Girona

Boxed bike?

Bikes go for €10 on some TGV & Intercité trains, advance reservation required: Some high-speed TGV trains & some Intercité trains have special bike spaces and will take bikes for a fee of €10 if you book a bike space in advance. This includes some TGV-Atlantique (Paris-Brittany, Paris-Bordeaux-Biarritz-Lourdes), all Paris-Limoges-Cahors-Toulouse & Paris-Vichy-Clermont Ferrand Intercités, some TGV-Nord (Paris-Lille), some TGV-Est (Paris-Reims-Strasbourg). There are a maximum of 4 bike spaces per train, on the routes and trains that offer this feature.

Sounds good thanks. As far as I can tell you need to box your bike up for the Eurostar (and bring your own box) and use a bag or box for the TGV to Girona?

Yep, I'm travelling all boxed up with my own. There are different (more straightforward) bike rules for 'international' TGVs. It must be boxed, but doesn't need booking or extra €, as far as I understand, the trains have extra luggage space, you just stick it in there.

*Bringing your bicycle with you on international trains
International TGV trains*
Your bicycle must be folded or disassembled and stored in a bicycle bag no larger than 1.30 m x 0.90 m, then stored in a regular luggage area. Fully assembled bicycles are not allowed on international TGV trains.
TGVI INOUI to Italy, Belgium, Luxembourg or Fribourg, DB-SNCF Partnership, TGV INOUI from/to Spain

Pics from a few days riding out there. It was not shit.

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Niiice!

Recognise location of all those pics, wish i was back there now (was pretty damn wet and cold early march tbh).

Girona has become, like the west coast of Ireland, somewhere I need to get to at least once a year, almost spiritual... #csb

2 weeks until this starts...
https://www.lesperitdelbikepacking.org/el-piri-info

Anyone used a commercial luggage storage service in Girona they'd recommend?

I need to stash a cardboard bike box and a rucksack during TPR.

My hotel might do it, but in case they don't I'm looking at other options.

I don't think I've ever had a hotel refuse to store luggage, other than a budget one in the UK during the Wessex SR series. Ask the hotel before you get there?

I emailed them 3 days ago in English and in Spanish, and nothing back yet. So hedging bets slightly 😬

Last year's TPR had a bag drop, this year's doesn't. My Ibis last year was all set to take my bags etc, until they realised that about 30 riders were staying in the hotel trying to stash bike boxes etc and they threw their toys out of the pram and said no one could.

So slightly mitigating against that happening again.

Have lost dot not offered something?

They've struggled to find something suitable this year, apparently.

Which is weird as St Jean La Luz was a bit of a tiny place vs Girona, and there were no issues last year.

Lols.

If you get stuck sent me a message and I'll suggest somewhere.

I emailed them 3 days ago in English and in Spanish, and nothing back yet.

Bro, do u even Catalan?

lol ooops

Thought I’d pop this here.
https://youtu.be/9xLGEGTfgiI

Yeah, Girona is full of one way and heavily pedestrianised streets in the old town and surrounds that should be avoided.

https://web.girona.cat/documents/20147/271997/Triptic-cicloturisme-Girona-ENG.pdf

I wonder if Russ picked up a fine…