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Pyrenees coast to coast by bike
800 km and 20,000 metres of climbing, sea to sea. Twelve days if the group holds the pace.
What the Transpyrenean is like
It crosses the Pyrenees from the Bay of Biscay to the Mediterranean, Hondarribia to Cadaqués, linking valleys: Isaba, Jaca, Torla, Benasque, Sort, Puigcerdà. On a road bike it follows the classic passes; on gravel or mountain bikes, tracks parallel to the GR-11.
It is a logistics exercise more than a route: every night is a different valley, some forty-kilometre stretches have nothing open, and a breakdown gets fixed wherever there is a workshop.
Key facts
| Type | Cycling |
|---|---|
| Distance | 800 km |
| Total climbing | 20,000 m |
| Start and finish | Hondarribia → Cadaqués |
| On foot | 45 days, 18 km a day on average |
| By bike | 12 days, 67 km a day on average |
| When to go | Late June to September. Earlier there is snow on the high passes. |
From where to where?
The whole route is 7 stages. Pick where you start and finish: always in a stage town.
Usual: 14 days.
Altitude of each stage town; each stage's climbing is in its details.
14 days, 800 km and 20,000 m of climbing: about 57.1 km a day and 13 nights on the way.
- Hondarribia → Elizondo≈ 65 km
- Elizondo → Isaba≈ 65 km
- Isaba → Ansó≈ 53 km
- Ansó → Jaca≈ 53 km
- Jaca → Sabiñánigo≈ 45 km
- Sabiñánigo → Torla-Ordesa≈ 45 km
- Torla-Ordesa → Bielsa≈ 55 km
- Bielsa → Benasque≈ 55 km
- Benasque → Vielha≈ 53 km
- Vielha → Sort≈ 53 km
- Sort → Andorra la Vella≈ 60 km
- Andorra la Vella → Puigcerdà≈ 60 km
- Puigcerdà → Camprodon≈ 70 km
- Camprodon → Cadaqués≈ 70 km
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How to plan it
The usual split is about 12 days of 65 to 70 km and 1,700 metres of climbing, with a rest day. With only four days, the Aragonese Pyrenees between Jaca, Torla, Bielsa and Benasque give a good taste of it.
In August book Torla, Benasque and Cadaqués. Arrive by train to Irún; return by bus to Figueres and train from there, reserving the bike space with the ticket. And keep a spare day: a storm on a high pass rewrites the whole plan.
Stages
- Hondarribia → Isaba130 km · +3,000 m · 2 days (days 1 to 2)
- Isaba → Jaca105 km · +2,600 m · 2 days (days 3 to 4)
- Jaca → Torla-Ordesa90 km · +2,200 m · 2 days (days 5 to 6)
- Torla-Ordesa → Benasque110 km · +3,000 m · 2 days (days 7 to 8)
- Benasque → Sort105 km · +2,700 m · 2 days (days 9 to 10)
- Sort → Puigcerdà120 km · +3,200 m · 2 days (days 11 to 12)
- Puigcerdà → Cadaqués140 km · +3,300 m · 2 days (days 13 to 14)
Multi-day sections as guidebooks give them. Approximate distance and climbing: every GPX varies a little.
Frequently asked questions
In Keago this route becomes a plan: one card per stage with time and duration, the daily track, each night's accommodation with link and location, the meals, and both travel tickets where the whole group can see them. Everyone confirms and you know who is missing.
Create your account and keep building your Pyrenees coast to coast by bike plan.
It is free and takes a minute.
- Save the plan and pick up where you left off
- Carry it on your phone, map and times included
- Send it to your group with one link
- Download the itinerary and the calendar