Experience Europe’s most popular pilgrimage route. Let us take care of the logistics and your bike package – choose a mountain bike or an electric bike. Great hotels, luggage transfers, and expert bike support when you need it on your Camino de Santiago cycling tour.
We highly recommend the Camino Frances among all Camino trails due to its excellent waymarking, abundant services, and accommodations. With over a decade of Camino experience, we guarantee you’ll find a rich tapestry of historical and cultural landmarks that have emerged from a millennium of pilgrimage on this route. Our cycling services in Spain are all-encompassing. Whether you opt for a top-tier mountain bike or an electric mountain bike, we’ve got you covered. Drawing from our first-class Camino partnerships, we efficiently handle your accommodation reservations and luggage transfers, thus ensuring a seamless journey for you.
You should be a seasoned cyclist to make the most of this experience. Familiarity with basic bike maintenance and confidence in your endurance to meet the daily distance goals are essential. However, understanding that every traveler is unique, we have tailored packages to ensure your comfort. Whether you need an early pickup or wish to transport your bike to the next stop for a day’s rest, we’ve got your back.
Cycling the Camino offers diverse sceneries — from quaint hamlets and bustling towns, all deeply connected to this ancient path. Cyclists will navigate a blend of traditional Camino tracks and smoother asphalt routes, occasionally bypassing more challenging terrains. Before you set out, we’ll send you our Camino Cycle Pack, a guide enriched by excellent client feedback over the years. This kit, equipped with route notes, maps, and GPS, will be your trusty guide on the trail.
Each segment of the route presents its unique challenges: from rocky and wooded paths and dirt tracks connecting villages to expansive days across the vast plains of Castile-Leon, punctuated by occasional mountain climbs and brief, steep inclines. You might sometimes find yourself on tarmac roads running adjacent to the Camino.
But the rewards of this journey are manifold: savoring the delectable regional Spanish dishes, experiencing the heartfelt hospitality of family-owned lodgings, enjoying the renowned camaraderie of fellow travelers, and weaving your own chapter into the 1000-year-old narrative of this revered pilgrim trail. Culminating your journey in Santiago de Compostela alongside a diverse group of international travelers is an unforgettable experience, a memory to cherish for years.
If you have any questions about this Camino de Santiago Cycling Tour, please get in touch.
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Cycling the Full Camino Frances
Starting from Saint-Jean-Pied-de-Port on the French side of the Pyrenees, the Camino Frances covers some 800 kilometres heading west across the North of Spain.
The major cities of Pamplona, Burgos and León are spread at equal intervals along the road to Santiago de Compostela, with many small towns, villages and monuments peppered in between. The entire route is burgeoning with culture, history and many sights to be seen.
Below is our full Camino itinerary, but this can easily be spilt this into shorter sections to suit your timeframe.
We can also shorten some sections by request.
Minimum bike rental period is one week.
You can also bring your own bike.
Our Mountain Bikes
Price: £2,630
Our bikes are brand new every season. We work with the Specialized brand, selecting the best model for the mixed terrain of the Camino. The bikes are specially selected and configured for the trail.
Specialized Chisel Expert – 2X
Wheels 29″ `Specialized Crave Comp, ideal for the mix of asphalt, dirt paths and rough terrain
Frame is aluminium
Fork is a Rock Shox Reba RL
Fast Rock Tyres by Specialized
Shimano Components:-
2 plates of 26 & 36 teeth in front and back
11 Speeds (sprockets range from 11 to 42)
Shimano SLX
Bike assistance from our many affiliate bike workshops all along the route.
Your bike will be shipped to your first hotel by a specialist courier and you return it to our base in Santiago de Compostela.
Our Electric Bikes
Price: £3,030
We work with the Moustache brand of electric bike. The Samedi Off4 is an electric assisted mountain bike.
The built-in engine assists with pedalling through all 4 modes:- Eco, Tour, Sport & Turbo.
Combined Eco and Tour mode powers up to 80km – reduced depending on saddlebags weight.
Frame if Aluminum frame 6061 T4 T6
Fork Suntour XCR 34 fork
Shimano hydraulic disc brakes
Wheels 27.5+ wheels for efficiency and grip on all terrains.
Ergonomic anti-slip saddle for better support in very steep climbs
Battery built-in Bosch Performance CX system.
EMTB mode for increased performance in off-road use.
Shimano SLX 11 transmission.
14×11 / 46 speeds make it even easier to climb the most important height differences or save battery for later.
