INZAIN Cycling Adventures

INZAIN invites you to a magical Easter in Mallorca

Easter is an ideal time to cycle in Mallorca. Warm but not hot, fantastic roads and easy to mix flat tours with serious slopes. We dispose of the house 8-18 April and can thus use the Easter days off optimally. It is fine to come down and travel home whenever you want, but we have the same price for everyone.

Here you can read a bit about our latest trip there Ride Report Inzain Gravel Mallorca Fall 2021

Gravel and tarmac

Mallorca is known to many as a cycling paradise, with nice roads, good weather and friendly people. We ourselves have been there many times and cycled by road, but what not as many people know is that the island is also fantastic for gravel cycling.

We have been there and drawn up nice tours and got a feel for the gravel, established contact with guides, bike rental companies and not least found fantastic accommodation for several years. We were looking for a place that is centrally located so that both the plateau and the mountains can be reached without monotonous transport cycling. A home that is personal and that offers natural opportunities for socializing, just as much or as little as everyone wants. Hotels can easily become rather impersonal and not always so pleasant. Now, almost five years on, we have found the right one.

Alaró & Can Fressa

We live centrally in Alaró, a prosperous typical Mallorcan village. No tourist shops as far as the eye can see. We have the village square and meeting point within 50 meters with many restaurants, bars and cafes. If you want fresh bread in the morning, you pop down to the bakery, which is also located by the square, and there are several grocery stores within walking distance.

Alaró is ideally located for cycling, at the foot of Orientbacken. It is close to all mountains and plains. In addition, the Gravel routes basically start outside the gate.

Can Fressa is a private Mansion that is divided into a number of apartments spread over three floors. There is a fantastic garden with a pool and many patios and balconies. There are several grills and the house has its own wine cellar(!), where we will have wine tasting with Tapas. New for this year is that we have access to an even bigger kitchen across the street.

A Yoga room with both mats and blocks is available and the large kitchens are fully equipped. There is a washing machine, wifi and many living areas as well as very comfortable beds. Our hostess Helga pampers us and helps with big and small things. Bed linen is changed once a week and the common areas are cleaned daily. We look after the kitchen ourselves.

Guids: Risto Aalto and Gerry Askefalk have done many trips on Gravel and asphalt. In Sweden as well as in Mallorca, Gran Canaria, Kansas and many other places. We have established cooperation with local guides and created routes that are pleasant and moderately difficult. We are on all tours and in addition our local guide, Martin is on some tours. The basis of our philosophy is that it should be safe and that everyone should have fun. We never leave anyone alone and makes sure that everyone comes along, regardless of form or difficulty. If someone needs to shorten or cancel the tour, we will solve it.

The week
You choose day by day what you want to cycle. We will have ready-made routes for both gravel and country roads, choose day by day what suits you. For some of the tours we take our own bus or train. Most of the tours will be able to be shortened and in some cases you can choose to stand over a climb.

In addition to the fantastic accommodation, routes and guiding included:

• Fresh bread every morning, straight from the local bakery.
• Tapas with wine and lectures in sa Portassa, the house's own wine cellar.
• A Mallorcan farewell dinner in the house.
• A better pasta dinner at home
• Cleaning of common areas.
• A barbecue dinner in the house
• Change bed linen once in the period.
• Photobomb with all our photos available after the trip
• Routes and guiding
• Two tours with our own gravel guide, Martin Jaume.

Fyou arrange your own meals and other meals, there is plenty of fridge and cooking equipment in the house. We usually mix going out and cooking at home, it's quite fun to prepare good food together, wine can be bought directly in the house from the wine cellar said Portassa or in the local shop

Transfer

We help coordinate this to and from the Airport. Some tours require transfers that we coordinate. Cost is added.

Schedule ( Typical arrangement but you are free to do as you wish)

Friday 8 April: Arrival, Transfer to Alar´o. Assemble your bike or pick up your rental bike. When everyone is checked in and ready, a slightly shorter check-out ride awaits.
Gravel: We get to experience asphalt and gravel and a small hill called col de Toffle.
Asphalt: A gentle ride of 40-50 km which also ends with the col de Toffle.
In the evening: After the tour, a welcome drink and information await before we go out for dinner.

