Cycling vacations in Cambrils

In the heart of the Costa Daurada, Cambrils is one of the most representative towns of the Catalan coast, but with direct access to places of interest inland. For the sportsman looking for a pleasant environment, with everything at hand, Cambrils is located between the sea and an abundant and fertile plain around, the mountains nearby and with a sign “open for sport 365 days a year”.

Here you can enjoy an ideal climate during the twelve months of the year, with mild summers and winters, not very strident in temperatures, which allow you to enjoy all kinds of sports in a perfectly suitable municipality, with all the elements that define a solid sports culture: entities with tradition and recognition, facilities, hotels and businesses for athletes of all types and a calendar of events with a wide range of sports.

A walk through the sports facilities in Cambrils

The municipal environment of Cambrils has a map of sports facilities that opens the door to all kinds of sports.

The Cambrils soccer field is located in the Sports Zone, near the new train station, in a large and clear area, with enough space for three soccer fields with dimensions ranging from 105×68 meters to 91×62 meters. The facility is modern, less than fifteen years old and seats up to one thousand spectators.

Next to the three soccer fields, in the same Cambrils Sports Zone, the athletics track puts the focus on the most demanding training with a ring with eight lanes to compete, two areas for shot put, a cage for the hammer and discus, two long jump pits, a high jump area and a pole vault area. All complemented with a gymnasium and multipurpose room.

The Cambrils Sports Pavilion is a centrally located building with two covered pavilions and a synthetic surface for sports such as basketball, soccer and handball, not to mention its heated swimming pool in two versions, 25x16m and 16x8m, along with a gym and rooms for supervised activities.

In the Pinaret Park, Cambrils has its climbing wall, a 15-meter high wall with different degrees of difficulty. An archery range and a skatepark complete the visit.

Cambrils beach, a place to enjoy the sport

Cambrils facilities are close to the beach with the Streetball court that includes three 3×3 basketball courts plus another mini-basketball that puts sporting atmosphere in the middle of the Paseo de las Palmeras.

The beach is an asset as long as the municipality, highly appreciated for nautical activities but also for recreational activities linked to the sea. Among these spaces, it is interesting the concentration that occurs in the Platja del Regueral, nautical base of Cambrils, with other activities related to the sea, but also with the sand, especially beach volleyball, there we can enjoy tournaments such as university championships and championships of Catalonia, also in the Regueral beach you can play beach soccer matches, beach tennis and beach handball.

Natural and unique environments for running and cycling

For running lovers, apart from the athletics stadium, Cambrils offers a couple of very pleasant areas for running. The seafront of Cambrils is nine kilometers long, with a wide variety of landscapes and terrains, from terrazzo to land. Along the promenade there are training areas.

The other option is the Pinaret Park, which is more pleasant in the central hours of the day, as it is a park with a generous grove of trees. There are 48,000 square meters for a 2.3 kilometer circuit on a “friendly” surface for the runner as it is the land.

You will also be able to opt for stops in the calisthenics equipment areas along the promenade and other areas of the municipality to perform complementary exercises.

Surely in some of these scenarios the runner will come across cyclists, in fact the promenade has a bike path that extends to other areas of the municipality. Cambrils is in fact a real paradise for cyclists, the proximity routes in the municipal environment offer an extensive variety of trails and streams for mountain biking and for families or those who want to go out nearby.

For “gourmet cyclists”, lovers of long-distance cycling on the road, Cambrils is the real cycling hub of the Costa Daurada with a menu to suit all tastes. From Cambrils we have direct departure to the Priorat, a region of sublime landscapes and perfect roads to ride, the mountains of Prades and Mussara, hardness on the menu, and plains where to crush the time trial towards the Ebro Delta, in the south.

But the sporting landscape of Cambrils would not be complete if we do not take into account the sports entities of a wide variety of sports, from the best known and most popular to specific sports such as archery and even dance sports, with an annual event of international level that puts the town on the world map.

Cambrils has a completely flat terrain, ideal for walking and cycling and perfect for families. We have more than 25 km of marked bike lanes, 9 of which run along the coastline of Cambrils. You can consult the route of the bike lanes of Cambrils and other neighboring municipalities on this map. Stop by the tourist office in Cambrils to take the printed map of bike lanes and it is totally free.

We are also part of the Cities for Bicycles Network with the objective of facilitating, making safer and developing the circulation of cyclists, especially in urban areas.

