{"id":11640,"date":"2024-10-01T15:46:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:46:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?p=11640"},"modified":"2024-10-01T15:52:07","modified_gmt":"2024-10-01T13:52:07","slug":"spanish-cities-explore-bicycle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/","title":{"rendered":"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

These are the words of Conan Doyle about the simple pleasure of cycling.<\/strong><\/p>\n

But walking on two wheels is not only pleasant, also it has enormous benefits<\/strong> for your body and the environment.\u00a0For example, did you know that, contrary to what is thought, cycling helps protect your knees and make them stronger?\u00a0In addition, the constant pedaling helps shape your whole figure and not just the legs.\u00a0It also strengthens the immune system, which protects you from benign and malignant diseases.<\/p>\n

As if that were not enough, the use of a bicycle contributes to significantly reducing your carbon footprint<\/strong>. A car can be responsible for up to 40% of CO2 emissions, while the emissions of a bicycle are zero.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As you can see, with a bicycle, all are advantages.\u00a0What do you expect to start pedaling? Let’s discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling. You no longer have an excuse to stay home!<\/p>\n

Seville riding a bicycle<\/h2>\n
\"Plaza<\/a>
Plaza de Espa\u00f1a, Seville. Photo by WorldPlaces via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

Seville is the perfect city to explore by bike. In recent years there have been installed 80 kilometers of cycle paths, which have helped to decongestion of the city and decontamination. That makes Seville in the fourth-best city in Europe<\/strong> for cycling. City center is closed to traffic, making it a perfect city to go on two wheels.<\/p>\n

Do not miss:<\/strong> the “Sevilla on bike” route (“Sevilla en bicicleta”),\u00a0\u00a0which allows you to enjoy the city center\u00a0and walk along the bank of the Guadalquivir river.<\/p>\n

Helpful information:<\/strong> Sevici is a public bike rental service and offers you a Short Term Subscription, which gives you the possibility to also rent only for a few days.<\/p>\n

Walking around Barcelona<\/h2>\n
\"<\/a>
Fiesta de la bici, Bike Festival, Barcelona. Photo by Jordi Marsol via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

Barcelona has numerous cycle paths to enjoy a different facet of the city. Thanks to public service Bicing about 15,000 citizens travel by bicycle, which has helped prevent up to 9,000 tons of CO2 emissions.<\/strong> In addition, good weather and beautiful architecture will have you an especially great desire to ride bikes around town.<\/p>\n

Do not miss:<\/strong> the Barcelona tourist route, which follows the path from the Pla\u00e7a de Catalunya, Parc de la Ciutadella, Sagrada Familia, Casa Mil\u00e1, and many intermediate points. Also, if you are looking for a disconnect from the most crowded places, we suggest a route of about two hours to the beaches of Maresme.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Helpful information:\u00a0<\/strong>Bicing service is available only to Spanish residents. To rent a bike in Barcelona there are many points to go (their prices are usually about \u20ac2 per hour, \u20ac10 per day, and \u20ac45 per week). Here<\/a> we show you a map of the bike path with different bike rentals in the area.<\/p>\n

C\u00f3rdoba and the bike-sharing<\/h2>\n
\"Puente<\/a>
Roman Bridge, C\u00f3rdoba. Foto de Instant2010 v\u00eda Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

This city is completely flat<\/strong>, facilitating the circulation on two wheels. C\u00f3rdoba is the precursor ot the movement “Solidarity Bikes”<\/a> (“Bicis Solidarias”) a project of bike sharing<\/strong> which promotes donations and private loan bicycles. Come and discover in a different way this beautiful city where the Arab, Jewish, and Christian cultures come together to offer this breathtaking city.<\/p>\n

Do not miss:<\/strong> the typical C\u00f3rdoba patios<\/strong>, courtyards full of flowers. In May, these courtyards open to the public with the “Festival of the Patios” (Festival de los Patios Cordobeses). At another time of year, you can contact the\u00a0Asociaci\u00f3n Amigos de los Patios Cordobeses<\/a>\u00a0(“Association Patios Friendly), offering free visits.<\/p>\n

Bicycle\u00a0throughout Vitoria-Gasteiz<\/h2>\n
\"Sustainable<\/a>
Sustainable Vitoria. Photo by Juanedc via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

With almost 135 km of cycle paths, Vitoria proudly exhibits its well-deserved title of “European Green Capital 2012”<\/strong>. This city keeps an active and constant battle against climate change, so much so that this year has consolidated its commitment to sustainability and the environment after receiving the Biosphere Responsible Tourism certification demonstrating its Sustainable Tourism Destination<\/strong> category.<\/p>\n

