Cycling routes on the Costa Blanca for inspiration

18 km · 84 m elevation gain · out-and-back

An old railway line, gone quiet and green, carries you through citrus groves you can smell before you see them. Montgó watches over you the whole way: no traffic, no rush, just wheels on a soft path.

Start: Dénia · we arrange transport. The route passes 11 km from Oliva Nova and 6 km from Syncrosfera and Marriott La Sella

23 km · 179 m elevation gain · loop

Mostly flat and easy — the ride for your first morning, while the legs find their rhythm and the sea is close enough to hear. Ride as far as you like, then let a beachfront terrace and a coffee keep you a while.

Start: Marriott La Sella · passes 2 km from Syncrosfera

16 km · 161 m elevation gain · loop

From the hotel to the beachfront, then up to the cobbled old town — a short loop that shows you two very different sides of Xàbia. Stop halfway for tapas; you'll have earned the appetite.

Start: Dionis

25 km · 139 m elevation gain · loop

Here the pace slows on its own. Rice paddies, reed beds and herons lifting off as you pass — a side of Spain few visitors see. Lunch along the way, perhaps with rice from the fields you just rode through?

Start: Oliva Nova

17 km · 228 m elevation gain · loop

Vineyards and almond trees roll past on little-used lanes, made for exactly this kind of morning. The reward waits at the end: a bodega, a tasting and a table in the shade.

Start: Xaló · we arrange transport

20 km · 149 m elevation gain · loop

Orange trees for company, small villages along the way and nowhere in particular to be. An easy morning ride that leaves you energy for the afternoon.

Start: Syncrosfera · passes 3 km from Marriott La Sella

28 km · 357 m elevation gain · out-and-back

The Peñón de Ifach appears early and stays with you — a limestone giant guiding you along the coast with a few climbs to sweeten the view. The curving road, the ocean view and the sea breeze will pay dividends.

Start: Moraira · we arrange transport

34 km · 484 m elevation gain · loop

Slow, steady climbs, a fun descent toward Pedreguer and views of Montgó before you drop into Gata de Gorgos, a village that has worked wicker and esparto by hand for generations. Browse the workshops, then enjoy the ride home.

Start: Syncrosfera · passes 1 km from Marriott La Sella

28 km · 481 m elevation gain · loop

Benissa sits above the coast in no hurry to be found: narrow streets, a cathedral-sized church for a town this small and views back to the sea. The climb up from Calp takes effort; lunch in the old square is the prize.

Start: Benissa · we arrange transport

28 km · 438 m elevation gain · loop

From the door of Dionis Hotel Boutique, this loop rolls through farmland and sea glimpses around Benitatxell, down to Moraira's calm harbor and inland to Teulada's vineyard lanes. Enough climbing to feel it, and you're back in time for lunch on the terrace.

Start: Dionis

35 km · 449 m elevation gain · loop

From Alcalalí, this loop links the small villages that give the Marina Alta its character: Benigembla and Murla among almond and olive terraces, then Llíber and hilltop Benissa before Xaló's wine valley brings you home. Six villages, gentle terrain, and roads quiet enough to hear the church bells.

Start: Alcalalí · we arrange transport

38 km · 526 m elevation gain · loop

From Syncrosfera, this loop heads inland to Orba's orchards, then through Benigembla and Alcalalí on the less-traveled side of the Xaló valley — vineyards on one side, almond terraces on the other. A steady rhythm is all it asks.

Start: Syncrosfera · 5 km from Marriott La Sella

41 km · 310 m elevation gain · loop

From Oliva Nova, the route starts slowly, then climbs over Monte Pego and follows the Girona river through Benimeli, Beniarbeig, Pedreguer and El Verger. Orange groves and farm roads carry you through villages that rarely see a tour bus — and just one climb.

Start: Oliva Nova · passes Syncrosfera and 3 km from Marriott La Sella

32 km · 444 m elevation gain · loop

A loop around Montgó, the limestone mountain that watches over Dénia and Xàbia. Orange groves at Jesús Pobre, Dénia's coastline, then back through Xàbia's countryside — mountain, coast and village life in one ride, with coffee at the end.

Start: Marriott La Sella · passes by Syncrosfera and 5 km from Dionis

58 km · 1,171 m elevation gain · loop

From Marriott La Sella, the route crosses Orba's orchards before climbing steadily to the Coll de Rates, one of the Marina Alta's most celebrated passes. Riders with legs to spare can continue to the old watchtower above the col — worth it, though the last ramps are steep. The return runs through Alcalalí's vineyards.

