After riding 2 months through Japan in autumn of 2017, I am now back in Europe, working... but still riding on my brompton whenever possible. Currently this is mainly in the Netherlands, close to home. But hopefully other countries will join the list.

Sunday 24 February 2019

Cycling in the Delta del'Ebre

Bicycle: 15 km 
Riding time:  1:27 h
Total ascent: 16 m
Avg speed:  10.4 km/h
Max speed:  23.8 km/h
Route: Ride around a lagoon in Delta del'Ebre
Weather: Sunny, around 15 C


My last few 2018 vacation days are being spent for a week in Spain. I arrived yesterday to Barcelona airport, my husband, who was already in Spain for work picked me up, and we went straight to Tortosa. Today we then went to the Delta of the Ebro. We were here already quite exactly one year ago and liked the area. Back then I had also seen that it is a region recommended for cycling, so today we took that opportunity and rented some (quite bad) bicycles in a small place close to the largest lagoon of the delta.


The lagoon is a sanctuary for flamingos:


We cycled once around and even my husband mentioned that it was really nice. And it was. The cycle path is away from the streets, the weather was excellent and there are enough places to stop and watch birds along the route.

There are also more cycling paths through the delta, and at least where we were they were well indicated.