Do not mis:<\/strong>\u00a0its tasty pintxos<\/em><\/strong>, and its varied food and wine<\/strong>, which also gave him recognition as the Spanish Capital of Gastronomy in 2014.<\/p>\n

Helpful information:<\/strong> Vitoria has a dense network of cycle routes outdoors, among which are the parks of Garaio and Landa or Forest of Armentia. The municipality of Vitoria has a map of different bike lanes<\/a>. It also has a tracking system GEO in which a map shows you the best way to get a bike to your destination. Additionally, in this link<\/a>, you will find information about\u00a0bike rentals.<\/p>\n

Zaragoza by bike<\/h2>\n
\"Pilar<\/a>
Pilar Basilica, Zaragoza. Photo by elchicogris via Flickr<\/div><\/div>\n

This city is ideal to explore by bicycle<\/strong>, because is very flat. Discover the footprint who have left Iberians, Romans, Muslims, Jews, and Christians for more than two thousand years in Zaragoza.<\/p>\n

Do not miss<\/strong>\u00a0Pilar Basilica,\u00a0an imposing temple with an even more amazing interior: from frescoes by Goya to bombs Civil War unexploded;\u00a0Leo of San Salvador, Zaragoza Cathedral, built on the Roman Forum, the Visigoth church and the Mosque Muslim.<\/p>\n

Helpful information:<\/strong> Bizi Public Service is in charge of providing urban transport of bicycles in the city. The City of Zaragoza has a map<\/a> that will help you move more easily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

When the spirits are low, when the day appears dark, when work becomes monotonous, when hope hardly seems worth having, just mount a bicycle and go out for a spin down the road, without thought on anything but the ride you are taking. These are the words of Conan Doyle about the simple pleasure of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":11641,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4,6],"tags":[1751,11,863,1746,1618,1682,1749,1747,1737,1753,1748,1233,1752,1750],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle - Ecobnb<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Bicycle has enormous benefits for your body and the environment around youLet's discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle - Ecobnb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Bicycle has enormous benefits for your body and the environment around youLet's discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Ecobnb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ecobnb\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-01T13:46:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-01T13:52:07+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portadabici.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1170\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"490\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Isabel Gaval\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@ecobnb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@ecobnb\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Isabel Gaval\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"6 minutes\" \/>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle - Ecobnb","description":"Bicycle has enormous benefits for your body and the environment around youLet's discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling.","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle - Ecobnb","og_description":"Bicycle has enormous benefits for your body and the environment around youLet's discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling.","og_url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/","og_site_name":"Ecobnb","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ecobnb","article_published_time":"2024-10-01T13:46:57+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-01T13:52:07+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1170,"height":490,"url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/11\/Portadabici.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Isabel Gaval","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@ecobnb","twitter_site":"@ecobnb","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Isabel Gaval","Est. reading time":"6 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/"},"author":{"name":"Isabel Gaval","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/328fbcbc31ff5918842f18633ac2c6fa"},"headline":"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle","datePublished":"2024-10-01T13:46:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-01T13:52:07+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/"},"wordCount":940,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#organization"},"keywords":["Barcelona","bicycle","bike","bike tour","cities","city","C\u00f3rdoba","cycle paths","cycling","pedaling","Seville","Spain","Vitoria","Zaragoza"],"articleSection":["go green","weekend"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/","url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/","name":"5 Spanish cities to be explored by bicycle - Ecobnb","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2024-10-01T13:46:57+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-01T13:52:07+00:00","description":"Bicycle has enormous benefits for your body and the environment around youLet's discover the 5 best Spanish cities for cycling.","inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/2024\/10\/spanish-cities-explore-bicycle\/"]}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/","name":"Ecobnb","description":"Find sustainable accommodation","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"Ecobnb","url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/logo_transparent_512x512.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/app\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2016\/03\/logo_transparent_512x512.png","width":512,"height":512,"caption":"Ecobnb"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ecobnb","https:\/\/twitter.com\/ecobnb"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/328fbcbc31ff5918842f18633ac2c6fa","name":"Isabel Gaval","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/202916cf62cc2b37edf5a28f71bab540?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/202916cf62cc2b37edf5a28f71bab540?s=96&d=monsterid&r=g","caption":"Isabel Gaval"},"description":"Trips, literature and the different languages and cultures which exist inspire me. I\u2019ve studied a degree in Translation, and then I\u2019ve decided to use my knowledge to work in sustainable tourism all around the planet. Professional traveller, always looking for sustainability, I\u2019ve decided to explore the planet and, all together, make our best for improving it.","url":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/author\/isabel\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11640"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/62"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11640"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11640\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57107,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11640\/revisions\/57107"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/11641"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ecobnb.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}