If you’re looking for a block of long rides in the sun look no further than our Girona Road Camp for racking up quality base miles with like-minded riders.
The Festival Edition turns up our Road Camps one notch higher. With extra days in Girona, this is not only about more time on the bike, it’s about being in the city when something really special is happening.
These departures are timed to coincide with Girona’s most iconic cultural festivals — moments when the city feels electric yet few visitors know.
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Easter Weekend (April)
If you’ve never experienced Easter in Spain, this is something else entirely. Girona’s medieval streets set the stage for candlelit nighttime processions, Roman legions in full regalia, drums echoing through the old town, and an atmosphere that’s powerful, solemn, and unforgettable. It’s history, theatre, and tradition rolled into one and a hidden highlight not often experienced by visitors.
Flower Festival (May)
A truly unique Girona moment. During Temps de Flors, the entire old city becomes an open-air exhibition, with over 200 floral installations spread across courtyards, stairways, churches, and historic buildings. The festival also brings Open Doors — rare access to private spaces normally closed to the public — the event draws 400,000 visitors from across Catalonia yet is mostly unknown elsewhere.
Sant Narcís Festival (October)
This is the week Girona comes alive. Live music, pop-up stages, and street events take over the city in celebration of its patron saint. The highlights? Correfoc — a full-throttle spectacle of fire, drums, sparks, and crowd participation that floods the streets in controlled chaos – calling this a ‘firework display’ is lame; the translation ‘firefight’ is much more apt. The following morning, the mood shifts as the medieval square packs full to watch Castellers build human towers up to ten levels high — breathtaking, nerve-wracking, and utterly unforgettable.
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We’ve carefully designed all the rides for maximum enjoyment. Expect to see lots of the stunning coast roads & mediterranean sea and discover a different side to cycling in the Girona region. The camp is designed to be the perfect opportunity to build endurance and base fitness throughout the cycling season.
Rated 3 out of 4 our Advanced tours are designed for people who ride regularly and want back to back challenging days on the bike. Riders should be confident riding in a small group, comfortable on extended climbs (at your own pace) and have good bike handling skills on corners and descents. E-bikes are available on all of our tours.
You’ll arrive as the city is already buzzing, with festival energy building across the old town ahead of the weekend’s headline moments.
Exhibitions, installations, rehearsals, street activity, and events are happening from day one. Crucially, most of the major celebrations take place after riding, so you’re free to head out for a great spin before soaking up the atmosphere later.
Settle in, build the excitement, and enjoy Girona as it starts to shift into something special.
If you didn’t already sneak out yesterday, today is your chance to enjoy a first warm-up ride — stretching the legs on quiet roads before Girona takes centre stage in the evening.
Big miles on the bike plus unforgettable moments in the city mixed in. Each festival delivers a completely different kind of energy.
Teams work together to build human towers that can rise up to ten levels high. It’s a breathtaking mix of strength, balance, trust, and tradition — thrilling, tense, and genuinely awe-inspiring to watch as the final climber ascends and the square holds its breath.
Rendesvoux with the group at Eat Sleep Cycle at 12 noon. Meet your guides, fellow riders and get your training for the week ahead. The first group ride is on rolling terrain with two steady climbs and a punchy finish.
Today we crank up the climbing and enjoy views of the mediterranean as we take on the climbs to Rumanya & Calonge.
On Day 3 we’ll take things a little easier – enjoy rolling terrain and a stop for lunch at Banyoles Lake before cruising home.
Today we head north out of the city and climb the Vall de Llemena. Continue climbing to the mountain town of Olot, where we’ll stop to re-fuel. Climb out of Olot and enjoy the reward – a long decent through Santa Pau to Banyoles and back to Girona.
After yesterday’s sufferfest today we’ll take an easier ride on the classic ‘Hincapie Loop’. After climb one we’ll enjoy a lunch stop in the historic village of Monells, before tackling climb 2 to Santa Pelaia and looping back to Girona
For our last ride of the week take on a epic endurance ride. Head out across Empordà to the small coastal roads of the Begur headland. We’ll wind through medieval villages, olive groves and vineyards to the town of Pals. From here we’ll head to the coast and enjoy a roller-coaster section of steep climbs and descents around the headland. Celebrate tonight with a special evening meal in Girona centre.
Sadly, the tour draws to an end on day 10, and all that’s left to do is say our goodbyes and prepare for the journey home.
GUIDED RIDES
Enjoy small group sizes and professional, personal support all week from your guides.
We work with an industry leading guide to guest ratio – expect up to 5 guests per guide on the trip.
Each morning your guides will give you ride nutrition for the day. On each ride there will be one or two café stops to refuel (not included in the trip).
Eat Sleep Cycle guides are experienced riders from all walks of life united by a love of cycling who’ll help to keep the group safe, motivated and savouring the trip of a lifetime.
All guests will receive access to our digital Road Book and routes, giving everyone the flexibility to ride at their own pace.
Hotels shown are examples and are subject to change
A classy 4* hotel located in Girona city centre and decorated with art inspired by Girona.
Bike hire is not included in the tour. Add bike rental to the trip from €60 per day.Bikes shown here are examples and are subject to availabilty at the time of booking. We'll let you know the available options in your size when you book with us.
Our top of the range road e-bike from Wilier. Enjoy a hi-mod lightweight carbon fibre frame, carbon wheelset and Shimano Ultegra Di2 shifting. The Filante Hybrid has a range of 1,000-2,000m of elevation, or constant use 1.5-2hrs. Range extenders are avialable to hire which doubles this range.
A comfortable e-road bike with a lightweight carbon frameset and a clean-cut design featuring fully integrated cable routing. The Garda Hybrid uses the proven and reliable Mahle X35+ drive unit with 250 Wh motor inserted in the rear hub while the battery is housed in the down tube. The groupset is Shimano 105 Di2. The Garda has an autonomy of 1,000m of elevation, or constant use 1.5-2hrs – it’s possible to rent a range extender to double the range for an additional fee.
The Wilier Filante SL guarantees a first-class weight, a precise ride and a great aesthetic clarity thanks to the integrated cables. Carbon Monocoque frame with full internal cable routing. New fully integrated one piece carbon handlebar. Electronic Shimano 105 Di2 shifting. Carbon wheels, 50 mm profile. Chainrings: 50/34, Cassette: 11-34
Gethyn is from Wales but has been living in Catalonia for 14 years, and having found a quiet spot in the forest not far from Girona, he has no intention of leaving. Gethyn’s been a part of the ESC team since the early days and loves the job. He rides road and gravel with friends and MTB with his dog.
Josep is from a small city in Catalunya called Reus. He loves cycling and has a passion for sharing cycling experiences with others. He’s a guide for Eat Sleep Cycle all over Europe & leads our Morocco tours.
Jordi is from the Girona region and lives on the Costa Brava. Jordi continues to run his own food business and joins our guide team in 2024 to provide top notch vehicle support.
If you love cycling put a cycling tour of Girona high on your bucket list. A paradise for roadies, gravellers & mountain bikers alike, Girona has an amazing network of rides ready to blow your mind. It's a destination that can be enjoyed all year around, with the most popular months to ride being March to June & September to November.
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