We start our tour after two days of travelling there. The day is for the Mediterranean Sea with a great coastal road, palm trees and warm weather.

We get ready in the morning

Marcellus stores the chocolate box - as usual stuffed by Beat

Cerbère. We stop here for the view to the coast line.

Coast line

Two Max Holste MH.1521 Broussard from the Fifties pass by

The bikes are waiting

Coffee break at the shore in Roses. We are already in Spain

Palm trees

We see the Wind Surf, one of the largest sailing cruise ships in the world

Another stop on the coastal road

Riding the coastal road

We turn into the mountain and have a gread view at Alt de la Trona

Dinner in Puigcerda is a very delicious Paella

Today we go to France, Andorra and then back to Spain. The day starts chilly and then it gets quite cold on the first pass. Then we find the sun.

Scenic view from the hotel in Puigcerda in the morning

Sun is shining but it is cold.

I stop at a thermal solar power plant. I went ahead but the group does not show up. They went to another one. We did not realize that there are two different ones close to each other. I will find and join the group again later in the day.

The parabolic reflector

The primary reflectors

A vaporizer

We go over Col de Pailhères

It is quite cold.

The ride over Col de Pailhères

In Andorra we stop at Col d'Ordino

Back to Spain we stop at Port del Cantó

View at Port del Cantó

A coffee break in warm sun

We arrive in Benasque.

Today we follow the traces of Tour de France onto the higher passes of the Pyrenees.

It is quite cold. I get a warning for freezing temperatures in my GPS. But it will warm up later on.

We get into France via Col du Pourtalet

Col d'Aubisque

The gang: Marcellus, Achim, Tom, Marcus, Beat

Good lunch on top of Col d'Aubisque

The most famous pass of the Pyrenees

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Tourmalet

Col du Tourmalet

Llamas?

Cows on Col d'Aspin

We are not the only riders there

We are not the only riders there

Today we stay in Spain. It gets warmer and we find many twisty roads.

At the first coffee break. Marcellus buys Spanish ham

We try the ham. Tastes good.

We have to stop at this sign before Coll de Bóixols. It announces 22 miles (35 km) of turns.

Coll de Bóixols

Coll de Bóixols

Coll de Bóixols

The group on Coll de Bóixols: Marcus, Tom, Achim, Marcellus, Beat

We proceed via Coll de Jou

Coll de Jou

We have lunch in La Cantina de Llinars and get original Spanish food.

Viewpoint Mirador de la Trava. In a distance our destination for the day La Seu d'Urgell

We are not alone

The hotel in La Seu d'Urgell

We ride more southern on empty roads and enjoy scenery.

We ride Coll de Bóixols again.

Coll de Bóixols

Coll de Bóixols

Later on we proceed on an empty country road which allows for faster riding.

For a coffee break we stop close to Oliana. Find this church in the panorama below it.

View to Mountains close to Oliana

The restaurant we stopped for a coffee revealed a surprise. It is owned by Isidre Esteve Pujol, a former Paris Dakar rider.

We wanted to have lunch in Cal Majoral but arrive to early and proceed.

We have lunch in Ripoll

On Coll de Creueta we find this view to the mountain village Castellar de n'Hug

Coll de Creueta

La Seu d'Urgell in the evening

For dinner we have Spanish food again.

The last day. We return to our starting point in France at the Mediterranean Sea. But during the day we will go from Spain to Andorra, to France, to Spain and to France again.

La Peguera in Andorra in the morning. The valley is still in the shade.

I had to have a flight at the viewpoint Mirador Roc de Quer on Col d'Ordino

Col d'Ordino

We pass the thermal solar power plants again.

Thermal solar power plant

Thermal solar power plant

The other thermal solar power plant

We have lunch in the same restaurant in Ripoll as the day before

Coll d'Ares at the border between Spain and France. The view back to Spain

Coll d'Ares

Coll d'Ares - view to France

The Mediterranean Sea in a distance. The tour comes to an end

The Catalonia conflict is visible everywhere. Yellow ribbons everywhere signal the request for independence from Spain

The Pyrenees are quite far away. I needed two days to get there and two days back

First I had to go all across Germany to Marcellus in Riederau close to Munich. I passed Riedenburg on my way.

The bikes got loaded onto a trailer

In Switzerland we picked up Beat. His sister cooked a dinner for us. Then we proceeded all through the night to Thuir

We arrived in Thuir in the morning

Sunrise in Thuir

Breakfast in the hotel

After a nap I visited the liqueur factory Byrrh

I return to the hotel through the narrow lanes of Thuir

The journey back starts as the journey to Thuir has ended. We start with the sunset

Farewell to Marcus

During a stop I noticed the difference in height of the bikes

We have dropped off Beat. His sister cooked a nice dinner for us again. Late in the evening we are back to Riederau. I stay overnight.

The next day I return to Berlin. On my way I find the fall colors in the valley of river Altmühl.

I have compiled all the more than 1700 pictures in chronological order into a little video

Achim recorded quite a lot of videos during the tour. I have cut the footage.
Find here all videos in chronological order.

D618 from Puigcerda northbound

Route D118 from Font Romeu northbound

D116 Rouze Mijanes

Col de Pailhères

Ostrampe des Pas de la Casa

Port d'Envalira

Port del Cantó

Puerto de Contefablo

Coll du Pourtalet

Eastern ramp of Coll de Jou

Coll de la Mina

Eastern ramp of Coll de Josa

Northern ramp of Coll de la Trava

C-14 in El Segre valley

Eastern ramp of Coll de Bóixols

C1412-B between Benavent and Oliana