THE ADAC’S CYCLOTOURISM ROUTES

Nº 1

 SANT PERE SESTRONQUES 

Girona – Ermita de Sant Pere Sestronques – Ermita de Sant Romà – Sant Dalmai - Salitja – Aeroport – Vilablareix - Girona

This route runs through the regions of El Gironès and La Selva.  

You start in Girona, near the Park called La Devesa and follow the bikeway in the direction of Olot until Km 14.64, just before Anglès. At this point, you leave the bikeway and you continue alternating on asphalt roads and mud tracks.

You ride past the small hermitages of Sant Pere Sestronques and Sant Romà and through the villages of Sant Dalmai and Salitja.

You also ride at a short distance from the small towns of Bescanó, Bonmatí and Anglès. A few kilometres after the hermitage of Sant Romà, you take a path that runs along the bank of the river Onyar, through the wood. You arrive back in Girona from the South.  

The charm of this route lies in the discovery of the hermitages of Sant Pere Sestronques and of Sant Romà and in cycling along the path by the river bank. Another curiosity is that you cycle just below the runway of Girona Costa Brava-Airport.  

Natural vegetation: oak wood, hazel tree plantations, riverbank trees and bushes along the river Onyar and cultivated fields.  

Urban areas, supplies, medical services…: Along the route, you ride through these towns and villages of Girona province: Salt, Bescanó, Sant Dalmai and Salitja, where you can find food and water supplies and other services. You also ride near Bonmatí and Anglès. You can find bars beside the route just before Bonmatí and Salitja. From Anglès to Salitja there are no services.

 Xesca

English version: Sara Puigdemont and Vivien Greatorex

General examples of road types 

KM

42