03-22-2026, 10:03 AM
Took a trip to Southeastern Spain, Altea which is about 35 minutes from Alicante. Went with a BMW Mottorrad Tour which takes your bike and all your luggage, riding gear, helmets the lot to the hotel for you and you just travel light via plane, get picked up and reunited with your bike and luggage in the safe underground car park. It costs but not as much as I thought it would. This saves me 5-6 days travel time to get there, avoids long ferry trips and large mileage on the bike riding across Spain.
For seven nights in a 5-Star Hotel, Bike Transport both ways, Ireland to Spain and back, breakfast, airport transfers & 5 days of guided tours (lunch stops booked ahead) it was €1647 / £1429 / $1906 USD / $2617 CAD. I thought that was very reasonable. Stopping in non touristy spots for lunch, multiple courses more than you could eat coming to the crazy price of €12! It is very common in Spain menú del día which is Menu of the Day. I ate so well during the day I only had one evening meal in the hotel.
My long distance bike is a 1300GSA, totally blitzed it two up, couldn't fault it. Saving up for the next one now
For seven nights in a 5-Star Hotel, Bike Transport both ways, Ireland to Spain and back, breakfast, airport transfers & 5 days of guided tours (lunch stops booked ahead) it was €1647 / £1429 / $1906 USD / $2617 CAD. I thought that was very reasonable. Stopping in non touristy spots for lunch, multiple courses more than you could eat coming to the crazy price of €12! It is very common in Spain menú del día which is Menu of the Day. I ate so well during the day I only had one evening meal in the hotel.
My long distance bike is a 1300GSA, totally blitzed it two up, couldn't fault it. Saving up for the next one now