How do you like your legs in the morning? Flabby and unfeeling, or taught and tense? There are only so many hills in this world, a pleasure to come down, but there is a real challenge in their surmounting. Take mount, straddle and put your back into it, there is mileage to be made, there is a Mediterranean air to be inhaled and there is an ancient place to be enjoyed.
Viva Espana, cycle hard and live long. See what remains the prehistoric settler left behind, take routes off the highways by bicycle or make huge leaps in a short space of time by car on an advanced road infrastructure.
Biking holidays in Spain are not about arriving at your destination promptly. They are about navigating your way through the best scenery, the beauty of taking to the bicycle is the ability to stop on a dime, and spend time taking in wonders of beauty and persons.
Most experienced cyclists who decide on Spain take on the mighty Pyrenees, an area of lush greenery, high plateaus and mountain ranges. With a diverse climate choosing your route is important. If you want a continental Mediterranean climate, then select the inland areas of the Peninsula taking in Madrid's nightlife as part of the experience. Take to the southeast for a real challenge in semiarid surroundings. For a moderately cool experience in the summer and a warm one in the winter select the coastal strip near The Bay of Biscay.
By car or by bike it is the variety of the Spanish experience and the difficult decision coming as a result, that poses the only threat to the perfect holiday. Spain unfortunately cannot make your mind up for you, so be selective, and be seduced by Spain.