Iberian North
From 15 to 23 days
April - October
Long tours combine two or three medium tours or extend one of them to reach more remote areas. This tour combines our two tours in northern Spain with the northern part of the Portugal tour, making it an excellent way to get to know the north of the Iberian Peninsula in depth.
On the biker side, the tour is wonderful, with fantastic and perfectly paved secondary roads, a huge amount of curves, (16,254 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).
In the cultural aspect it is also a very complete trip, with visits to very interesting cities such as Porto and Santiago de Compostela and also includes other attractions such as Roman mines from the 1st century that 2,000 years later have left amazing landscapes, or a visit to the famous Guggenheim museum in Bilbao.
And finally, in the gastronomic aspect, this tour is simply a marvel that will allow you to enjoy the excellent products that we have in the north of Spain, and one of the best gastronomies in the world.
As you have seen, there are more than enough reasons for this tour to be our client's favorite.
Start and Finish
Madrid
Stage 1
Ciudad Rodrigo
Stage 2
Viseu
Stage 3
Porto
Stage 4
Santo Estevo
Stage 5
Braganza
Stage 6
Villafranca del Bierzo
Stage 7
Santiago de Compostela
Stage 8
Villalba
Stage 9
Ribadeo
Stage 10
Gijón
Stage 11
Fuente Dé
Stage 12
Santander
Stage 13
San Sebastián
Stage 14
Elciego
Extension A
Porto rest day
Extension B
Stopover in Gredos
Extension D
Excursion to Biarritz
Extension C
Excursion to Rias Baixas
Extension E
Stopover in Bilbao
Extension E
Detour to Siguenza
Extension G
Rest day in Santander
Extension H
Rest day in San Sebastian
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:
Pyrenees
A magnificent tour that completely covers the best known mountain range in Spain, full of fabulous roads and without traffic.
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.- Honda Africa Twin
D.- Ducati Multiestrada 950
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
F.- HD Pan America 1250
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:
Gredos
A beautiful building in the middle of the Sierra de Gredos natural park
Ciudad Rodrigo
An imposing 14th century castle.
Viseu
An 18th century palace with two fabulous gardens, the first is a French-style garden and the second is in the English style and is practically a botanical park with some impressive specimens, such as the secouya or the Lebanon cedar.
Porto
A 18th century baroque palace on the edge of the river.
Santo Estevo
A 7th century monastery in a beautiful location.
Braganza
A nice hotel, in a very nice place from which you can see the city. The hotel has an excellent restaurant awarded with a Michelin star.
Villafranca del Bierzo
Modern building on the outskirts of the town with swimming pool and Spa.
Santiago de Compostela
Modern building on the outskirts of town with a 15th century pilgrim hospital converted into a fabulous 5 * GL category hotel. It is considered the best Parador in Spain.
Villalba
Starting from the principla tower of an old castle from the 15th century, where some of the rooms are located, this hotel was built, respecting the aesthetics of the castle.
Ribadeo
Modern building located on the edge of the estuary.
Gijón
An excellent hotel, with beautiful gardens, in the best area of the city, very close to both the center and the beach.
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.
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.
