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Andalucia Cycling: Córdoba to Granada in 8 days

Andalucia Cycling Cordoba to Granada
  • Length 8 days
  • From USD$4650
  • Style/Level Classic 4.0
  • Countries Spain
  • Begin/End Cordoba/Granada
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ExperiencePlus! offers three itinerary options for your exploration of Andalucia. You can join us for this 8-day version from Córdoba to Granada, or a 7-day bike itinerary from Seville to Córdoba, or a grand tour that combines them both and has you cycling 13 days from Seville to Granada!

  • Córdoba and Granada – two of the most important historical and culturally fascinating cities in Spain.
  • Guided visits of the Alhambra and Mezquita de Cordoba.
  • Bicycle through ancient olive groves and sample some of the world’s finest olive oil.
  • Unique and welcoming accommodations including restored convents, castles, renaissance palaces, and a refurbished Hacienda where you will learn about local agriculture.
May and October departures when the spring flowers and fall weather are best for cycling in Southern Spain.

Highlights

  • Granada, Andalucian Villages, Guided tour of Córdoba, Alhambra, Guided visit of Sinagoga del Agua, Pottery demonstration in Úbeda, Winery visit and tasting at Benalua de Guadix

Includes

  • 8 days, 7 nights accommodation

  • meals as noted in itinerary

  • visit to a sherry producer and pottery maker, guided visit to the Alhambra and Mezquita de Cordoba

  • All Classic tour inclusions

Keep in mind

We work hard to maintain consistency across all of our tours, but some trips have unique differences. Here are some things to keep in mind about this tour.

Though we try and arrange dinners together as early as possible in Spain this means 8:00 to 8:30 p.m.

Lots of climbing but grades are rarely above 8%.

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DateMay 14-21, 2025
PriceUSD$4650
Private room feeUSD$550
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DateOct 8-15, 2025
PriceUSD$4650
Private room feeUSD$550
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  • Total distance 416 km (257 miles)
  • Average daily distance 70 km (43 miles)
  • Tour style Classic
  • Tour level 4.0

Highlights: Visit the Mezquita and Jewish Quarter

You’ll want to arrive early to join a tour of the beautiful Mesquita of Cordoba. We’ll also fit your bike so you can take a test ride. Tonight we’ll have a special dinner together.

Meals : Dinner
 Lodging : NH Amistad Cordoba

Highlights: Hills of Andalucia, visit to an olive press

The ride has you pedaling over hills and through countless olive groves into the heart of the Córdoba province. This region produces some of the world’s finest olive oils and we’ll enjoy a tasting this afternoon.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
 Lodging : Mencia Subbetica

Highlights: Rolling Hills of Andalucia, Jaén and its olive groves, visits of Cathedral and Arab baths

We’ll start the ride out on the same rails to trails path we came in on yesterday. After just a few miles you’ll be back on the road and enjoying vistas of an endless sea of olive groves. You are now in one of Europe’s largest olive growing regions – some estimate that there are over 150 million olive trees in this province.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
 Lodging : Hotel Condestable Iranzo

Highlights: Renaissance town of Úbeda

The ride today takes us through beautiful countryside from Jaén to the monumental city of Úbeda, our home for the next two days. Úbeda was a wealthy Renaissance town and it retains that character particularly in the old quarter. This afternoon we’ll visit a synagogue which was recently discovered during restoration work and is nearly completely intact. Take time to join the locals for a café con leche at an outdoor café. Our hotel this evening is a remodeled Renaissance Palace and truly fit for royalty.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
 Lodging : Palacio de Ubeda

Highlights: Discover the UNESCO sites of Renaissance Architecture of Úbeda and Baeza with an enjoyable ride into the hills

This is a free day to enjoy the intriguing city of Úbeda though we do encourage you to join us for visit a famous local ceramics studio and enjoy an artist’s demonstration this morning. The rest of the day is yours to walk through the historic Renaissance district or consider cycling into the hills to Baeza, another prominent Renaissance town. The ensemble of Renaissance monuments of Úbeda and Baeza are on UNESCO’s list of World Heritage sites and should not be missed.

Meals : Breakfast
 Lodging : Palacio de Ubeda

Highlights: Ride towards the Sierra Nevada, “cave” winery visit

We head south today on our way to Benalúa de Guadix and towards the hills of the Sierra Nevada. Enjoy a change of scenery as you enter the “southwest” of Spain. You’ll cross the Sierra Magina on your route and then head down towards the clay formations of Guadix. It is easy to imagine how for the past 500 years most houses of the villages in this valley were built as caves inside clay mounds. Even today about a third of the towns here are built in caves! Tonight we’ll visit a cave winery close to our hotel.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
 Lodging : Cuevas De La Granja

Highlights: Views of the Sierra Nevada, Tapeo experience in Granada

Today we ride to Granada situated in the shadow of the Sierra Nevada mountains. Enjoy a fun downhill stretch and pedal past fields of asparagus and tobacco as olives and grapes give way to more diverse crops. Our destination is the glorious city of Granada, home of the Alhambra (the 13th and 14th century complex of buildings representing the finest example of Moorish architecture left in Spain). On the way you’ll pass by the famous village of Purullena, known for its ceramics. We’ll have a final dinner together.

Meals : Breakfast, Dinner
 Lodging : Hotel Villa Oniria

Highlights: Guided tour of the Alhambra

Stick around this morning for our guided tour of the Alhambra. This city has so much more to offer we recommend an extra night here to explore the beautiful old quarter and tea houses. Granada is also known for its fabulous tapas. If you must depart today be sure to schedule flights after 3:00 p.m.

Meals : Breakfast

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  • What was your favorite experience on this trip? Just one???? 1) All of the arranged tours. I love history. It teaches us so much about our present state….. 2) Exciting gateway cities of Cordoba and Granada – I wish I could have done the longer ride and seen Seville. 3) The arrows – after fighting with maps attached to my handlebars and expensive equipment that can lead one astray, I am a believer. I saw more of the countryside than any previous bike ride. Never get rid of this unique attribute of your tours.

    Jennifer P., Park City, UT – October 2018

  • Everything was top notch. The hotels were splendid, the breakfasts and dinners we shared with the group were fantastic. The after ride tours were educational and the rides were challenging but well organized and I loved the day sheets provided.

    Tracey Y., Falls Church, VA

  • Fantastic. The perfect active vacation. Everything was so good I have nothing to suggest!!

    Lauren F., San Francisco, CA
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