Routes

The ten drives worth the kilometres.

Ranked from the closest to the furthest, every one drivable from a Barcelona hotel and back in a day, and each one loaded into the car's navigation on request. Distances are round trips from the city centre.

The church of Sitges on the seafront above the beach

Garraf · south of Barcelona

The Garraf coast road to Sitges

Eighty-six corners carved into a cliff, twenty minutes from the hotel.

Round trip: 110 km
Driving time: 2 h
Difficulty: Easy

The Montserrat monastery buildings beneath the grey rock towers

Bages · north-west of Barcelona

Montserrat and the road to the monastery

A serrated mountain, a monastery on a ledge and the hairpins that reach it.

Round trip: 150 km
Driving time: 2 h 30
Difficulty: Easy

Green meadow and forested hills in the Montseny massif

Montseny natural park · north-east of Barcelona

Montseny to the Turó de l'Home

Beech forest, a mountain road with no traffic lights and a summit at 1,708 metres.

Round trip: 170 km
Driving time: 3 h
Difficulty: Moderate

Aerial view of a Costa Brava cliff and cove

Costa Brava · north-east of Barcelona

Costa Brava: Tossa de Mar to Begur

The cliff road from Tossa to Sant Feliu, then the coves of Begur.

Round trip: 260 km
Driving time: 4 h
Difficulty: Moderate

Aerial view of the white village of Cadaqués around its bay

Alt Empordà · north-east of Barcelona

Cap de Creus and Cadaqués

The easternmost road in Spain, across bare rock to a lighthouse.

Round trip: 360 km
Driving time: 5 h
Difficulty: Moderate

Rocky limestone cliffs above wooded hills in the Priorat

Priorat · south-west of Barcelona

Priorat and Siurana

Slate vineyards, a village on a cliff and roads nobody else is on.

Round trip: 330 km
Driving time: 5 h
Difficulty: Moderate

The stone village of Rupit among green hills

Osona and Garrotxa · north of Barcelona

Collsacabra, Rupit and the Garrotxa volcanoes

Cliff-top plateaus, a stone village and forty dormant volcanoes.

Round trip: 250 km
Driving time: 4 h
Difficulty: Moderate

Aerial view of a winding mountain road in the Pyrenees

Ripollès and Cerdanya · Pyrenees

Collada de Toses and the Cerdanya

The N-260 over a 1,800-metre pass, declared one of Europe's best roads.

Round trip: 330 km
Driving time: 5 h
Difficulty: Demanding

Pyrenean peaks under a blue sky near La Molina

Berguedà · Pre-Pyrenees

Coll de Pal from Bagà

Nineteen kilometres, 1,288 metres of climbing, a dead end at 2,100 metres.

Round trip: 290 km
Driving time: 4 h 30
Difficulty: Demanding

Aerial view of green Pyrenean mountains in Andorra

Alt Urgell and Andorra · Pyrenees

Andorra and the Port d'Envalira

Two countries, one toll tunnel, and the highest paved pass in the Pyrenees.

Round trip: 480 km
Driving time: 7 h
Difficulty: Demanding