SunBike Tour: Vuelta de Menorca

You will find nature and peace in Menorca - the island awaits with gorgeous sand beaches and unspoilt landscapes. Discover the El Toro - Menorca's highest point (358 m), and the capital Mahón with the mediterrranean seas's biggest harbour and its mighty military base. The episcopal town of Ciutadella, with its architectural treasures, belongs to the island's tourist attractions! Let this special potpourri of nature and historical diversity surprise you! This nature paradise is characterised by history. There is a lot of space for cycling on the island, because 47% of the land is under protection. There are enough bathing spots during the bike tour: Numerous bays and beaches can be explored! Enjoy a vacation by bike in one of the lovliest islands in Spain with changing landscapes and stable weather. A bike tour directly from the organizer!

TOUR PROFILE: A change between short ascents and enjoyable descents. Be prepared for minor roads, farm roads but also partly on low-traffi main roads and bicycle passable walking and hiking trails, which lead you as low traffic on mostly asphalt roads to their respective destination. Changes to the itinerary reserved.

The capital Mahón welcomes you with all its beauty: the old city with its English influences as well as the impressive natural harbour. Before your bike tour will start on the next day, you can go for a walk through the city of Mahon with its sightseeing spots.

After the welcome meeting, you start the bike tour to the south of  the  island,  to  the  village  of  Sant  Luis,  founded by the French, characterised by its windmill. Whitewashed walls line the path to the “white village” of Binibequer Vell with its intricate houses and narrow alleys. You cycle along the coast on your way back past Punta Prima Beach and the offshore lighthouse.

Today, you have to pack your bags. You cycle to Es Grau and  to  the  Albufera  Lagoon  with  its  numerous bird  species,  among  them  the  fish  eagle.  The lagoon is the centre of Menorca’s Biosphere Reserve. At the lighthouse of Faváritx, you are greeted  by  a  moon  landscape  of  grey-black  slate. The route takes you to the famous Es Mercadal, a culinary highlight.

From Es Mercadal, across the farmland lined with stonewashed walls, you discover the beaches of the  North,  which  are  collected  like  pearls  on  a single string: Pregonda, Binimel-là and Cavalleria with the former Roman harbour Sanitja, and, last but not least, the fishing village of Fornells where every  now  and  then  the  Spanish  King  used  to dine. The path takes you back to Es Mercadal.

The day begins with  packing, before  you  get to  the  village  of  Es  Gran  Migjorn  with  its  white houses. After Ferreries, we arrive at the bathing beach Cala Galdana and continue west on historical paths, past prehistoric sites with their taulas and talayots. Shaped by aristocracy and clergy, the former capital Ciutadella awaits at your destination.

.After breakfast, our guide will pick you up for a walk around town. In the afternoon, to conclude your cycle tour, a few options are at your disposal: visit the bays of Algaiarens, Cala Morell with its prehistoric burial caves, or the lighthouse of Punta Nati, embedded in an impressively rugged cliff landscape.

With  Ciutadella  as  your  starting  point,  today  you  discover  the  beaches  of  the  South Macarella,  Turqueta  or  Son  Saura.  On your way back  you  cycle  between  stone  walls  past farmsteads, the so-called Llocs – with their own
cheese production. It's the end of the bike tour.

Individual departure or extension

• SUNBIKE TOUR:
  
• Accommodations according to choosen category
  
• Breakfast buffet
• Luggage transfer from accommodation to accommodation
• City tour in Ciutadella
  
• Service-Hotline
• Individual tour information
• own route signage
• detailed travel material

• Rental Bike - € 125,-
  21-speed tour bike with freewheel, and 1 handle bar bag and pannier
• E-Bike - € 220,-
• Taxi from Airport to Hotel in Mahón, approx. € 20,- (no reservation possible, to do by your own!)
  
• Taxi from Hotel in Ciutadella to Airport approx. € 70,- (no reservation possible, to do by your own!)
• Local tax: about € 3,50 per person / day - and has to be paid directly at the hotels / hostals.
• free GPS-tracks available
  

CATEGORY A:
4-Star Hotels and 1 Hostal

CATEGORY B:
Hostals only with breakfast

Hostals are typical spanish accommodations comparable with a mixture of guesthouse and Hotel.

2 persons