Searching for Europe's Best Biking Roads

We strolled through the village next morning under grey skies which were soon spitting rain again. So we decided to take our time packing up and it cleared up enough to give us a dry ride down to Tossa de Mar. The 100 mile ride to Tossa was ideal after the exigencies of the previous day. Tossa is blessed with some stunning roads, and the GI 681 is the best. The coastal route especially north of the town might possibly be the best coastal road on the Med, rising hundreds of feet above the sea, and then plunging inland in dizzying series of switchbacks. But the GI 681 is the best, sweeping, perfectly surfaced smooth black tarmac that Brits can only dream about. A great way to arrive in the town......more