Duration: | 8 days | |
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Riding days: | 6 riding days | |
Trip Type: | Road trips | |
Modality: | Road | |
Level: | 3 - Active | |
Location: | Girona (Spain) | |
Dates: | 26/9 - 3/10 | |
Price: | € 1,100 |
We have prepared a trip of 8 days/7 nights and 6 unforgettable riding days for the Girona region. The routes have been designed for you to enjoy and discover the incredible back roads and spectacular landscapes.
We would like to welcome you to Girona, a charming town with amazing conditions for cycling practice where many professional cyclists have living during the last two decades. The pleasant temperatures of the area throughout the year and the wide network of kilometers and tracks that the Costa Brava has, make it a very interesting active destination for road cyclists.
We’ll pick you up at the Airport and bring it to the Villa. Briefing and welcome evening meal in Girona.
86km – 1280m d+ – 5h
Climbs: Els Àngels, Romanyà.
First ride day we’ll take you to Les Gavarres Natural Park. We’ll up to Girona’s most famous climb: Els Àngels with its beautiful sanctuary on the top. We’ll enjoy the downhill to reach a small col but very known called La Ganga which will leave us at the feet of Romanyà climb. Once at the top we’ll go down around the massif to return by secondary roads to the city.
109 km – 1400d+ – 6h
Climbs: Sant Grau – La Ganga
This ride is just awesome. It epitomizes what cycling Costa Brava’s coastline is all about. It’s got long but gradual ascents, sweeping descents, incredible panoramas and one of the best coast roads you probably ever ridden, from Llagostera to Sant Feliu de Guíxols, climbing the col of Sant Grau, one of the best known in the area due to its 3rd category, the little traffic and virgin views.
92km – 1200 md+ – 5h
Climbs: Sant Martí Sacalm, Les Serres
The forests and volcanoes of La Vall de Llémena will captivate you. Pedaling the Coll de Serres and going down to the plain, we will pass through the environment of the birth of the Onyar River with a bleak and fresh landscape. Already on the plain we find ourselves surrounded by the rural environment and fields. We’ll climb Sant Martí Sacalm, the mountain par excellence where professionals go to test (8,3km 7% average slope, with 11% max slope).
116 km – 1300 m – 6h
Climb: Santa Pellaia, La Ganga, Els Àngles (per Madremanya)
Today’s ride is like traveling thousands of years back in time. We’ll go up to Santa Pellaia to reach the potter village of La Bisbal. Passing through the medieval village of Pals, we’ll arrive to the sea, in one of the most wonderful spot on the Costa Brava: Begur We’ll go back for the countryside crossing all the other spectacular charming medieval villages from the XI and XII century, full of castles and history.
98 km +1870
We’ll bring you to Roses to start one of the nicest rides in the Natural Park of Cap de Creus. In the route we cycle through the captivating landscapes, which inspired Dalí to create some of his masterful works.
90km – 1060 d+ – 5h
Santa Coloma – Cladells – Pla Arenes – St Sadurní Osormort
Today we’ll ride through the interior of the province, away form the sea to enjoy the Guilleries Natural Park. With completely different landscapes, we’ll pedal to lush, humid and shady forests, especially beautiful in autumn, in which the orange and reddish colors of the chestnut trees, it will seem that the mountain is on fire.
This hidden roads with their mountain passes won’t disappoint you.
Trip dates Sep 29 – Oct 3, 2022. Limited availability.
No groups are required, solo riders and non-riders are welcome. This trips is guaranteed to run once we have minimum 8 people confirmed booking on the trip.
2 months before the start of the trip we will give confirmation. To make the pre-booking, please, send us a contact form.
Get a 150€ offer if you book before June 26th!!
We can pick you up at Girona Airport, and bring you to the Villa, just 15 minutes from the airport.
You can also land in Barcelona (BCN) Airport.
By road: Girona is linked with main european cities by E-15 road (A9 in France, AP7 in Spain). It is 80 km from the french border and 100 km from Barcelona. Open map
We have different options for rentals. If you need to rent a bike send us an email to info@pureriding.eu.
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