The IMTBike Land of Vineyards Tour in Spain and Portugal is a best choice for exploring the center and tradition of wine nation. With 28 years of expertise within the bike touring business, IMTBike has crafted this tour to take riders by charming wine areas alongside once-in-a-lifetime roads.
The Land of Vineyards Tour begins and ends in Madrid, Spain, and has a complete timeline of 15 days from begin to end. Riders will get pleasure from touring by wine areas equivalent to La Rioja, Ribera del Duero, Rueda, El Bierzo, Douro, and Porto, in addition to the realm the place “Vinho Verde” is produced. Riders will even go to villages, castles, and fortresses of the Castile area.
Starting in late September, the tour takes place shortly after the “Vendimia” harvest, when wineries function an amora of freshly pressed grapes and have fun the harvest. Six cities alongside the route are UNESCO World Heritage websites and hook up with nice motorcycling roads by the Iberian Peninsula. Lodging embrace first-class historic pousadas and paradors, that are castles, palaces, or fortresses which have been transformed into inns, in addition to specifically chosen native boutique inns.
Included within the tour are airport pickup on the primary day, a connoisseur dinner each evening besides on the 2 relaxation days, an entire buffet breakfast each morning, present BMW bikes with instances, knowledgeable multilingual guides, and a assist car to hold baggage and further souvenirs. The 2 relaxation days happen in Salamanca and Porto, two of the six World Heritage cities.
Contributing Editor Eric Trow and his spouse will benefit from the 2025 tour from Sept. 20 to Oct. 4, adopted by a tour evaluation to be printed in Rider journal and on our web site. The 2026 tour dates are scheduled for Sept. 19 to Oct. 3, with some spots nonetheless out there. Go to the IMTBike web site for extra data and to e book your tour.
Try Rider’s opinions of different IMTBike excursions under, together with the Morocco Journey Bike Tourwhich Editor-in-Chief Greg Drevenstedt and his brother Paul Drevenstedt took in 2024.
