CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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From Castelldefels it runs 739 km to Castelldefels; allow about 11 h 37 of riding. The stops in between: Santa Coloma de Cervelló, Scenic stretch in Ullastrell, near Castellar del Vallès and Canet de Mar. The climbs: Castelldefels and la Marina del Prat Vermell. It tops out at about 1,200 m. Long stretches are under trees.
57 km on Monserrat Mountain Road.
Castelldefels is where Barcelona goes to the beach, and where the coast suddenly stops being flat. Behind the town's long sandy shore, the limestone hills of the Garraf massif rise abruptly, and just south of town the coast road begins its famous run along the cliffs to Sitges. A castle on a small hill, rebuilt many times, gives the town its name and keeps watch over the plain of the Llobregat delta to the north.
Read the complete Castelldefels write-up.
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Cap de Creus Coastal Ride is where the day begins. Next is Cap de Creus Coastal Ride high point.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castelldefels write-up.
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You top out here; the road stops climbing. Next is Cap de Creus Coastal Ride checkpoint 8.
The route ends here after 822 km. Next is Scenic stretch in Ullastrell.
Scenic stretch in Ullastrell, early in the day. Next is Photo stop near Castellar del Vallès.
Photo stop near Castellar del Vallès sits at 219 km, early in the day. Next is Barcelona / Catalonia return.
The Maresme coast north of Barcelona has a particular rhythm: sea on one side, a railway line hugging the beach, then the N-II, then a strip of town climbing up towards wooded hills. Canet de Mar fits the pattern exactly. It is a working town rather than a resort, with a long sandy beach reached through underpasses beneath the tracks, and that is the reason it appears on these rides: it is one of the easier places along this coast to stop, swim and dry off in the sun before carrying on.
Read the complete Canet de Mar write-up.
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Barcelona / Catalonia return comes up 274 km in. Next is Cap de Creus Coastal Ride food stop.
Vilassar de Mar is a Maresme town with salt in its blood. It stretches along the coast northeast of Barcelona, between the railway, the main road and a broad sandy beach, with fishing boats pulled up on the sand and an old centre of narrow streets and low whitewashed houses. Behind the town, fields and greenhouses climb toward the wooded hills of the coastal range, and on a clear day you can see along the shore toward Mataró and back to Barcelona.
Read the complete Vilassar de Mar write-up.
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A break here. Next is Back to Cap.
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Read the complete Castelldefels write-up.
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Finish at Back to Cap. That is the ride. Next is Priorat Vineyard Curves.
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The river Brugent runs down the Vall d'Hostoles between wooded slopes, and in summer its clear pools, gorgs in Catalan, are where the people of the valley go to cool off. The point lies near Sant Feliu de Pallerols, a small village in the Garrotxa, between Olot and Girona, and on a hot afternoon on the way back from a long ride, a dip in the river is exactly what the body asks for.
Read the complete Sant Feliu de Pallerols, on the way back write-up.
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Barcelona / Catalonia return comes up 493 km in. Next is Food stop near Prats de Lluçanès.
The Lluçanès is one of those Catalan districts that most visitors never find. It is a high plateau between the plains of Osona and the Berguedà mountains, a land of rolling fields, oak and pine woods, Romanesque churches and isolated farmhouses, the great stone masies that are typical of rural Catalonia. Prats de Lluçanès, a small town of a few thousand people, is its main centre.
Read the complete Food stop near Prats de Lluçanès write-up.
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A break here. Next is Photo stop near Bonastre.
Bonastre is a small hill village in the Baix Penedès, inland from the coast between Tarragona and Barcelona, surrounded by vineyards, olive groves and pine-covered hills. It has a castle tower, a church and narrow streets, and from its edges the views stretch over the vines to the Mediterranean. It is a quiet place, a world away from the beach resorts on the coast.
Read the complete Photo stop near Bonastre write-up.
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Photo stop near Bonastre, late in the day. Next is Priorat Vineyard Curves checkpoint 8.
The Llobregat delta is flat, green and noisy in equal measure. Jets climb out of Barcelona's airport over the sea, the city's port stretches along the coast to the north, and between them lie fields of artichokes, orchards, marshes and pine-backed beaches.
Read the complete Near El Prat de Llobregat write-up.
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Priorat Vineyard Curves checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Priorat Vineyard Curves scenic road.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castelldefels write-up.
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Priorat Vineyard Curves scenic road comes up 712 km in. Next is Priorat Vineyard Curves high point.
This is not the Barcelona of postcards, and that is half its charm for a rider. La Marina del Prat Vermell sits on the flat ground between the southern slope of Montjuïc and the Zona Franca, the city's great industrial and logistics zone, with the port cranes on one side, warehouses and new apartment blocks on the other, and the motorway ring roads that make escape from the city fast. It is a neighbourhood in transition, long a pocket of workers' housing among factories, now slowly being rebuilt.
Read the complete la Marina del Prat Vermell write-up.
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Priorat Vineyard Curves high point tops the climb. Next is Back to Priorat Vineyard.
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete Castelldefels write-up.
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Back to Priorat Vineyard closes the day.
Scenic stretch in Ullastrell → Photo stop near Castellar del Vallès is 22 km of rhythm rather than effort. Let it flow and let the view breathe.
Photo stop near Castellar del Vallès → Canet de Mar is 57 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Food stop near Prats de Lluçanès → Photo stop near Bonastre is 131 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.
Photo stop near Bonastre → Near El Prat de Llobregat is 71 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.