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Spain: Bicycling Barcelona, View Trip Photos Girona and Catalan Pyrenees
Trip Highlights
- This tour begins/concludes in Barcelona where you’ll experience the culture, architecture and fabulous beaches of Spain’s cosmopolitan center.
- Pedal through the Catalan Pyrenees and along the Costa Brava, the “Big Sur” of Spain.
- Ride some of the pros' favorite routes in Girona, including several of Lance's favorites.
- Dine at quaint restaurants that only the locals know about. Our small group offers a more relaxed and enjoyable dining experience.
This tour offers some of the best and most varied cycling terrain, including mountains, rolling hills, valleys and along the coast. We’ll ride along lakes, through forests and enjoy spectacular mountain views. You’ll enjoy two-night stays in small, boutique hotels and inns in Catalunya’s most charming villages. Our multiple-night stays allow you to get in additional or fewer miles, hike, spend time sightseeing or simply relax.
Our tour traverses the High Catalunya Pyrenees. There will be plenty of opportunities to test your legs on some challenging cols. You’ll finish in northeastern Spain in Girona, the well-known European “home away from home” to several North American professional cyclists, including Tyler Hamilton and Lance Armstrong. We’ll spend a few days riding the same training routes the pros ride, so you’ll see why so many of them choose this area as their European home.
Airport Arrival/Departure City: Barcelona
Average Daily Mileage and Terrain We’ll ride an average of 40 to 50 miles a day over hilly, lightly traveled terrain. As with all of our trips, there will be plenty of options available for riding more or less each day.
Weather: Get more detailed information about the weather here.
What’s Included
- Lodging in quaint, welcoming inns and hotels.
- Hearty, cyclist-friendly breakfasts every day.
- Most dinners (four-course dinners, including wine and coffee).
- Full van support and snacks and drinks on the ride each day.
- Experienced tour guides and daily detailed maps and route notes.
- Transportation and luggage transfers during the tour.
- Gratuities for transfers, hotels and restaurants.
- Custom ATG bike jersey and souvenir map with tour route.
What’s Not Included
- Airfare.
- Lunches are on your own, so you have maximum flexibility in your day.
- Non-group dinners on the free evenings. This gives you a chance to try the restarurants of your choice.
- Bikes are not included, but are available for an additional fee.
- Personal services, including laundry, telephone, hotel minibar charges, etc., are not included.
- Travel insurance.
What Our Guests Are Saying "If you want large busses, large groups and large, "big box" hotels, Adventure Travel Group isn't for you. BUT, if you enjoy being away from the normal tourist grind, small and friendly groups, and guides who personally have experienced every hotel, restaurant and ride, then travel with Gary and Lise. I'll soon be booking my third bike tour and now think of them as friends!" Dave Benson, Fort Collins, CO
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