Cycling stops in Girona
29 places · 8 routes · Catalonia, Spain
No town in Europe has more pros per capita. Girona's old quarter is where the WorldTour lives between races, and its café scene was built by the riders themselves: Christian Meier's La Fábrica and Espresso Mafia, Robert Gesink's Hors Catégorie, and La Comuna.
Ride out and the classics start immediately: the Els Àngels loop with its summit sanctuary restaurant, Rocacorba for the long test, the coastal roads of the Gavarres.
Cafés
- Banys VellsBanys Vells is a lakeside terrace bar and cafe on the Estany de Banyoles (Lake Banyoles), a stop on cycling routes through the Girona countryside near Serra …
- Café AquariumRiders roll onto Café Aquarium's terrace at Passeig Darder having just finished, or about to start, Rocacorba, the 13.8 km climb at 6.5% average gradient tha…
- DvisiDVISI is a fine dining restaurant on the ground floor of Hotel Casa Vincke in Palamós, led by chef Jordi Simón, whose signature cuisine blends Catalan roots …
- Espresso MafiaSpecialty coffee bar and roastery on Carrer de la Cort Reial in Girona's old town, opened in 2016 by retired WorldTour pro Christian Meier and his wife Amber…
- Federal CaféAn Australian-style brunch café on Carrer de la Força, the old-town lane climbing to Girona's cathedral.
- FontanéFontané is the restaurant at the Roca brothers' Esperit Roca hotel, set on the upper floor of the old fort atop Sants Metges hill above Sant Julià de Ramis.
- Grava PalsGrava Pals is a bike café and restaurant in the village of Pals, built around the local cycling community.
- Hors CatégorieHors Catégorie is a cycling-themed cafe and restaurant in Girona co-founded by Dutch professional cyclist Robert Gesink.
- La ComunaRiders climbing out toward Sant Daniel, Rocacorba, or Els Àngels pass right by La Comuna's spare, stone-walled façade at the edge of Girona's old town, and t…
- La FábricaLa Fábrica has been a fixture of Girona's road-cycling scene since it opened in the old town in March 2015, and riders still gather here before heading out t…
- La Maglia Coffee & CoLa Maglia Coffee & Co is a specialty coffee shop in Platja d'Aro built around cycling.
- Mooma SidreriaMooma is a cidery and restaurant on a farmhouse amid apple orchards outside Palau-sator, home to Catalonia's first cider maker.
- Oniria CaféOniria Café is a small specialty coffee shop near Girona's Plaça de la Independència, opened in 2021 by Nora Salvat and Jannik Schäfer.
- Rustik EmpordàRustik Empordà is a bakery and café in Bellcaire d'Empordà, running since 2018 on a breakfast-and-brunch concept that mixes tradition with a house "Rustik La…
Food
- Restaurant Can PolGrinding up the Els Àngels climb out of Girona, the gradient eases briefly about halfway, at a garden restaurant with views back over the city, the natural p…
- Santuari dels ÀngelsThe Santuari dels Àngels is a hilltop sanctuary and restaurant at 484 metres in the Gavarres massif near Girona, reached by a road popular with cyclists and …
Climbs, views & nature
History & landmarks
Castell del MontgríFour corner towers and a 31 metre square of wall stand on the bare limestone summit, visible for miles across the flat Empordà plain, and that is the whole o…
Catedral de GironaGirona's cathedral rises above a Baroque staircase of ninety steps, built between 1690 and 1694 by master builder Pere Casas.
Església de Sant Pere de GalligantsMedieval Benedictine abbey beside the River Galligants, now housing the archaeology museum's Girona venue.
Mare de Déu del MontThis Gothic sanctuary, built between 1311 and 1318 for the abbot of the nearby monastery of Sant Llorenç de Sous, sits atop the Mont summit with panoramic vi…
Monestir benedictí Sant Feliu de GuíxolsThe Benedictines chose this bay in the first half of the 10th century for reasons a sailor would recognise: a good natural harbour, hills close behind to fle…
Monestir de Sant EsteveMonestir de Sant Esteve was founded in 812 as a Benedictine monastery and gave rise to the town of Banyoles itself, built over the remains of a late Roman te…
Museu d'Arqueologia de CatalunyaNeolithic material from the lakeside settlement of La Draga, Iron Age metalwork from Iberian sites across the province and a white Carrara marble sarcophagus…
Museu d'Història dels JueusFormer synagogue on Carrer de Sant Llorenç, now the Bonastruc ça Porta museum documenting Girona's Jewish history.
Museu del CinemaMuseu del Cinema, on Carrer de la Sèquia in Girona's old town, opened in 1998 as Spain's first museum devoted to cinema and now holds one of Europe's largest…
Sant Miquel de CruillesSant Miquel de Cruïlles is a Romanesque church built in the first half of the 11th century, once a Benedictine monastery placed under the Italian abbey of Sa…
Sant PereTwo carved stone lions flank the large window crowning the west portal, which is framed in turn with geometric and plant motifs.
Via AugustaThis stretch of paved road is part of a secondary route built in the 1st century AD, branching off the Via Augusta from Empúries.