WELCOME TO THE COSTA BRAVA! Your only job today is to simply make it to Tossa de Mar in time for dinner at 7:00 at the hotel. Check in starts at 3:00 p.m. If you arrive early, Tossa de Mar is loaded with things to do, from touring the Vila Vella (Tossa's old town with its 13th century walls) to exploring the many shops that line the streets of the central city to hitting the beach!

After breakfast at the hotel (which is how we will start every day on the tour), we'll walk to the local bike shop, Tossa Cycling, to pick up our bike rentals for today's ride, which is a fun mountain bike loop that finishes with an amazing paved descent down to the coastal highway and on to a little cove for lunch on the beach! After the ride, you'll have time to play tourist, go kayaking, lay out on the beach or simply take a nap before regrouping for dinner in town.

Today will start off much like yesterday, with a walk to the bike shop to pick up our bikes for a fun ride, except this time we'll bring our luggage with us as we prepare to head north from Tossa. Also unlike yesterday, today's ride is all paved, with 16 miles of beautiful costal riding on tap. After a lunch break at the beach, we'll trade in the bikes for our walking shoes and head out on foot, first through a couple of beach towns and then through a series of picture-perfect coves, eventually landing us at Hotel Park San Jorge, our lodging for the night. San Jorge is also our dinner destination.

We'll kick off the longest and arguably most scenic day of the tour much like we ended the previous day, bouncing from one perfect little cove to the next along a well-marked and well-maintained path. After rounding the corner past the landmark tower Torre dels Perpinyà, the landscape will change and we'll find ourselves strolling along the flat beach promenade of Sant Antoni de Calonge and onto the streets of Palamos before stopping for lunch at Platja de Castell. After lunch the landscape will change dramatically, with a series of climbs and descents that offer sweeping panoramic views and access to hidden coves. It's an incredible, if challenging, stretch of trail that will bring us to our destination for the evening, the Hotel Sant Roc in the charming town of Calella de Palafrugell. After cleaning up, we'll head into town for a well-earned dinner!

After leaving Hotel Sant Roc, we'll follow the trail through town and around the bend to Calella's sister city, Llafranc, another charming town with a perfect beach and marina. From Llafranc, we'll tackle a massive climb as we head straight up to the 15th century Far de San Sabastia tower before dropping back down to Cala Pedrosa and eventually reaching our final beach town - Tamariu! We'll have lunch at a beachfront restaurant before checking in and celebrating the end of the hike with a dip in the water, a drink on the patio, and dinner at the hotel overlooking the cove!

After breakfast at the hotel, our gravel bikes will be delivered and we'll head out for Girona, passing through a series of old Spanish towns with historic plazas and classic stone architecture before launching into the mountains to tackle the infamous Els Angels climb. After conquering the gravel version of the climb, we'll enjoy a fun descent down to Girona where we'll return our bikes and celebrate the end of the tour with one final post-ride lunch before saying our goodbyes. (If you're staying in Girona after the ride, we recommend Hotel 1901 Nord.)