Day 1:Welcome to Benasque
Our adventure begins early in the day, so we recommend arriving in Barcelona the day before to ensure you are ready at the pickup location for the group transport to the mountains. We depart early—at 08:00—from the meeting point and embark on a scenic four-hour bus ride into the heart of the Pyrenees. Once we arrive in the mountains, we enjoy a tapas-style buffet lunch and a short briefing before the trip, before getting our bikes ready—either assembling personal bikes or preparing rental bikes. Once our bellies are full after our first taste of delicious Spanish food, we hit the trails. This afternoon, a 30-minute shuttle bus takes us high into the mountains for our first warm-up trip—a striking round trip through a natural mountain amphitheater that winds around the ridge before descending a flowing trail to the village below. We end the day with a welcome dinner at our hotel in true Spanish style, which is a beautifully restored stone manor house, offering the perfect rustic charm to share stories and excitement before the week of cycling ahead of us.
Our adventure begins early in the day, so we recommend arriving in Barcelona the day before to ensure you are ready at the pickup location for the group transport to the mountains. We depart early—at 08:00—from the meeting point and embark on a scenic four-hour bus ride into the heart of the Pyrenees. Once we arrive in the mountains, we enjoy a tapas-style buffet lunch and a short briefing before the trip, before getting our bikes ready—either assembling personal bikes or preparing rental bikes. Once our bellies are full after our first taste of delicious Spanish food, we hit the trails. This afternoon, a 30-minute shuttle bus takes us high into the mountains for our first warm-up trip—a striking round trip through a natural mountain amphitheater that winds around the ridge before descending a flowing trail to the village below. We end the day with a welcome dinner at our hotel in true Spanish style, which is a beautifully restored stone manor house, offering the perfect rustic charm to share stories and excitement before the week of cycling ahead of us.







