Green Spain & Picos de Europa

by Creative Bike Tours
Region
Basque Country
Duration
8 days
Guided Status
Self-Guided
Difficulty
Easy to Moderate
D-Score™
D1 - Beginner Friendly

Overview

Green Spain, unspoilt coastline, and the superb mountain scenery of the Picos de Europa. A magnificent combination of sea and mountains. One of our most popular trips with a great variety of scenery, villages and hotels. After riding along the coast, an easy, barely perceptible ascent leads us to the village of Potes at the very heart of the Picos de Europa. Alpine scenery and clean, unspoilt Atlantic beaches all in the same trip. The wonderful descent of the River Miera takes us down one of the least known and most beautiful valleys of Cantabria. This is an unspoilt and largely unknown region of Spain, where mass foreign tourism has made no impact and which has managed to remain authentically Spanish. It’s an area of great contrasts between the verdant countryside, the deep blue of the sea, beautiful sandy beaches, washed every day by the Atlantic tides, and the jagged grey limestone summits of the Picos de Europa. This mountain range forms an impressive backdrop to the coast and rises up to over 2648 metres (almost 9000 feet).

Daily Ride Schedule

Day 1: Arrival in Santillana del Mar

Arrival in Santillana del Mar

Day 2: San Vicente

36 km 0 m

D1

San Vicente

Day 3: San Vicente

San Vicente

Day 4: Potes

56 km 0 m

D1

Potes

Day 5: Potes

Potes

Day 6: Somo

44 km 0 m

D1

Somo

Day 7: Somo

Somo

Day 8: Departure to Santander or Bilbao

Departure to Santander or Bilbao

Accommodation & Services

Accommodation

Hotel

What's Included

Accommodation arrangements
Bike rental

About the Basque Country

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