The Devil's Breath Tour
14th June - 3rd July 2026
Photo from the Devil's Breath Tour 2025, Velefique.
This incredible 2900 mile, 20 day tour includes 18 days of riding, with a mix of camping and 7 nights in hotels. We cross 16 National Parks and Nature Reserves, the beautiful Picos, the majestic Pyrenees, the wild Asturias mountains, Portugal's Serra da Estrela, the infamous Alto Velefique, the jaw-dropping Silent Route and so much more! This tour has it all - the adventure of a lifetime, with breathtaking scenery and epic riding.
Day 1
The Devil's Breath Tour starts in Plymouth on Sunday 14th June 2026.​
We meet at a convenient location near Brittany ferries check-in. There are toilet facilities and undercover waiting area. We meet @14:00
​When we are all together, Oly or Natalie with brief the small group on boarding the ferry and share any top tips. We depart the meeting point at 14:30 and go directly to the ferry check-in.
When we are on board there will be a float behind the bar. See you there!
​Here, you will also find the on board entertainment and there is also a cinema, whale watching experts and beauty treatment to make the most of.
Days 2 and 3
Leaving the ferry, you will head for our favourite campsite in Potes, in the Picos de Europa. To get there, you travel through classic mountain villages and work your way through the winding roads. This first day hits you square in the visor, with a mix of faster sweeping bends and tight forest twisties.
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Next morning, you ride the classic N-621, up past the well-photographed stag for the obligatory picture(!), then down to Riaño for coffee. You leave over a lovely bridge, with stunning views all around and you are truly on your way. Our campsite for tonight is lake-side.​
Days 4 and 5
On your 4th day, you cross the border into Portugal. Following the border between Spain and Portugal, you make your way South through the country experiencing some truly mesmerizing winding roads; not too bendy, not too straight! A route that always gets great feedback, time and time again. We arrive at a hotel for a 2 night stay.​​
The following morning you will make a loop, including climbing up the Serra da Estrela, Portugal's highest mountain, topping out at 5.548 feet. The views from the mountain roads both on the way up and back down are incredible, on this lovely twisty, well-maintained road.​​
Days 6 and 7
For the next 2 days you'll stay in Portugal, traveling down through the country, with lovely views of the river Zézere, the mountains and villages, dotted along the route. You'll enjoy a night's camping next to a pretty lake before hitting the famous N2 the next day. You'll ride the N2, lined with grape vines and olive trees, for over 100 miles, through the very heart of central and southern Portugal. The weather will be HOT! We will take plenty of hydration breaks. Mesh kit or layers are strongly recommended. You cross the border back into Spain, arriving near Seville, Andalucia, for our next camp.
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Days 8 and 9
Stunning Ronda is our destination for today! We head for an incredible hotel on the outskirts of the town, where we will spend 2 nights. But first we have to pass the 'flat land' around Sevilla: giving the city a wide berth, as it is incredibly busy, we ride past olive grove after olive grove. The second day in Ronda gives you the option to either take a rest day, or you can choose to ride a selection of great circular rides, including visiting the beach, or a white-washed village, or even Gibraltar - the choice is yours to make on the day.
Days 10 and 11
Eastbound today and, starting off with some tight twists and hairpin bends, you head for Malaga. Whilst we never like to ride motorways, sometimes it is a necessity. By-passing Malaga city, using less than 20 minutes of motorway, you then tightly following the coast road, with the wonderful view of the Mediterranean Sea. Camping tonight is in the Alpujarras mountains, so the last hour and a half of the day, you spend on beautiful mountain roads in the Sierra Nevada. You will wake up to another awesome ride, through the Tabernas Desert and take on the hairpins of the Velifeque. We hope you like going round corners - there are a few! Tonight we spend 1 night in a hotel.
Days 12 and 13
Leaving the the hotel you have a decision to make! Choose an easier, faster route, wide roads, big bends, sweeping corners OR the longer, slightly technical route that takes us through the backcountry roads of 2 remote and seldom visited National Parks, This is the heart is Spain! Incredible scenery, gorges, cliffs and view points. We head for a lakeside campsite for a one night stay.
Day 13, leaving the campsite we have the spectacular Silent Route! This should be on everyone's bucket list, Unquestionably everybody's favourite road from last year's DB Tour. It's so good, tonight we stay 2 nights in a hotel so you can ride it again in the opposite direction tomorrow!
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Days 14 and 15
Day 14, waking up in the hotel you can decide to rest or ride! You can return to the silent route and ride again, or visit 'Observatorio de Aves Mas de Bunyol' (entry fee €15;00) This is a unique experience to visit a vulture feeding centre.
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Next morning, we leave the hotel and head into the east Pyrenees mountain range, Hopefully you started the tour with good tyres?! The last 20 miles of today is a route with superb tarmac, through a forest and the bends just keep coming!
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Days 16 and 17
Starting in the Eastern Pyrenees we head west for the next two days, predominantly following the well known N-260. But we don't follow it all the way! It is a great road for the most part, some sections are excellent but others... not so much. We will occasionally leave the N-260 to ride alternative, more fun and interesting sections, before rejoining the N-260 to keep heading West. With great view points, tunnels and plenty of bends, 2 days of superb riding for sure.
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Days 18 and 19
Soon time to leave to Pyrenees and keep heading west, but before we do, there are some great roads to ride and a canyon to visit! Skirting south of Pamplona we take a detour to visit the 'Camino de Santiago' pilgrims trail and ride to a monument to the pilgrims with 360 degree views.
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Packing up camp for the last time we have 100 miles to conclude our tremendous tour and reach the ferry in Santander.
With a mid-afternoon departure, we have plenty of time to enjoy our last day of riding in this magnificent country!
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Day 20
The ferry crossing home.
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As with the outbound crossing, there is entertainment, cinema, whale and dolphin watching, a bar, beauty treatments and food options.
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We arrive back in Plymouth on Friday 3rd July @11:15.
You can expect to clear passport control by about 12:15 then enjoy the UK traffic to get back home and dream about your next tour!​​
Devil's Breath
£2948 save £100 on an early bird ticket - £2848
Our price is per person, per bike on a 20 day tour, with 18 days riding.
It includes return ferry, with shared cabin both ways, campsite and hotels, with private en suite rooms, GPX route files, guided, with 24/7 support and morning pre-ride brief
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Upgrade to private cabin on the ferry for both crossings, add £152. Pillion add £690