Why this ride
173 km one way from Vilassar de Mar - plan on about 2 h 33 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 1,200 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Priorat Vineyard Curves · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 173 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 33
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Vilassar de Mar
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Priorat Vineyard Curves is where the day begins. Next is Barcelona / Catalonia return.
2. Sant Feliu de Pallerols, on the way back
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barcelona / Catalonia return comes up about 103 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Prats de Lluçanès.
3. 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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 187 km.