day 7: Goodbye Catalonia
On the final day of the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” bike tour, you’ll eat breakfast in your lodge after which journey from there again to Barcelona (or Girona (or wherever you want to go)) on the bus/practice. There’s no have to return your bicycle or any of the rental gear. Simply depart all of it on the lodge in Figueres and somebody from Touring Catalonia will come to retrieve it shortly after your departure.
My Official Bike Tour Abstract
Touring Catalonia has executed a superb job of organizing this week-long bicycle tour in northeastern Spain. In the course of the course of 1 quick week, you get:
Transferred from the practice/bus station in Girona to the beginning of the tour in Joanettes.
6 nights in charming Catalonian lodges and farmhouse lodging.
Baggage transport between every of the lodges.
Scrumptious, all-you-can-eat buffet breakfasts.
The rental of a hybrid bike, GPS and helmet (which is elective)
Brief and straightforward self-guided bike rides organized by skilled native cyclists.
And the expertise of a lifetime in lovely Catalonia!
Sure! There are many issues to love about this bike tour, however I feel the three greatest elements of the tour are:
Soaking within the solar alongside the Costa Brava. The “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” bike tour is the right biking vacation for these wishing to get a little bit solar. The climate on this a part of the world is heat through the summer time months, however it’s not often too heat. Put together to fall in love with the Costa Brava seashores!
The wonderful community of motorcycle paths. Catalonia is roofed in an unimaginable maze of motorcycle paths. Paved bike paths, dust bike paths, bike paths that take you throughout rivers on bridges, and bike paths that let you cycle proper alongside the sting of the ocean. Whereas there are occasions on this tour when you will want to cycle down quiet metropolis streets, an important majority of this bike tour takes locations on the numerous bike paths that cross Catalonia. And did I point out that your entire bike tour is both downhill or flat. There are just a few very small inclines over the course of your entire week – making this a biking vacation that nearly anybody can full and luxuriate in.
Day by day baggage transport. If you wish to go bicycle touring, however don’t need to fuss with all of the gear, clothes, and gear that you simply see some self-supported bicycle vacationers carrying, then you definately’ll love having your baggage transported from lodge to lodge on the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” bike tour. With the burden of your clothes, toiletries and different private gadgets now not in your bicycle, you’re free to cycle every day in complete consolation. And while you attain your lodge on the finish of the day, your luggage might be ready for you!
If you wish to make your time in Catalonia much more memorable, I extremely suggest taking part in one of many strolling excursions of Girona. Ask for Laura from Girona with Us. She is among the greatest tour guides I’ve encountered anyplace in Europe. And when you’re at it, I extremely suggest the elective cooking class in Girona provided by Xavier at Tots a Taula. These two experiences, along with the bike tour itself, actually assist to make this biking vacation an expertise that you’ll keep in mind for years to return.
General, the “From the Volcanoes to the Costa Brava” bike tour is a biking vacation that I extremely really helpful. The tour takes locations in a lovely and fascinating a part of the world. The persons are pleasant, the meals is sweet, the seashores are out of this world, and this tour specifically is among the most reasonably priced self-guided bicycle excursions you will see anyplace in Europe.
To be taught extra about this bike tour or any of the opposite fantastic biking holidays organized by Touring Catalonia, you’ll want to go to their web site at www.touringcatalonia.com
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