Overview
Girona Cycling offers personally tailored cycling and triathlon training and cycle touring vacations in the province of Girona, Spain. Unlike other camps that are only open for a few weeks of the year, Girona is open year round. Girona Cycling knows that no one week works for everybody, so vacations can be specifically tailored and arranged at any time of year and for any time period, for example weekend, to week long, to month long camps.
Girona Cycling also offers special camps, with guest athletes and coaches or race camps. Everything is included in your stay with Girona Cycling. You never need to reach for your wallet, because there are no hidden costs, at all. Once you arrive you will be completely taken care of, from staying in a beautifully restored stone masia with en-suite rooms, to cycling, swimming or running with an expert coach, to sumptuous cuisine with large breakfasts and three-course lunches and dinners with half a bottle of wine per person, to complete sports nutrition while active, to massages, to trips to places of historic, artistic and natural interest. For those interested, a complete year’s coaching can also be arranged or just a few months fitness plan in the run up to your vacation to ensure you really enjoy your stay here.
Interested in competing in Spain or seeing a major race? Girona Cycling also offers you the opportunity to enter into local events and races, such as the Catalunya Triathlon Championships or the local cyclo- tourist events. Girona can arrange day trips to watch the major pro tours and races, such as the Vuelta d'España or the Volta a Catalunya.
Girona Cycling believes in quality not quantity, in individual attention for a better vacation and a more enjoyable experience, so group sizes are kept small, so please book early. Your vacation will be completely customized to fit to your requirements. Girona Cycling welcomes individuals, groups and families… everyone is welcome and catered for.
Those at Girona live here year round and are the Girona experts. When other training camp companies plan a camp in this area they ask for Girona’s help and guidance.
So what is so fantastic about Girona? They looked all around the world for the perfect training and cycling location for their vacations and Girona is sure they have found it. The Province of Girona is in Catalunya, in northeastern Spain. This means there is year round sunshine with very few rainy days, enabling year round cycling. In fact, if it does rain it is usually a thunderstorm in the late afternoon, when riding for the day is usually completed.
As well as having beautifully warm weather, this area has fantastic sporting opportunities. From the cycling point of view, there is the fantastic network of good quality quiet roads that wind across the Mediterranean lowlands, then up through the wonderful volcanoes of the Garrrotxa, before finally reaching the Pyrenees. The foothills of the Pyrenees are within an hour’s ride, giving one all sorts of possible rides depending on one’s fitness. The scenery is also fantastic - this is an area of exceptional natural beauty, where 60% of the land is still forested. Around every corner you seem to come across another stunning vista. So it is of no surprise that this area is a cycling heartland, with many pros making this their base year round, including a seven-time tour winner.
There are also amazing swimming facilities with competition 25 and 50-meter pools, and the pristine Banyoles Lake. There are also myriad of picturesque wooded off road trails, from the easy trail around Banyoles Lake to the steep trails climbing the surrounding volcanoes and mountains. Girona Cycling can also arrange horseback riding, archery, quad biking, river canyoning, kayaking, hiking and almost any other outdoor activity.
As well as being a fantastic area for outdoor sports this area also has so much more to offer. This area has an immense wealth of history, from the prehistoric caves at Serinya, to the ancient Greek and Roman cities preserved at Empuries, to the monasteries, churches and castles that litter the region. This area is also famous for being Dalí's homeland, with his castle at Pubol, his Teatre-Museu in Figueres and his house, the Casa Museu Dalí, in Port Lligat, near Cadaqués. In Barcelona, only 70 minutes away, you can also experience the architecture of Gaudí and the works of Picasso and Miro, who all made Barcelona their home for many years. Girona itself has a wealth of architecture and artistic viewings, with its Cathedral, Romanesque churches, ancient bath house and museums. While Besalú has its magnificent 11th-century bridge and boasts two beautiful Romanesque churches. Every town in this region has something to offer the visitor, making this area such a pleasure to visit. In fact the Girona province is such an exceptional area, Girona Cycling feels that words just do not do it justice. It is definitely a jewel that should not be missed.
Brand new Planet-X ultra-light carbon fibre road bikes fitted with Ultegra components are available for rent. Several come equipped with an ergomo power meter. Girona Cycling can also arrange the rental of mountain bikes and trailers if you wish to have the added exertion of pulling your children along with you. Girona Cycling looks forward to hearing from you.
Affiliations
- ergomo power meters
- SaltStick
- Creative Catalonia
- Planet X bikes
Payments Accepted
Reservation Policy
A deposit of 50% of the cost of your vacation with Girona Cycling is required to reserve your vacation. The remainder must be paid at least 90 days prior to your trip's departure.
Cancellation Policy
Any cancellation will incur a cancellation fee. If you must cancel your trip more than 90 days before your trip's departure, the minimum cancellation fee of 100 Euros will be charged; 61-90 days before your trip, a cancellation fee of 25% of the original trip price will be charged; 31-60 days before your trip, a cancellation fee of 50% of the original trip price will be charged. There is no refund for cancelling a trip less than 30 days before departure.
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