Why this ride
244 km one way from Mataró - plan on about 3 h 29 of riding. It goes by way of Olost and near Aguilar de Segarra.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Pyrenees N-260 Weekend · part 1
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 244 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 3 h 29
- 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. Mataró
The first railway on the Iberian Peninsula ran from Barcelona to Mataró, opening in 1848, and the line still runs along the shore, now crowded with commuters rather than curious passengers. Mataró is the capital of the Maresme, a working city of over a hundred thousand people with an old town of narrow streets, a busy port and a long seafront. It is not a resort, and it does not pretend to be, which is part of its appeal.
Read the complete Mataró 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 is where the day begins. Next is Barcelona / Catalonia return.
2. Near Olost, on the way back
The Lluçanès is a high, rolling plateau north of Barcelona, between the plain of Vic and the valleys of the Ter and Llobregat rivers, and this point lies near the village of Olost, in the heart of it. It is a quiet, rural part of Catalonia, a mosaic of wheat fields, pastures and oak and pine woods, with scattered stone farmhouses, called masies, sitting on the hills. Villages such as Olost, Prats de Lluçanès and Sant Boi de Lluçanès are small and unhurried.
Read the complete Near Olost, 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 77 km into the recorded legs. Next is Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra.
3. 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
A break here. Next is Pyrenees N-260 Weekend photo pull-off.
4. 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
Pyrenees N-260 Weekend photo pull-off closes the day.
Leg by leg
Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra to Cunit
Food stop near Aguilar de Segarra → Cunit is 95 km of getting across. Ride it tidily and keep the enthusiasm for what comes after.