A typical day starts at 10am when we meet you at the hotel where the bikes are stored overnight for you. After a few kilometres on the tarmac we veer off onto the trails.
To give a flavour of the Spanish trails, on Day One the first few kilometres offroad consists of a half-hour loop around a section of Europe's largest windfarm and we then can make any adjustments to your bike's handlebars and levers that are needed. Next we head onwards on to some slightly more challenging trails and then approach the River Ebro crossing leading into the casteller village of Miravet where we stop for a three-course lunch. After a well-earned rest we are back on the trails for the afternoon exploring the Cor d'Ebre mountains, where the endgame of the Spanish Civil War was played out. We return along the varied trails of the Burga valley crossing the ridges of Cabra Feixet mountain, ending with a spectacular view of the vast Ebro delta where the river meets the sea with, in the distance, your hotel by the beach. We return to base around 6pm.
On other days trail riding tours might be through winegrowing slate-fields high in the Priorat mountains with their saw tooth ranges, or the more challenging Ports National Park route through the rocky pine forest with spectacular views, eventually leaving Catalunya and entering the Spanish province of Aragon. We visit sleepy villages like Horta Sant Joan, the birthplace of Picasso and one of the most interesting places architecturally in the region.
NEW For 2010 we will have a new Trans-Catalunya route up and running, taking in the 2009 WEC Enduro route through the world famous Montserrat region not far from Barcelona. Watch website for further details.
