The Delights of Green Spain

Tour Description

The Unforgettable Journey Around Northern Spain

This tour starts in Santiago de Compostela, a Galician city famous for the “Camino de Santiago” (St. James Way) pilgrimage. Galicia is renowned  for its beautiful countryside and seafood rich coast. You will ride through the provinces of Asturias, Cantabria and the Basque Country and experience the perfect blend of Northern Spain’s rugged coastline and the majestic “Pico de Europa” Mountains. Your accommodation is a collection of  Paradors or elegant boutique hotels allowing you the opportunity to enjoy your holidays to the maximum . Beautiful scenery , amazing biking roads and fantastic local cuisine  add together to create, in every sense a premium tour.

Day 1. Arrival day

We collect you at the airport and take you to the hotel, where you can relax  or go exploring the city.The early evening tour briefing gives everybody a chance to meet the other tour participants and arrange the bike allocation. Later over dinner we can  discuss the details of the days to come.

Day 2. Santiago de Compostela – Corias

We start the day heading north, direction La Coruña through green rolling hills. Hugging the rocky coast with steep cliffs and quaint of fishing villages of northern Galicia, After lunch we head south into the mountains to our destination for the night , the beautiful Parador placed in the ancient monastery of Corias.

parador de Corias

Day 3. Corias – Santillana del Mar

Today we explore Asturias, known as Spain´s natural paradise. We start the day on incredible curve-filled roads through the Asturian´s mountains. We turn towards the coast and head for Santillana del Mar, known as the jewel of Cantabria, . Santillana del Mar,is one of the highlights of this tour, is an “alive museum” of a medieval village developed around the “Santa Juliana” collegiate church, although most of the houses were built between the XIV century and the XVIII century. The whole of Santillana can only be visited on foot.

Day 4. Santillana del Mar – Picos de Europa

Today we spend a day discovering the natural beauty of the Picos de Europa.You will need to divide your attention between the breathtaking scenery and narrow twisty mountain roads.If you are lucky, you might spot one of the biggest habitant of the Picos, the brown bear. If you feel adventurous, you can catch a cable car up to the Aliva viewing point.Make sure you are back on time for a lovely dinner in the Parador.

Day 5. Picos de Europa – Ponferrada

We can still see the Picos in our mirror, as we head south west. Today is another bikers dream day on both twisty mountain and sweeping country roads, with hills and lakes and beautiful scenery along the day. We stop for lunch in Ponferrada and make a quick visit to the old Templar castle, and then continue to Villafranca del Bierzo, town of churches, monasteries, convents and fine buildings, to our Parador, surrounded by mountains covered with cherry and fig trees, slopes dotted with chestnuts, poplars and small farms. The building is clad in stone and slate, in the vernacular style of the region.

Day 6. Ponferrada– Santo Estevo

Today we head to one of the highlight destinations of this tour.In the heart of the Ribeira Sacra region, a uniquely beautiful natural area in inland Galicia that is home to the Miño and Sil rivers, concealed within a great cloak of green woods, stands Santo Estevo Monastery, which has been converted into a beautiful Parador. The monastery’s origins are believed to date back to the 6th and 7th centuries.  Its beauty and historical features led the building to be declared a historic-artistic site in 1923.We will arrive early enough to enjoy this wonderful place.

Day 7. Santo Estevo – Santiago de Compostela

.We head west to the coast, for a visit and lunch in the beautiful fishing port of Cambados. The town is  famous for its seafood and also Albariño white wine , also called“the wine of the sea”, because of its coastal vineyards and its compatibility with seafood . From there we take very enjoyable ride back to Santiago de Compostela for the last night and a good-bye dinner.

Day 8. Santiago de Compostela

Unless you booked some extra nights in Santiago, after a lovely breakfast in the hotel, we arrange a transfer to the airport for you

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