4 Day Slow Cycling the Mediterranean, Holiday in Spain
Mediterranean Cycling Holiday Spain
Slow Cycling the Mediterranean is a route of many stages that goes from the sea to the mountain, crossing the magnificent natural parks of Sierra Calderona and Sierra de Espadán. For this route, you can bring your own bicycle or rent Mediterranean Bike Tours' bicycle. Since this is a tailor-made cycling tour, just tell Mediterranean Bike Tours the elevation and miles you want to do per day and they will design it for you.
Key information
- Trip type: Self-guided
- Lodging: Point to Point
- Terrain: Mostly unpaved and flat with some paved and hilly parts
- Starts in: Canet d'en Berenguer
- Ends in: Torres Torres / Canet d'en Berenguer
- Difficulty level: Moderate (Cyclist needs to have a good level of fitness, terrain is mostly hilly or unpaved but they will ride on flat terrain sometime,31-45 miles per day) to Challenging (Cyclist needs to have a high level of fitness and must be an active rider)
- Total Distance: 118 Miles / 190 Kilometers
- Bike type: Mountain bike, Touring bike
- E-bike: Available to rent / 160 EUR per person per stay
- Maximum 8 participants
Highlights
- 4 cycling stages/days
- Duration: 5 days
- Route briefing on the first day
- Cycle through nature and cultural spots
- Luggage transfer from lodging to lodging
- Daily breakfast and dinner
- 4 nights' accommodation
Styles
4 cycling days in English
The organizer also speaks: Portuguese, Spanish
Group size: Maximum of 8 participants
Airport transfer available:
Valencia Airport (US$170 per person)
Valencia Airport (US$170 per person)
Accommodation
You will be accommodated in a shared double room at Hotel Els Arenals, Villa Pilar Casa Rural, and Sharíqua Rural House. An extra cost will be applied for a single room (upon request and subject to availability).
Program
This long distance route can be done by electric bike or traditional bike. The meeting point is in Mediterranean Bike Tours (Torres-Torres), where they welcome travellers and do the briefing, directing them to Canet d´En Berenguer - the starting point of the route.
You will have the sea as a horizon in Canet d’En Berenguer. Then, through tracks, paths and the greenway Ojos Negros, the largest in Spain, you will go into emblematic places and charming villages in the interior of the Valencian Community.
Segorbe, the capital of Alto Palancia, will receive you with its imposing architectural patrimony declared Heritage of Cultural Interest. The journey takes you to Navajas, with its incredible surrounding Salto de la Novia, and Jérica, the unknown jewel with its important cultural heritage of which the Tower of the Bells of Mudéjar style stands out.
The route goes now towards Montanejos, where the water and the mountain embrace each other. You will descend to Sueras and Ain surrounded by wonderful cork oaks. Then leave Ain to get into the virgin nature of Alfondeguilla, in the heart of Sierra de Espadán. From Alfondeguilla, you will go in the direction to Torres-Torres where the route ends.
You will do the check-out in the headquarters and bid farewell. Afterward, Mediterranean Bike Tours directs you to the hotel in Canet d'en Berenguer or in the Roman Sagunto where you will be spending the last night.
Daily itinerary
- Day 1: Check-in and briefing at Mediterranean Bike Tours office / shop.
- Day 2: Stage Canet d’Enberenguer to Jérica (50 kilometers)
- Day 3: Stage Jérica to Sueras / Ain (50 kilometers)
- Day 4: Stage Sueras / Ain to Alfondeguilla (50 kilometers).
- Day 5: Alfondeguilla to Torres-Torres (40 kilometers) and check-out and farewell at Mediterranean Bike Tours office / shop.
- Optional: Add an extra night to rest at the end of your route and return home the next day.
Location
This cycling holiday will take you from Torres-Torres to Canet d'en Berenguer, Jérica, Sueras / Ain, and Alfondeguilla in Spain.
Food
During this tour, your daily breakfast and dinner are included in the price.
The following meals are included:
- Breakfast
- Dinner
The following dietary requirement(s) are served and/or catered for:
- Regular (typically includes meat and fish)
If you have special dietary requirements it's a good idea to communicate it to the organiser when making a reservation
Things to do (optional)
You will have an option to join a cultural or a roots experience in Segorbe for 10 EUR per person.
What's included
- 4 days of riding
- Routes briefing
- Rutometer / map (track)
- Luggage transfer from lodging to lodging
- Liability insurance
- Telephone assistance
- Transfer from Mediterranean Bike Tours headquarters to the hotel of the last night (in case extra night has been selected)
- 4 nights' accommodation
- Daily breakfast and dinner
What's not included
- Cultural or roots experience in Segorbe
- Rental of E-bike (160 EUR for the tour)
- Rental of conventional bike (120 EUR for the tour)
- Helmet (6 EUR)
- Mechanical assistance (30 EUR)
- GPS (24 EUR per service)
- Pick up in case of not finishing the route (10 EUR)
- Group's luggage transfer from and to the airport (140 EUR per group)
- Extra night at the end of the route with a half board basis accommodation in a three or four-star hotel (85 EUR)
- Anything else not included in the section “What's included”
How to get there
Recommended Airports
VLC
Valencia Airport
32 km
Transfer available for additional US$170 per person
Arrival by airplane
Please book your flight to arrive at Valencia Airport (VLC).
Airport: Valencia Airport
Airport transfer available:
Valencia Airport (US$170 per person)
Additional charges may apply. You can request this in the next step.
Cancellation Policy
- A reservation requires a deposit of 25% of the total price.
- The deposit is non-refundable, if the booking is cancelled.
- The rest of the payment should be paid on arrival.
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