After nearly a full year of MTB in Italy , I am looking at taking some new spesh tarmacs out in the sun somewhere.
Been thinking of Tenerife, but can anyone recommend somewhere that isn't Italy?
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Canaries are hard to beat in the winter but still a short hop from mainland Europe.
I did a few days roady riding in Lanzarote last month. fantastic, quiet roads, considerate drivers (compared to the UK!) - the island is made up of 400ish volcanoes, so HILLY - I racked up 2000m climbing in a 40 mile ride.
quite diverse scenery in the winter - theres a proper wine region on the island which is fascinating and great to ride through, timanfaia national park and the fire mountains if you want to ride through proper moonscape stuff.
It's a cool island, providing you stay out of the BIG tourist spots, Playa Blanca, Costa Teguise, Puerto del Carmen. Good places to base yourself for riding would be La Santa (close to club la santa and it's easy to latch onto a group of riders if that's your thing), Nazaret & San Bartolome.
Also fantastic surfing through the winter if you're into that.
I'll be heading back at some point.
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also some good mountain biking to be had
Majorca is popular for training camp holidays
Agree with jimbobrighton. I go to Lanzarote in October evey year for a couple of weeks and stay at Club La Santa. If you pick the correct roads,(mostly the Ironman route) it is quiet and the locals are very considerate towards cyclists, tourists in hire cars are the ones to cut you up! Lots of pro triathletes live and train there because of the weather but the cycling is hard - hills and always windy. A friend of mine lives in Fuerteventura for half the year and although I've never been there he speaks highly of the road cycling there too. It's a short ferry crossing so you could try both islands in one trip if you're keen!