Start: Marriott La Sella · passes by Syncrosfera

62 km · 996 m elevation gain · loop

From Marriott La Sella through Jesús Pobre, Gata de Gorgos and Xaló's vineyards to the main event: a full circuit of the Sierra de Bernia, the limestone ridge that dominates the skyline. Senija brings you back toward the coast and the road home.

Start: Marriott La Sella · passes 5 km from Syncrosfera

58 km · 729 m elevation gain · loop

From Oliva Nova, the road climbs gently to Forna and into the Vall de Gallinera, the Valley of a Thousand Cherry Trees: eight villages on a single road with almost no traffic. Turn at Alpatró and return through Pego's rice fields — a long, easygoing day off the tourist trail.

Start: Oliva Nova

41 km · 866 m elevation gain · loop

From Altea's whitewashed old town, the road climbs through Callosa d'en Sarrià to Guadalest, its castle and turquoise reservoir waiting at the top. The return sweeps through La Nucía and back to Altea's blue-domed church square — a proper mountain day.

Start: Altea · we arrange transport. The route passes by VIVOOD half-way, at the highest point of the route, making it possible to also start from VIVOOD

40 km · 805 m elevation gain · loop

From Parcent, the road climbs through Benigembla's terraced hillsides to Castell de Castells, a village time seems to have set aside, ringed by pine forest and almond groves. A second climb toward Tàrbena, then down the valley to Parcent — the wilder side of the Marina Alta.

Start: Parcent · we arrange transport

50 km · 507 m elevation gain · loop

From Oliva Nova to Forna at the mouth of the Vall de Gallinera, then south through Pego's rice fields and up to the sleepy valley village of Sagra. El Verger brings you home — a bit of everything, with enough climbing to keep it interesting.

Start: Oliva Nova · passes 5 km from Syncrosfera

58 km · 1,035 m elevation gain · loop

From Oliva Nova through Pego and up into the almond-terraced Vall d'Ebo, one of the Marina Alta's least-visited valleys. Instead of retracing your route, the return climbs over the Coll de la Font/El Miserat, turning the ride into a full mountain circuit. Two climbs, one remote valley.

Start: Oliva Nova

66 km · 1,400 m elevation gain · loop

From the small village of Benilloba, the road climbs early to the Port de la Carrasqueta, the long ascent where professional teams have built winter fitness for decades. A short descent, then the Port de Benifallim, with cherry and almond groves on the way back via Benasau. Two respected passes in one honest day.

Start: Benilloba · we arrange transport

82 km · 1,828 m elevation gain · loop

From Guadalest's castle and turquoise reservoir, the road climbs to the Port de Tudons, a Vuelta pass less photographed than Coll de Rates but just as hard on the legs. Descend toward Finestrat below Puigcampana, then return through Callosa d'en Sarrià — for riders who've already found their climbing legs.

Start: VIVOOD

86 km · 1,905 m elevation gain · loop

From Xixona, home of turrón, the road heads inland toward Alcoy before facing the Xorret de Catí. Any Vuelta fan knows it: a category-one wall averaging over 11%, with ramps past 20% near the top. One of Spanish cycling's most storied climbs, in a single demanding day.

Start: Xixona · we arrange transport

63 km · 1,475 m elevation gain · out-and-back

From Guadalest to the Port de Benifallim and back: a steady climb through cherry and almond groves, with Aitana and Puigcampana ahead. The descent home is one of the region's finest — fast, flowing and the perfect payoff for the climb.

Start: VIVOOD

86 km · 1,839 m elevation gain · loop

From Guadalest, the road drops through Callosa d'en Sarrià and climbs to Castell de Castells, a village remote enough to feel like a real discovery. After Balones comes the main challenge, the Port de Confrides, before the loop returns to Guadalest's castle and reservoir.

Start: VIVOOD

87 km · 1,418 m elevation gain · loop

From Oliva Nova into the Vall de Gallinera, the Valley of a Thousand Cherry Trees, then across into the neighboring Vall d'Ebo before dropping to Pego's rice fields. Sagra and Monte Pego take you back to the coast — two valleys and plenty of distance in one long day.

Start: Oliva Nova

78 km · 702 m elevation gain · loop

North from Oliva Nova along the coast through Miramar and Gandia to Tavernes de la Valldigna. The return climbs inland to Barx in the hills above the valley, then Beniflà and la Font d'en Carrós bring you home — half a day by the sea, half in the green country behind it.