Saturday 9 April:
Gravel: About 85km and 850hm starting directly from Alaró. Lunch and coffee stop. The tour starts directly outside the door after breakfast. It leads us around the plains with the occasional small hill to conquer. Most of it is simple, but there are a couple of more technical parts. When we drove this I had one of my best days on the island.
Asphalt: A flatter ride to Sineu about 10 miles
On the evening: We cook in the house or go out for dinner.

Sunday 10 April:
Gravel: Our guide has created a real adventure for us, expect about 10 miles.
Asphalt: Twin peaks, flat ride with two nice climbs.
In the evening: We cook in the house.

Monday 11 April: Mountain! As we know, Mallorca has more to offer than gravel. Like for example. the best mountain in the world. We can offer three different lengths and degrees of difficulty, all on asphalt, choose the one that suits you.
On the night: We go out to dinner.

Tuesday 12 April: Rest day. Free activities, a trip to Palma is recommended either by bike, train or a combination. The beach promenade is 2 miles long and an experience in itself, maybe an ice cream and a visit to the Rapha store? Maybe rent a car, there are many options.
On the evening: We go out to eat.

Wednesday 13 April:
Gravel: Our local guide Martin leads us Lighthouse to Lighthouse, on Gravel!
Asphalt: Berg Militärbacken, Galilea, es Capdella
PAt Night: Tapas with wine tasting at sa Portassa, the house's own wine cellar.

Thursday 14 April:
Gravel: Parc Llenfant. An absolutely fantastic trip, to the sea. Tough climb back and then kinder home via the disused railway, vias Verdes. Three miles on gravel with stations and everything else left in original condition.
Asphalt: Flatter ride to Cala Pi and home via Palma
In the evening: We go out to eat.

Friday 15 April:
Gravel: A somewhat gentler ride without many altitude meters
Asphalt: Mountain tour Soller Deia Valdemossa
In the evening: We make our way to the island's best seafood restaurant, for those who want.

Saturday 16 April:
Gravel: The most challenging ride of the week, with a lot of elevation gain on nice roads
Asphalt: Mountain tour, how far you decide yourself.
In the evening: We go out to eat.

Sunday 17 April:
Gravel: A slightly kinder ride on the plain east of Alaro.
Asphalt: A slightly kinder ride on the plain east of Alaro.

In the evening: We pack our bikes and enjoy Paella prepared by the chef by the pool.

Monday 18 April: Transfer to the airport for the return trip.

For those who want, we can arrange a shorter mountain tour on one of the days that ends with a wine tasting at the fantastic Ses Rotes. We then have transport arranged to take us and our bikes back to Alaro.

Gear: Ideally, you take your gravel bike with one or two pairs of wheels or your racer. Last, Gerry had the 52mm WTB Sendero and it was overkill on almost everything. Gerry will choose 40mm with a light pattern next time. Risto drove with lightly patterned Zipp Tangente Course G40 Folding all week, which worked excellently on both asphalt and gravel. Tubeless is recommended, of course, as well as a good kit with reserves on the bike, Click here for a list.

Foot pump and tools are in the house or can be borrowed from us. Clothing is the norm for Swedish summer, with a vest/sleeves or windbreaker as a spare and when driving downhill if it gets cold. We will have coffee and lunch but a little extra energy is never wrong (it can also be bought at the local bike shop). If you're worried, a portable mini lock can come with you on the tours, but I've never heard of anyone losing their bike during coffee here. There is a washing machine, as well as good drying facilities.

Routes: All routes will be shared some time before departure and will also be downloadable on site.

FACTS

Flight: You book your own flight, we help coordinate transfers

Food: Breakfast, dinner (except those mentioned above) and lunch coffee on the tours we solve on the spot. You can choose to go out to restaurants or we cook in the house. We think shared dinners are nice but everyone is different so this is the best way to make sure everyone is happy.

Covid-19: IF it turns out to be forbidden to travel to Spain, there is a free rebooking to a later date.

Conditions for the arrangement: Conditions.

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