Ride Garraf · Guided e-bike tours
Ride from the sea into the vineyards and limestone hills of the Garraf. Wine tastings, quiet country tracks, proper mountain-bike trails and a scenic ride to Parc del Foix, all led by Dave at the pace of your slowest rider.
The rides
Four guided e-bike tours, all starting and finishing in Sitges. Pick wine and vineyards, an easy countryside loop, technical trails or the long scenic ride inland. E-bike and helmet included.
Profiles drawn to the same scale. Distances approximate.
Ride between the vineyards of the Garraf and stop at a few along the way for tastings with food pairings. Keep an eye out for Malvasia de Sitges, the town’s own rare grape.
from €90 per person
An easy loop on farm tracks through the vineyards, carob trees and old masias behind Sitges, with views back to the sea. This one is all about the ride.
from €65 per person
The technical side of the Garraf. Rocky limestone singletrack, climbs the motor turns into fun, and descents with the Mediterranean in front of you.
from €85 per person
The longest and most scenic ride, heading inland to the Foix reservoir and the thousand-year-old castle of Castellet standing above it.
from €80 per person
The slowest-rider rule
Nobody gets dropped and nobody spends the morning puffing at the back. If your group turns out to be quick, I’ll take you further: an extra viewpoint, a bonus trail, another quiet corner of the Garraf. Same time on the bike, more places.
“This is my dream job.”
Dave, your guide
Your guide
I grew up on the Isle of Wight, riding the chalk downs whenever I could get out. Now I live in the Garraf, where the hills are limestone, the vineyards reach almost to the sea and there’s a trail for every mood.
I’m a keen, middle-aged e-mountain biker who just loves getting out. Showing people around these hills is the best job I can imagine, whether you’re after a glass of local wine or a rocky descent.
Why ride here
The Garraf is the stretch of coast and hills between Barcelona and the Penedès wine country. On an e-bike you can see a lot of it in a morning.
Sitges sits where the Garraf massif meets the Mediterranean. Leave the seafront and within minutes you’re on farm tracks between the vines, with the hills rising behind.
The vineyards around Sitges belong to the Penedès wine region. Look out for Malvasia de Sitges, a rare local grape that once filled a quarter of the town’s fields and now grows on just a few hectares.
The Garraf Natural Park is limestone karst country, with white rock, coastal scrub and dwarf fan palms. Hundreds of mapped mountain-bike routes cross it, and its highest point, La Morella, reaches 594 m.
Sitges is about 35 minutes from Barcelona by train, so a ride fits neatly into a day trip. Hop off the train, ride, then head for the beach.
Why ride with a guide
The Garraf is crossed by tracks on Google Maps and the bike apps, but plenty of them aren’t rideable any more, and some of the best ones were never mapped at all. I ride these hills all the time, so I know which way actually goes.
Many routes that look clear on Maps have been grown over by spiny Mediterranean scrub. You only find out halfway along, pushing your bike through gorse with no way through.
Storms have blown pines down right across a lot of the paths, and some stay blocked for months. I know which trails are clear right now, so we don’t spend the morning lifting bikes over trunks or turning back.
A lot of the good local singletrack doesn’t show up on any app, especially the rocky lines on the Garraf eMTB Trails ride. You need someone who rides them to show you the way in.
No stopping every few minutes to check your phone, no dead ends and no guessing. You just enjoy the trail, and I make sure we finish back in Sitges on time.
Booking
Message me on WhatsApp or email with the ride you’d like, your date and how many of you there are.
I’ll reply with availability, the start time and the final price for your group.
A small deposit confirms the booking. The rest is paid on the day.
I’ll send a map pin for the meeting point. Bring closed shoes and sun cream, and I’ll bring the bikes.
Questions
For the vineyard rides and Parc del Foix, if you can ride a bike you’ll be fine. The motor does the hard work on the hills. The Garraf eMTB Trails ride needs some off-road experience, so I’ll check in with you before booking.
That’s normal. Every ride goes at the pace of the slowest rider, so everyone enjoys it. If the whole group is quick, I’ll add extra places to the route.
In Sitges. I’ll send the exact meeting point and a map pin when you book. Sitges is about 35 minutes by train from Barcelona.
A quality e-bike, a helmet, water and me as your guide. The Vineyard Wine Tour also includes the tastings and food pairings at each stop.
If the weather makes riding unsafe, we’ll move your ride to another day or refund you in full.
Yes. If you have a particular corner of the Garraf in mind, or a special occasion, message me and we’ll plan something together.
Closed shoes, comfortable clothes, sun cream and sunglasses. Bring a light jacket outside summer and a small backpack if you’d like to carry extras.
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Tell me which ride, when, and how many of you. Your message opens in WhatsApp, ready to send.
4 guided e-bike ridesMeet in Sitges · from €65
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