ROAD CYCLING IN SOUTHERN SPAIN

International Bikes 51 offers you the opportunity to enjoy the beauty and climate of Southern Spain on one of our cycling holiday packages. There are two distinctive categories to choose from:

1. Training and development weeks in Spain, or;
2. Road Cycling Holidays in Spain

1. Training And Development Weeks/Camps
Traditionally, training camps are run on a ´ride yourself into the ground for 7 days´ basis, with a week of high volume, low quality training. We have a different approach! Most cyclists want to improve but with limited training time and conflicting advice from friends and team mates, they don´t optimise precious saddle time. Our training and development weeks are designed by qualified coaches to work on the strengths and weaknesses of a rider with a view to progress the individual during the week.

2. Road Cycling Holidays In Spain
Cycling in Spain is different. Like France, Spain is a cycling nation and there is considerably more respect paid to riders than in other nations. Motorists actually slow down if they can´t overtake, and you are given plenty of room when they do. We have based our cycling holidays away from the busy coast in a hotel complex just 30 minutes from Malaga Airport near the town of Coin. Our guides will take you into the surrounding National Parks and the Guadalhorce Valley, visiting many traditional ´pueblo blancos´ or white villages on the way.

Location
Andalucia is often called the ´California Of Europe´ because of it climate (300+ days of sunshine a year!), the relaxed and friendly atmosphere, and spectacular scenery. In fact, the sunshine coast has the warmest climate in Europe which means the sun shines all year round!

Coin sits above the Guadalhorce valley, which feeds the City of Malaga with it´s water supply and is full of fruit orchards, olive groves and crop fields. The Sierra De Las Nieves National Park has some of Andalucia´s most beautiful ´pueblos blancos´, or white villages, to visit, including Ronda, Ojen, Istan, Tolox, Guaro and Monda.
The closest airport is Malaga International Airport which is a short flight from all UK airports (under 3 hours) and the transfer to our hotel is a mere 30 minutes. If you have a morning flight you can be riding in the sun in the afternoon!