Why this ride
236 km one way from Olost - plan on about 3 h 33 of riding. It goes by way of near Aguilar de Segarra, Cunit and El Prat de Llobregat. The climb of the day is la Marina del Prat Vermell.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Pyrenees N-260 Weekend · short arc
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 236 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 33
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
Distance and timing basis
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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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. Barcelona / Catalonia
Osona is the plain around Vic, a high, cool basin ringed by hills, and the Lluçanès, to its north-west, is a quiet plateau of farmhouses, woods and cornfields that few visitors ever see. It is a place to slow down, and the roads reward it.
Read the complete Barcelona / Catalonia write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Barcelona / Catalonia is where the day begins. Next is Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra.
2. Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra
On a clear morning, the serrated outline of Montserrat stands out to the south of Aguilar de Segarra, the holy mountain of Catalonia with its monastery and Black Madonna, hovering over the plain like a stage set. Aguilar itself is a small village in the Bages district, west of Manresa, set in a rolling landscape of cereal fields, pine woods and scattered farmhouses, on the edge of the drier, higher plateau of the Segarra.
Read the complete Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra is where this day stops to eat. Next is Pyrenees N-260 Weekend photo pull-off.
3. Cunit
Cunit is where the Garraf coast stops climbing and settles into long, flat sand. It is the first town of Tarragona province as you come down from Barcelona, sitting just past Cubelles and the mouth of the Foix, with Calafell running on to the south-west. The town is mostly holiday apartments and family streets, quiet in winter and crowded in August, and its great virtue at the end of a ride is a broad beach with a promenade where you can park, peel off the jacket and watch the sea go pewter in the evening.
Read the complete Cunit write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
119 km in you reach Pyrenees N-260 Weekend photo pull-off. Next is Pyrenees N-260 Weekend checkpoint 8.
4. Near El Prat de Llobregat
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pyrenees N-260 Weekend checkpoint 8 closes the day. Next is Pyrenees N-260 Weekend high point.
5. la Marina del Prat Vermell
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.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Pyrenees N-260 Weekend high point tops the climb. Next is Pyrenees N-260 Weekend scenic road.
6. la Marina del Prat Vermell
Return visit. Read the place description above.
Read the complete la Marina del Prat Vermell 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 298 km.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra to Cunit
Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra → Cunit is 82 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.