North of Spain
7 - 13 days
April - October
Organized motorcycle tour of northern Spain, departing from Madrid
This tour every year is among the first three places in the valuation of our clients, so we can say that it is one of their favourites. They are not lacking in reasons, because it is an almost perfect tour.
On the biker side, the tour is wonderful, with fantastic secondary roads, perfectly paved, full of curves, (6,816 curves on the basic route), and very little traffic.
As for landscapes, this tour combines medium and low mountain roads, but many of them surrounded by high mountains, a good number of canyons of great beauty, green meadows, and the beautiful Cantabrian coast.
In terms of accommodation, on this tour we can offer you some truly exceptional hotels, some of them on the edge of the beach, combined with historical buildings and even a hotel in the middle of the Picos de Europa natural park, with a cable car at its side that will allow you to comfortably climb to the top of the mountain where there are spectacular views, (and being in Spain, of course, a bar).
It is not too monumental trip to be a travel through Spain, since it does not spend the night in cities that are especially relevant from the historical point of view, but it does pass some architectural gems such as Burgos Cathedral or the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao.
On the other hand, what it can boast of is that it is the tour with the best combined gastronomy of all the tours that can be done in Europe, and we dare say that in the world. Let us explain to you what we mean by this concept of combined gastronomy, so that you better understand what this tour can offer you like no other. There are two ways of understanding gastronomy, the first, whose great reference is the Michelin guide with its famous stars, is to look at the level of haute cuisine and thus assess the presence of Michelin stars throughout the trip, in this regard this tour It has an excellent level, but there are tours in France or Italy with better levels in this regard. The second is to look at the level of quality and, very importantly, VARIETY, in everyday food, that is, in what we are going to find without having to go to a great restaurant and spend a lot of money, and in this sense, this tour It has no rival, neither in Europe, nor in the world. Combining both views, the rating of this tour would be the highest of all our tours.
Start and Finish
Madrid
Stage 1
Lerma
Stage 2
Fuente Dé
Stage 3
Gijón
Stage 4
Santander
Stage 5
San Sebastián
Stage 6
Elciego, Santo Domingo o Logroño
Extension A
Excursion to Somiedo
Extension B
Excursion to Biarritz
Extension C
Stopover in Bilbao
The Stages
What does the tour include?
Very detailed Route book in PDF format
In this PDF you will have all the information for each day of travel, including a brief description of the places of interest that you will find during the trip.
Recommended daily route created by professionals
Our routes are the fruit of more than 10 years of professionally planning motorcycle trips.
Very careful selection of intermediate points
The vast majority of intermediate points, which are necessary to create the route, contribute something more and are places of interest, such as monuments, viewpoints to beautiful landscapes, bars where you can have a coffee, etc.
Fuel management planning
Every 300 km at most, we will include a gas station, so that you don't worry about managing your fuel.
Shorter Alternative Routes
Our recommended routes are long enough to satisfy the most demanding rider, but we understand that not all of our clients want to do such long rides every day. For this reason, we will send you several shorter alternative routes so that you can choose the one that best suits your preferences.
Links of all routes to Google Maps and GPX Files
Whether you use your phone or a navigator, we provide you with road maps so that you can upload them to your device.
Combine with other routes
Extend the tour and make it a totally personalized experience by combining it with some of our neighboring tours:
Northwest of Spain
An excellent route through the greenest area of Spain, with fabulous landscapes, excellent gastronomy and much more.
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Central Spain
This tour covers the most monumental cities in central Spain on very twisted secondary roads.
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Pyrenees
A magnificent tour that completely covers the best known mountain range in Spain, full of fabulous roads and without traffic.
See the TourRelated long tours
If you are looking for a more complete experience, we have developed other longer tours that already include this route:
Iberian North
This is the preferred tour of our clients and there are more than enough reasons, because it has everything and also good.
See the TourDo you need to rent a motorcycle?
These are the models that we can offer you to carry out this tour. Discover all the advantages of renting with us in our section. Motorcycle rental.
A.- Honda NC750X
B.- BMW F750GS
B.- Honda NC750X DCT
C.- BMW F850GS
C.- BMW F850GS LOW
D.- BMW F900XR
D.- Ducati Multiestrada 950
D.- Honda Africa Twin
E.- BMW R1250GS
E.- BMW R1250GS LOW
E.- KTM 1290 Superadvent.
F.- BMW R1250GS Adventure
F.- BMW R1250GS Adv. LOW
F.- BMW S1000XR
F.- Ducati Multiestrada V4
F.- BMW R1250RT
G.- BMW R1250RT Audio
J.- BMW K1600GTL/GT
K.- BMW K1600 G. America
K.- HD. Electra Glide Ultra
Hotel Accommodation
We can also, if you wish, take care of your accommodation according to your budget. Thanks to our experience we can provide you with excellent accommodations during your route. These are some of the places where you can rest on this tour:
Lerma
Impressive 16th century ducal palace, which was the example of the enormous power that the first Duke of Lerma had, who was the valid of Felipe III and who made him the richest man in Spain.
Fuente Dé
The paradores are owned by the Spanish State, so some of them are located in places where no private company would be allowed to build a hotel. This is one of the best example. A hotel in the middle of the Picos de Europa natural park, one of the best natural reserves in Europe.
Gijón
An excellent hotel, with beautiful gardens, in the best area of the city, very close to both the center and the beach.
Santander
Excellent luxury hotel, in a beautiful 19th century building, at the foot of the famous Sardinero beach.
Bilbao
An excellent 5* hotel next to the Guggenheim museum.
San Sebastián
Emblematic hotel, from the 19th century, in the very center of La Concha beach.
Elciego
Fabulous hotel among vineyards, the work of the prestigious architect Frank Gehry, author of the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, with whom this hotel shares an architectural style.
Sigüenza
Arab fortress from the 8th century converted into a Christian castle in the 15th century by Grand Cardinal Mendoza, one of the key figures in the history of Spain.
