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Our cyclists come from all over the globe with different arrival points to begin their cycle tour and we try and make the tour start and end points easily accessible by using international airports, bus, and train stations.

Some of our guided tours include pickups and drop offs to and from the nearest transport hubs. Don´t hesitate to ask if you have specific questions about traveling from abroad or big city destinations like London, Lisbon, Madrid or Barcelona to tour starts.

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Getting to Spain, Portugal or England for your bike tour has never been easier or cheaper with a choice of no- frills flights to all our tour starting locations. We can organize transfers to and from the arrival and departure points, and can advise you on any travel arrangements whether coming from North America, UK & Ireland, or elsewhere in the world.

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To: Alhama de Granada!

Tours starting there: Quiet Paths/ Lakes, Mountains and Sea / Alhama Training

There are a couple of different ways to get to Alhama, a small town.

THE EASIEST WAY: Fly to Malaga or Granada and take a taxi, there are several companies, Prices roughly are 130 – 140 euros from Malaga / 70-80 Euros from Granada.  One recommended service is SolHop which provides transfers.

www.iberia.com is the website for internal flights to Granada.

From Granada / Malaga and elsewhere see www.alsa.es for bus schedules, etc. There is no train station in Alhama de Granada.

“I assume we could take a train from Madrid to Alhama, do you know how much that costs?” Sorry there isn’t a train connection. There is a train station in Loja-San Francisco (which is our closest point about 30km away and we do pickups there). Again, please see the train website, www.renfe.com but there is 1 train a day from Madrid to Loja leaving at 17:05, going via Cordoba and Antequera and stopping at Loja at 20:56 (end destination is Granada with arrival at 21:37). The cost per person is around 70 Euros and the trip to Loja from Madrid is 3 hours and 51 minutes.

You can also go back to Madrid from Loja (again 1 train a day) leaving at 9:47 and arriving in Madrid at 13:35. Here is the link.

To: GRANADA – Spain!

Tours starting there: White Villages of Andalucía / Granada & Sierra Nevada

Granada is accessed by train, plane, bus , rental car

Carriers flying into Granada are:

    • www.iberia.com – Madrid
    • www.Vueling.com – Barcelona
    • British Airways.co.uk – London City, UK
    • www.easyjet.com – London Gatwick, UK

“I’m flying into Málaga, how do I get to Granada?”

  • The EASIEST way is to organise a pre-booked taxi (approx 200 Euros) like SolHop. The CHEAPEST way is to take a public taxi from the airport at the outside rank (approx 20 Euros) or the airport bus (3 Euros) to the main bus station in Málaga. Then several coaches go to Granada (12 Euros) in 1hr 45 mins – see www.Alsa.es for schedules.
To: SEVILLA – Spain!

Cycling In Sevilla, AndaluciaTours starting there: Enchanted Andalucía / Moorish Andalucía / Olive Trails

Several carriers from Europe hubs like Frankfurt, London, etc and from Madrid fly into Sevilla Airport

They are:

  • www.ryanair.com – London Gatwick / London Stanstead / Barcelona El Prat / Dublin
  • www.vueling.com – Barcelona / Paris / Amsterdam
  • www.iberia.com – Spain Domestic

AIRPORT – SEVILLA: What is the best transport method from the airport? There is a local bus (www.tussam.es) accessing the airport to take you downtown (30 minutes costing about 2.40Euros) or taxi (cost about 25-30 Euros) is possible as well.

To: MáLAGA – Spain!

Cycling in Malaga on a bike tour SpainTours starting there: Signature Climbs – The South / Sea to Sierra Nevada / Cycle to the Med

This is a great flight centre with international and domestic flights coming in every day. There are direct flights from the USA and Canada, with many of these only operating during the summer months.

A year around option from the USA, Canada and Australia is to fly to Madrid and then fly or take the AVE high speed train to Málaga – see www.Renfe.com for timetables and prices. Easy and regular travel connections.

Some carriers accessing the city:

From: Ronda – Spain!

Cycling Ronda, Andalucia

“We fly back from Malaga, how do we get there from Ronda” You have a couple options, the train, bus or hiring a private taxi.

There are trains going from Ronda to Malaga (almost 2 hours) – see www.renfe.com for more information.

The train and bus station is easily accessible and on your last day into Ronda you pass both of them coming into town. The Ronda bus station, is only 4 blocks along the Avenida de Andalucia from the Ronda Train Station. The bus service which operates the main bus routes in and out of Ronda is the Los Amarillos bus company (www.losamarillos.es) Los Amarillos means “The Yellow Ones” and this is the colour of the buses in this fleet. Roughly they run quite regularly to Malaga, but check at the bus station or online. Timetables can change very quickly sometimes.

By taxi, please contact us for prices for this 2 hour ride which we can organize for you.

From: Granada – Spain!

Tours ending here: Quiet Paths / Enchanted Andalucía / Moorish Andalucía

“We’re trying to figure out the best way getting back to Madrid from Granada. Is taking bus a good option?” Yes, it is economical, reliable and is comfortable (5 hours) – see www.alsa.es for ticket information. Buses go to Madrid frequently during the day. The Train is also very convenient and goes through the day to Madrid and parts of Spain– see www.Renfe.com for schedule info and prices

As well flights leave from Granada-Jaén airport several times a day to both Madrid (www.iberia.com) or Barcelona (as well as Paris, (www.Vueling.com).

OTHER COUNTRIES

To: Lisbon – Portugal!

Tours starting there: Amazing Alentejo / TransIberian / Blue Coasts

Many carriers from Europe hubs like Frankfurt, London, etc and from Madrid fly into Sevilla Airport

They are:

  • www.ryanair.com – London Gatwick / London Stanstead / Barcelona El Prat / Dublin
  • www.vueling.com – Barcelona / Paris / Amsterdam
  • www.easyjet.com – UK and Europe
  • www.airtransat.com – Montreal & Toronto, Canada
  • www.flytap.com – NY La Guardia
  • www.united.com – NY La Guardia
  • www.britishairways.com – UK and Europe

And if you wish to check train schedules or buy tickets, please have a look at the Trainline website.

 
 
To: Orleans – France!

Tours starting there: Jewels of the Loire / Orléans to Tours

Those travelling from Paris on this day might like to look at the Direct TGV from Paris to Orléans leaving Paris Train Station. Please see the train company website of OUI SNCF for details and online booking. There are trains earlier although some are not direct but generally journey time is 1 hour.  There are also trains from Charles De Gaulle Airport (with changes).

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