Start: Oliva Nova

138 km · 2,238 m elevation gain · loop

Every September the roads around Oliva close for a gran fondo named after one of Spain's most decorated Grand Tour riders — and Contador rides with the field. The route climbs Coll de Rates, Vall d'Ebo and the Mirador del Xap before rice fields and orange groves bring you back to the coast. A day to ride in the tracks of, or alongside, a legend.

Start: Oliva Nova · passes 5 km from Syncrosfera

Official race website

165 km · 3,081 m elevation gain · loop

From Callosa d'en Sarrià over four of the region's defining passes: Coll de Rates, Confrides, Sa Creueta and Tudons. The full distance is for experienced riders; a shorter route covers the same mountains at a gentler price. Either way, a full circuit of Alicante's cycling heartland.

Start: Callosa d’en Sarrià · we arrange transport. The route passes by VIVOOD

Official race website

132 km · 2,599 m elevation gain · loop

Designed by five-time Tour de France winner Miguel Indurain, this route builds slowly toward the Sierra de Aitana. From La Nucía it rises through Finestrat and Relleu into the heart of the mountain, the Mediterranean falling away behind you. Since 2026 it has been part of the UCI Gran Fondo World Series, with 132 km and 71 km options, held in October.

Start: La Nucía · we arrange transport

Official race website

151 km · 2,506 m elevation gain · loop

From Dénia, the route heads inland through Parcent, Vall d'Ebo, Castell de Castells and Tàrbena before circling back to the coast through the Marina Alta's quietest corners. No single famous climb, but many smaller ones — a day that calls for patience as much as power.

Start: Dénia · passes by Syncrosfera and 3 km from Marriott La Sella

119 km · 2,257 m elevation gain · loop

Two of the region's most-loved climbs in one loop that never lets the legs fully rest. Coll de Rates opens with switchbacks through orchard country; Bernia answers with a limestone ridge that stays with you for kilometers.

Start: Calp · we arrange transport. The route can be adapted to start from Syncrosfera, Marriott La Sella and Dionis

102 km · 1,661 m elevation gain · loop

From Dionis down to the hidden cove at Granadella, along the coast to Dénia, then south to Calp, and finally up the stiff climb of Cumbre del Sol. Cliffs, pine and turquoise water do most of the talking; the climbs serve the views.

Start: Dionis

145 km · 2,798 m elevation gain · loop

From VIVOOD, the day opens with Guadalest's castle and turquoise reservoir and continues to Vall d'Ebo's almond-terraced valley — a long loop that pairs hard climbing with history and scenery.

Start: VIVOOD

156 km · 3,172 m elevation gain · loop

Tudons first, on its quieter, lesser-known slopes, then Coll de Rates, the climb every serious rider in the area knows by name. A loop that builds steadily rather than shocks — for riders who've built strong fitness on the shorter routes.

Start: VIVOOD

153 km · 3,725 m elevation gain · one-way

Six categorized climbs, starting and ending with category-one tests, with barely a flat kilometer in between. The stage opens straight up the Port de la Llacuna, whose modest 6.4% average hides a seriously steep middle section. The finale, the Balcón de Alicante, is officially 8.4 km at 6.2%, but its last half narrows and steepens sharply. Michael Storer (Team DSM) won there for his first WorldTour victory, while Alejandro Valverde crashed out.

Start: Gandia. End: Balcón de Alicante · we arrange transport

162 km · 3,531 m elevation gain · one-way

Twenty flat kilometers out of Dénia, then four passes in a row: Vall d'Ebo, Tollos, Benifallim and Carrasqueta. The finale is the Xorret de Catí, a category-one wall averaging 11.4% with ramps up to 22%, where Primož Roglič outsprinted Remco Evenepoel and Juan Ayuso in 2023. The full professional stage, climb for climb — a route to save for last.

Start: Dénia. End: Xorret de Catí · we arrange transport

188 km · 5,051 m elevation gain · one-way

The summit of Mirava's routes: one of the toughest stages of the 2026 Vuelta a España, with six categorized climbs including Tàrbena, Miserat, Tollos, Tudons, Benifallim and Aitana. Enric Mas, in red in the photo, won here on 30 August 2026 on his way to the overall victory. Note: the last 6.6 km from Port de Tudons to the Aitana summit are a military zone and normally closed to cyclists; the linked route shows the full stage.

Start: Villajoyosa · End: Port de Tudons · we arrange transport