Routes for mountain biking in the province of La Coruña

Rutas para salir en bicicleta de montaña en la provincia de La Coruña

Galicia is a region with a strong cycling tradition, making it an ideal destination for both road bike enthusiasts road bikes and mountain bike lovers mountain bike. In particular, the province of La Coruña boasts a privileged orography that allows you to enjoy MTB routes in all its modalities.

In addition, this province hosts the final part of the Camino de Santiago, which means a constant flow of cycle tourists traveling through its inland villages until they reach Santiago de Compostela. Many of them continue their journey to Finisterre, where the bicycle becomes the protagonist of an unforgettable trip along secondary roads and spectacular landscapes.

But in La Coruña, it's not just the Camino routes that stand out. Its geography makes it a paradise for the most technical forms of mountain biking, such as enduro and downhill. Local clubs maintain and improve the trails of the nearby hills, creating exciting descents through lush forests. If you visit this Galician province, don't forget to bring your full suspension mountain bike to enjoy the best singletracks, which rival those of the Alps, the Pyrenees, or the North American mountains.

Whether riding winding roads with a road bike or exploring forest paths with a mountain bike, La Coruña offers endless routes for all types of cyclists.

Route: A Coruña Coast

Route with a broken profile, featuring multiple climbs and descents, starting and ending in the city of La Coruña. Despite the challenging terrain, it is a route of great beauty, as it runs along trails close to the rugged Galician coast, offering magnificent views of the Atlantic Ocean at your side. The starting and finishing point is the iconic Riazor Beach, in the city center. From there, head west-southwest along the coast until you reach the Port of Suevos. Once there, return to La Coruña again along the coast and then head inland to face the most difficult climb of the day, at Mazaído, and then begin a fast descent back to the city. A moderately difficult route, but manageable if done at a relaxed pace, enjoying the coastal scenery.

The End of the Road: Santiago - Cape Fisterra

A pure long-distance mountain bike route with several intermediate road sections that corresponds to the last stage of the Camino de Santiago. You will travel through landscapes and hills with lush forests typical of rural Galicia, with tough climbs and fast descents. However, most of the trails are wide, well-maintained forest tracks where the presence of pilgrims is constant. It is a pure Marathon route that will test your physical endurance. But the finish at the so-called end of the world—as Cape Fisterra was considered in ancient times—will make you forget all the effort. The route is linear, starting at Santiago’s Plaza del Obradoiro and can be done in one day (6-8 hours duration) or split into two stages, spending the night in one of the local pilgrim hostels. Don’t forget to visit the villages of Negreira, Cee, Corcubión, or Langosteira Beach, already near Fisterra.

  • Difficulty: Hard
  • Type: XC / Marathon
  • Distance: 90.5 kilometers
  • Elevation gain: 2,010 meters
  • Route type: Linear
  • Start/finish: Santiago (Plaza del Obradoiro) / Finisterre Lighthouse
  • See the track of the route on Wikiloc

 

Cedeira Enduro Route

Galicia is one of the best regions in Spain for enduro, and there is a whole legion of local riders who have restored and adapted many mountain trails to create truly vertiginous descents. A good example can be found in Cedeira, a coastal town located north of A Coruña, whose hills and forests fill with riders every weekend eager for adrenaline and to push their dual suspension enduro bikes
. The route is a true enduro sawtooth. It consists of five climbs linked with their respective descents along narrow, banked singletracks surrounded by forest. All the descents end at the same starting point. In this way, a circular fan-shaped route is created, concentrated in a single mountain area on the outskirts of town. The route accumulates 1,043 m of both positive and negative elevation gain, and the difficulty is high due to the physical and technical level required.