Barcelona → Andorra → Pyrenees: Loop, 7 Days

It opens in Barcelona: at the service point you collect your own machine and luggage and prepare at your own pace for the stages ahead before setting off toward the Pyrenees. Any kit you do not need stays there free of charge.

The first stretch runs through the hilly Catalan hinterland before the road begins to climb noticeably and the first views of the mountain range open up. The route map brings you safely to the first overnight stop in the evening.

Narrow mountain roads and steep passes lead straight through the tiny principality, with views that are only truly reachable on two wheels. The hairpins invite you to linger before the afternoon carries you on toward the border.

Winding mountain roads define the crossing into France: the route climbs into the High Pyrenees past deep gorges and wide panoramas over the French uplands, before dropping gradually back down into the valley.

On this section you meet the hairpins of the Pyrenees at close quarters: endless switchbacks wind through narrow gorges while the GPS route map carries you safely from one bend to the next overnight stop.

On the way back the route carries you onto Spanish soil again and into Catalonia. The Western Pyrenees show their wild side one more time, with long sweeping bends, before the road drops away toward the coast.

To close, you return to the service point in Barcelona, hand over bike and luggage for the return transport and prepare at your leisure for the flight home. Machine and luggage travel back to Rüsselsheim or Schwabach.