When Le Grand Depart 2026 announced the 3 stages that would take place in Catalonia, we all had a look at the first big mountain pass which was included in stage 3: Granollers-Les Angles. It was the climb to la Collada de Toses, a historical mountain pass in Catalonia. Collada de Toses is a very
The Pyrenees is the natural border between France and Spain. There are a lot of asphalted passes in the Pyrenees, some in the french side, some in the spanish side, but only some of them are exactly with the border at the top, having one side from France and one side from Spain. Let’s have a
The natural border between France and Spain are the Pyrenees. On the eastern part of the Pyrenees there are several not-so-known passes between Spain (Catalonia) and France. Some of them are Col d’Ares (a serious pass with 1512 mts), Alt de Costoja (crossing to France to the village same named Coustouge), and the last one before getting
If you come and visit Barcelona and you’re a cyclist, maybe you didn’t notice how close Barcelona is to the Pyrenees, and how easy it is climbing a big mountain in a daytrip. One of our favorite daytrips and guided tours is that one climbing to Coll de la Creueta, one of the big climbs
One of our favorite destinations is Col du Tourmalet, possibly the most famous cycling climb in the world. Barcelona Tourmalet is a great cycling tour that links the beautiful catalan city with the big mountain in the Pyrenees. It has been climbed so many times in the Tour de France. It is full of history,
A few weeks ago we introduced a nice cycling trip in the Catalan Pyrenees. But climbing the eastern Pyrenees has many other options. Now, let me show you another version of a cycling trip in the eastern Pyrenees. In this trip we include some very nice climbs, quite known in the cycling world. It is
If you ever cycled the classical Transpyrenees, maybe you will be interested in the Spanish Transpyrenees. In this coast to coast cycling trip on the south side of the Pyrenees, there are three main advantages over the northern French side: better weather always on the southern Spanish side, milder gradients of the mountains, often no-so-steep