Cantabria & Asturias Self-Guided Cycling Tour

8 nights’ accommodation with en-suite bathroom and breakfast included

Mixture of country inns, 3 and 4 star hotels

Accommodation with en-suite bathroom with breakfast included

Information Pack (Route Guide, maps, elevation profiles – gps files)

Luggage transport

Arrival and departure day is Saturday.

Groups of 4 or more can choose any start day at no extra cost.

Continental style breakfast

Possibility of spending extra nights in any town

Garmin devise available to rent (42€)

Group of 4 can start any date

Transport to and from arrival / departure points. (Santander, Torrelavega or Bilbao)

Transfer times are as follows, and remember you need to add another hour at least for check in:

- Transfer from Bilbao to the first hotel will take one hour and half by car

- Transfer from Santander to the first hotel will take 40 minutes by car

- Transfer from Torrelavega to the first hotel will take 15 minutes by car.

IberoCycle will pick up from arrival points in Bilbao, Torrelavega or Santander for this tour. This includes hotels, railway stations, ferryports, bus stations and airports. The same is true at the end of the tour. Please contact us if you have an early flight or departure on the last day, so we can let you know if it is possible for us to get you to departure point on time.

Air

- The closest airport is Santander Airport. This airport has the following destinations. However, it is a smaller than Bilbao Airport so has fewer connections. It is used as a hub by RyanAir, with connections to both Spanish and European cities. Further to the east is Bilbao Airport. Here we probably have more flight options, although transfer time to the start point of the cycle tours tends to be around 90 minutes. You may find this map useful for planning itineraries by air.

Train

- Bilbao, Torrelavega and Santander are connected to inland Spain by the Inter-City RENFE network. Trains are relatively inexpensive. On arrival, it may be more convenient to leave the train in Torrelavega, just one stop before Santander. There is a train service along the coast from Santander; east to Bilbao and the Basque Country, or west to Oviedo and Asturias. However, this is a narrow-gauge railway run by RENFE FEVE and is rather slow and infrequent.

Bus

- Santander and Torrelavega have good connections by bus to most Spanish cities run by ALSA. Buses are economical and comfortable.

Sea

- Santander and Bilbao are connected to the United Kingdom by ferries run by Brittany Ferries. This may be a fun and interesting way to travel if you have the time (the crossing takes around one day), but tends to be more expensive than the many flight options.