Tibidabo & Sant Cugat
Leave the city on the Collserola curves and ride to the top of Barcelona, with the whole city and the sea below you.
Collserola→Sant Cugat→Tibidabo→Sagrada Família
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BARCELONA MOTORCYCLE TOURS
Barcelona is best seen from the saddle: from the hills above the city to the cliffs of the Garraf and the peaks of Montserrat, with no queues, no tour buses and no timetable but yours.
PRIVATE MOTORCYCLE TOURS
CHOOSE YOUR RIDE IN BARCELONA
Every tour is private and exclusive: no groups, just you and a local guide who shows you Barcelona the way only someone who lives here can. Choose one of three 4-hour city rides, a day trip beyond the city, or a route designed just for you.
Three ways to ride
Guided: your own bike, behind your guideSelf-guided: your own bike, our GPS routeCo-Rider: passenger seat, no license needed
Every tour includes
Premium motorcycleFull insuranceFuel & tollsSanitized helmetPhone holder & luggage
Montjuïc & Waterfront
The Olympic hill and its lookouts over the port, then down to the beach and the parks of the old city.
Montjuïc→Barceloneta→Ciutadella→Sagrada Família
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Barcelona Highlights
The Barcelona everyone comes for, without the walking and the queues: Gaudí, the Gothic Quarter and the beaches.
Sagrada Família→Passeig de Gràcia→Cathedral→Barceloneta
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Sitges & Garraf Coast
The C-31 cut into the white cliffs above the Mediterranean, lunch in Sitges and the ride home at sunset.
C-31 Garraf→Sitges→Vilanova→Sunset ride
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Montserrat Monastery
Switchbacks up to Catalonia’s sacred mountain and the thousand-year-old abbey among its rock needles.
Llobregat valley→Montserrat→Monastery→Mountain roads
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Your Own Private Tour
Tell us what you would like to see and how you like to ride. We design the route and send you a price.
Costa Brava→Pyrenees→Your idea
Plan my tour →★ Bonus: on guided and self-guided tours, keep the bike a few extra hours and return it the next day.
TAILOR-MADE FREEDOM
Prefer to ride on your own?
Self-guided tours
Any of our routes, just you and the road. We plan the day with you before you leave.
- The GPS route on your phone
- Stops, viewpoints and lunch tips
- We are a call away all day
Rent a motorcycle
No fixed route and no timetable. Take a bike for a day or a week and make your own plan.
- Adventure, touring and city bikes
- Insurance included
- Pick-up in central Barcelona
CLEAR GUIDELINES
TOUR REQUIREMENTS & LICENSE INFO
Everything you need to know before riding with us in Spain. We keep the paperwork simple.
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DRIVING LICENSE VALIDITY
European Union driver’s licenses are fully valid. For non-EU tourists (such as US, UK, Canadian, or Brazilian citizens), a valid home country motorcycle license paired with an International Driving Permit (IDP) or official translation is accepted under Spanish traffic regulations.
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DOCUMENTS ON TOUR DAY
On the day of your tour, please bring your passport and, if you are riding, your original driver’s license. Paperwork takes less than 5 minutes so you can get on the road quickly.
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FULL INSURANCE & GEAR
All our tours include comprehensive motorcycle insurance, fuel, highway tolls and sanitized ECE-certified helmets. Minimum age for riding your own bike is 21 years old. For Co-Rider (passenger) experiences, no driver’s license is required.
FROM THE SADDLE
One minute of our tours
Gravel tracks through the Collserola forest, curves with the whole of Barcelona and the sea below, the lookouts of Montjuïc, Gaudí’s houses, the church of Sitges above the beach and the rock needles of Montserrat. This is what riding with us feels like.
- 5Tours to choose from
- 4 hOr a full day
- 1Local guide, just for you
NO LICENSE REQUIRED
Barcelona from the passenger seat
No motorcycle license, or simply rather not ride in a city you don’t know? Pick any tour on this page and ride it from the passenger seat, behind one of our professional pilots. They handle the traffic; you take in Montjuïc, the Sagrada Família and the views over the city and the sea, and come home with the photos.
- Zero licenseJust the helmet and a smile
- Professional pilotsRespectful, multilingual, local
- Sanitized helmetsCleaned after every ride
- Photos & videoYour ride, ready to share
“I took a 4-hour ride with Gabriel from Barcelona out to the surrounding countryside, and it was honestly one of the highlights of my trip.”
Hanna AndayGoogle review · Xplore Spain
“Ha sido una experiencia inolvidable! Gabriel ha planificado una ruta por Barcelona sin dejar detalles y lugares indispensables para vivir la ciudad desde una perspectiva mágica y única.”
Meli GranatoGoogle review · Xplore Spain
“I took a tour with Gabriel around Barcelona’s must-see sights, and I can say I felt very safe and comfortable during the whole tour.”
MarciaGoogle review · Xplore Spain
“Gabriel is an amazing guide! I had a great moto tour around Barcelona and saw many places I would definitely have missed without him!”
ksenia ermolaevaGoogle review · Xplore Spain
“I did a city tour in the back of Gabriel’s Aprilia and it was a once in a life time experience! Bike is super comfortable, gear was new and clean.”
Camila SiqueiraGoogle review · Xplore Spain
“Great!! Gabriel is a very nice guy and show me a different point view of the city. I’ll be back!”
Jackson XavierGoogle review · Xplore SpainABOVE THE CITY · BARCELONA
★★★★★“I took a 4-hour ride with Gabriel from Barcelona out to the surrounding countryside, and it was honestly one of the highlights of my trip.”
Hanna AndayGoogle review · Xplore Spain
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