Mountain Biking in Spain MTB

Private Guided Mountain Bike Trips, Bike Rental & Skills Courses in the Beautiful Valencian Countryside.

MountainBikingValencia is owned by Nature Trail Spain, a specialist active tourism company based in La Drova, a mountain village very close to the Mediterranean coast, 70km South of Valencia and 45km North of Denia. Our aim is to provide the visitor with an opportunity to make the very best of their time here by benefitting from our local knowledge and specialist professional services.

Our objective is simple…to provide our clients with a value-for-money service that is exactly tailored to their wishes and requirements. Whilst being able to provide a wealth of specialist knowledge, our style is first of all to listen to what the client actually wants, then to tailor our services to suit.

Our approach is what makes us different…

Our business model is unlike that of most professional guiding companies. Our approach is not simply to sell holidays purely dedicated to mountain biking. Instead, we provide our services on a much more flexible basis, giving the client the opportunity to design their own holiday.

For example, if you´d like a holiday with a group of friends that would comprise a full week of guided mountain bike tours, that can be easily arranged. Alternatively, if you are planning on spending some time in our area of Spain, and quite fancy a day or two biking as part of your holiday, that is just as easy to organise. If you would simply like to rent a bike for a day or two, that is also possible. We are registered on Trip Advisor where you can read client reviews here.

Therefore, by being totally flexible and listening to your requirements, we can tailor our services to ensure that you gain maximum enjoyment without having to commit to a “biking only” holiday that may not suit all the members of your party or family.

Our pricing structure is competitive, great value and fair…

We wish to make our Guided Mountain Biking trips available to all. Therefore, our pricing structure is thoughtfully and carefully designed. It is purposely designed to afford maximum value across all group sizes. We clearly understand that not all parties will comprise 8 people so have endeavoured to structure our pricing to provide superb value for smaller groups, couples or even individuals whilst still offering fair and competitive rates for larger groups.

Should you require accommodation, you have the option of arranging it yourself, or alternatively should you prefer to have a single point of contact and book your accommodation and biking as a package, we are happy to arrange everything for you. Simply inform us of your requirements and we´ll respond with suitable options.

Who we are…

David Warrington is a keen outdoor enthusiast with a long experience of mountain biking, rock climbing, hill-walking, mountaineering and bird watching. He is a qualified and licensed Mountain Bike Instructor and professionally trained bike mechanic. He also holds a certificate in Wilderness First Aid and is fully affiliated to the Valencian Federation of Mountain Sports & Climbing.

MTB News

I recently had the pleasure of meeting husband and wife Roger & Birgit, from Germany together with Roger´s brother Mark from UK. They were holidaying in the orange growing region of Valldigna, between the town of Alzira and the beautiful old village of Simat. Together, we had designed a bespoke couple of days that were to include long cross country rides but with a strong element of skills coaching along the way. Day one began with a gentle ride through orange groves and olive groves, all on easy dirt trails, allowing them to become familiar with the Trek mountain bikes that they had rented from us. There then followed a section of more rocky terrain, providing a good opportunity to practice the correct techniques for safe and controlled descent. After this, there followed a relaxed ride through more orange groves to the beautiful and historical town of Xativa, birthplace to [read more]

I recently had the pleasure of meeting Karen and Chris from Manchester, UK. They were on vacation in La Drova and had previously booked a day of guided mountain biking with me. The day was especially interesting as Karen was training for a 400km bike trip across Cuba to raise funds for a women’s cancer charity. You can see more information on Karen’s Blog. As well as an ideal training ride, we also included some fundamental off-road skills training. The day began with a ride through the Barxeta valley, then through orange groves to the beautiful and historical town of Xativa. After a coffee break in the market square, we headed out onto the trails that took us through a very pretty limestone valley. This provided ideal opportunity to practice some techniques for safe and efficient descent and ascent on rocky ground, albeit it beautiful surroundings. After a picnic lunch [read more]

On Saturday 6th April, we arranged a day of guided mountain biking for a couple from Valencia. This was part of a surprise weekend break, and included two nights at the rural guest house La Casona Ferrando in our home village of La Drova. Fernando and Vibrana were new to mountain biking so we opted for a beautiful route that passes through a wooded limestone gorge, not technical but sufficiently challenging to provide a great environment in which to learn some basic off-road techniques. After the usual safety briefing, we began with a gentle trail before taking on a steep descent into the valley. After a section of fairly level woodland trail we moved onto much rockier ground. After a few practice sessions, we then took on some descents and a rocky ascent, all of which were successfully completed and in complete control. A long section of fairly relaxed riding [read more]