Sylvain speaks to us from his native Quebec, in Canada, where he lives all year long thinking about the days he will take his bike and ride through Cambrils: “I’m going to ride my bike in Cambrils,” he says.For me, cycling is a sport that allows me to keep in shape, but the most important thing is to enjoy good health during my retirement.“.

He considers himself to be “an average cyclist”, and he rides about 7,000 kilometers a year. “I go cycling for pleasure” he continues and therefore admits that “I am very happy to meet again the challenge of the mountains around Cambrils.
to meet again the challenge of the mountains that surround Cambrils gives me great satisfaction”.
. I knew about Cambrils at the time I frequented Mallorca. Six years after cycling through the Serra de Tramuntana and the center of the island, I needed a change. My friends from Quebec told me about Denia and Cambrils, but I tried Cambrils four years ago and I have been repeating since then.“.

Joris is Belgian, from a place where “cycling is not a sport, it’s a religion“. It is considered “something competitive but friendly. Every good cycling trip ends with a beer with friends.“.

With this background, he got to know Cambrils more than ten years ago: “Since the first summer I went to Cambrils I started cycling, I ‘m not that kind of person who is all day on the beach. My first outing began in the Serra de Llaberia, and I quickly fell in love with the place. Since then, the first thing I do when we go on vacation is load the bike into the car. We already have a vacation home in Cambrils, there are several times a year that I go there, including a fixed meeting with other cycling friends to go out in the area.“.

Why go cycling in Cambrils?

The Costa Daurada, and especially Cambrils and its surroundings, are a very attractive place for cyclists because of the number of possible routes we have, for all levels,” Sylvain continues.
I appreciate the safety of the roads and the respect shown by the drivers.
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Joris adds the weather “I like the weather, although some days are a bit windy, but it’s not a problem. You can ride on the flat, but you can also go inland and encounter longer climbs. The environment is beautiful, you are never alone, you always meet other cyclists.“.

To shoot among vineyards, almond trees, orange trees…” Sylvain continues. connects you directly with the Catalan nature. At the end of the day’s cycling a wine and a good meal await you. Going out in the village in the afternoon, tasting some tapas, meeting people, going into the stores and learning about places with history, is something that I enjoy very much every year.“.

He adds: “
The temperature is perfect in both spring and autumn.
. The first six kilometers out of Cambrils can be a little annoying, but from there you connect with the first climbs.”

Some cycling routes starting and finishing in Cambrils

In Sylvain’s notebook we find …

1-Coldejou/Marca/Falset/Falset/directionPorrera/ retour par Teixeta/Cambrils 77 kms& 1226 meters

2- Llaberia, return by Cami de Pratdip 85 km and 1378 meters above sea level.

Llaberia A/R 78 km 1075 mètres possibility to take Hospitalet

82 kms&1211 meters

3- Escornalbou on the horizon: Vinyols/ Ruidoms/ Montbrio/ Villanova/ Escornalbou Castle/ Argentera/ back via Montbrió 60 kms&800 meters

4- Vinyols/ Ruidoms/ Les Borges/ Maspujols/ Alexia’s/ Villaplana/ Mussara/ return via Alforja 77 kms&1256 meters

5- Ascent of the Teixeta and pass to Porrera with return via Falset and Colldejou

6- Vinyols/ Ruidoms/ Alforja/ Portugal/ Selva/ back via Reus/ Vinyols/ Cami

62 kms&830 meters

7- Montroig/ Coldejou/ Marca/ El Masroig/ El Molar/ El LLoar/ Grataloops/ Torroja Del Priorat/ Porrera/ return by Texeita 105 kms&1900 meters

8- Pratdip/ C44/ Tivissa/ Serra D’Almos/ Darmos/ El Masroig/ Marca/ back by Colldejou 102 kms& 1614 meters

9- Vinyols/ Ruidoms/ N420 jusqu’aurondpointversAlexeiar/ Villaplana/ Selva/ L’Albiol/ crossing la Mussara/ back Alforja 94 kms& 1428 meters

“They are my favorite routes, with many alternatives depending on the physical shape you have at any given time” Sylvain points out, admitting that “I can only recommend Cambrils, for its different routes, safety, low traffic in many places and the friendliness of the people if they see you in trouble“.

Joris concludes: “I would recommend this place to other cyclists, but I would like to keep the jewel safe…”.