This bike is a good option for the less expert cyclist on a long distance trail with terrain of varying challenge.
Our Cycle Hire Pack Includes
Choice of MTB or Electric Bike, delivered to your first hotel.
Racks
Waterproof Panniers
Handlebar Extensions
Ergonomic Clips
Speedometer
Tool Kit
Water Tap
Padlock
Pouch for Mobile Phone
Grease and Oil Kit
Gel Saddle Cover
We include transportation to your starting point on the Camino
For hygiene reasons, we require that you supply your own helmet. It is Spanish law that you wear a helmet at all times.
For any traveller on the Camino, nourishment and refreshment is an important part of the daily routine. There are many places to enjoy good local dishes to suit a variety of tastes and budgets. We also aim to cater for those with particular dietary needs.
The local bars and cafes offer light snacks, seasonal plates of freshly prepared food, tapas and refreshments. As you pass through the regions you will encounter local specialities – often of the variety that best sustains a weary, hungry traveller.
All our itineraries are booked for Bed and Breakfast. Half board with dinner is possible too, but these set dinners can become repetitive, featuring similar dishes each night. We encourage you to eat out and try a wider range of local specialities.
Breakfast
Where available we always order a full breakfast spread for our clients. But breakfast does vary between establishments – from just a light pastry and hot drink to a full buffet spread. Whether you have a light or substantial offering, you can top up mid-morning at a cafe on the route. The Spanish habit is to have breakfast between 10 and 11 when cafes and bars fill with locals having their desayuno.
Lunch
Lunches on the Camino are often taken as picnics, and most places have local shops selling items of fresh local produce to purchased each morning before you set out on the trail. Certain lodgings will offer pre-ordered packed lunches. Or check your guide and plan to stop off in a cafe-bar or restaurant on the Way.
Dinner
Spanish people tend to have dinner from 9 pm. But on the Camino, dinner is usually served from 8 pm — so do take advantage of the habitual afternoon “merienda” to keep you going, once you have arrived at your daily destination. That could be cold beer “cerveza” and tapas or coffee and cake.
Pilgrim menus
Many of our lodgings offer 3 course set menus with water, bread and often a glass of wine for just a few euros. These are advertised locally as Pilgrim Menus and available pretty much everywhere along the route. You’ll notice that there are staple common dishes as well as regional recipes according to the season.
Hydration
Hydration is essential — carry between 1.5 and 3l of drinking water, depending on the season, temperatures and distance you plan to cover. Keep a sugary and salty snack handy in your pocket or daypack – this will give you that little extra burst of energy to keep you going.
Merienda
Mid morning/afternoon snacks known as merienda are the perfect way to sustain yourself on the Way. Especially if you are not used to the later meal times which are the norm across Spain. It is customary for Spanish people to have a mid-morning stop for breakfast and late afternoon for a bite to keep them going until the traditional late dinner.
Spanish Gastronomy
The larger towns and cities of the Camino have a variety of lively plazas with bars and restaurants, so there will be plenty of opportunities for you to enjoy a wider range of Spanish gastronomy and a variety of local and world-famous Spanish wines.
Picnic Lunches
Many people enjoy shopping for lunch items and snacks in the local food shops each day. You’ll find little stores offering local produce, fruits and vegetables, cheeses and cured meats, fresh local baked goods – ideal for making your daily picnic for the daily walk. On certain days, Markets also make an appearance in some villages and towns. Our rural lodgings will provide a picnic lunch by request.
Local Wines
Spain has a great wine making culture. All of the regions you cross produce their own vinos (red and white), cervezas (light beer), and licores (strong spirits).
For those looking for non alcoholic drinks there are plenty of choices as well.
Hand-picked and well known to us, you will stay in comfortable, small, family run establishments on the Camino. Your accommodation will include a variety of family run traditional farmhouses, historic homes, and two and three star hotels. All rooms have en-suite facilities.
If your budget allows, we can suggest some superb accommodation upgrades, as we often work with the top-end establishments on the Camino.
We prefer to offer all accommodation on a Bed and Breakfast basis to allow you the chance to try local dishes in the immediate vicinity. This allows you the widest range of Spanish cuisine, and the chance to soak up the local atmosphere, rubbing shoulders with international pilgrims and the local people. We will be happy to make recommendations of where to have dinner.
We provide fully insured and secure luggage transfers. We move your baggage from one accommodation to the next as you cycle. This daily service is organised so that all you have to worry about is carrying a day sack with your essential items.
