These fantastic, well-equipped and spacious apartments are located right in the town centre of La Massana, right at the foot of Vallnord Bike Park. We end up back in town after every day of riding, and when we use theVallnord lift you will pass the front door on every run to the bottom! Additionally they are just across the road from the best bike shop in town, close to the hire pickup and opposite the bike wash station. You are located right at the edge of La Massana town centre, with several supermarkets within easy reach if you are self-catering…and lots of bars and restaurants if you are not! In fact the closest bar is the famous Commencal Spot – 30 seconds from the front door. Each apartment has a living room with well appointed kitchen area, a seperate bedroom and a bathroom with washing machine. Prices still include airport transfers and lift passes, just like our hotel-based holidays.
If you want to ride with Singletrack Safari but don’t want to stay in our hotel this option is ideal. This is the best of both worlds: independant accomodation so you can self cater if you prefer and have your own space, but a stress-free, fully guided and supported trip! We have several of these apartments available, so they can be well suited to group bookings too – but availability is limited, so don’t hang around – get booked in!
Don’t want self catering? Check out our hotel option which includes breakfasts, and has an excellent restaurant…
After arriving into Barcelona Airport our 6-times-per-day direct transfer service takes you to the door of your well-equipped, family-owned and bike-friendly apartment in the the busy town of La Massana. Nestled deep in a beautiful wooded valley, the town sits at the foot of enormous mountains in every direction – you can descend over 10km/ 1000m from the peak of Cubil (directly opposite the apartment) back to the door without turning a pedal! And, of course we have similarly huge natural descents from all the huge surrounding mountains back to town too…
Our accommodation is based around 250m from the main lift station, and is surrounded by lots of great places to eat and drink. It is Andorra’s busiest & best positioned summer town, full of fellow riders enjoying Vallnord Bike Park which has hosted MTB World Championships and is now an annual World Cup venue.
Despite this being apartment accomodation you are still based absolutely in the centre of La Massana – just a few minutes’ walk from several supermarkets if you plan to self-cater…or lots of restaurants and bars if you don’t!. As mentioned earlier this is Andorra’s most vibrant and lively summer town – it’s not an out of season ski resort, it is a fully functioning small town filled with shops, restaurants and bars. The locals are incredibly bike-friendly and you are guaranteed of a warm welcome.
We have gradually evolved our Enduro Holiday over the last decade – with perfect natural singletrack unfurling under your wheels at every corner! See the bottom of the page for info on some of our favourite rides, but we always tailor each week to the group we are riding with, in order to give you the best possible holiday. We gradually increase the difficulty of the riding so you go home full of confidence and new-found skills.
Other than being based in apartment accomodation, this holiday is identical to our famous, full-blooded Hotel Holiday. All guests on both trips ride together, you still get exactly the same airport transfers, daily vehicle uplifts, the best guides in the business and some of the finest riding on earth… but instead of a hotel you stay in one of these great, well-equipped apartments, located only 2 minutes walk the very centre of La Massana.
This option is ideal if, like many people, you want to make your budget go a little bit further by self-catering, or you just want some private space! These apartments boast a decent kitchen, washing machine and other facilities. They are right in the centre of town just over the road from a great bike shop (Riders Boutique), and you will have one of the best located post-ride bars next door – the Commencal Spot is a great place to get a beer with dozens of other riders after returning from the trails! The apartments are bike friendly (there is a secure bike storage room in the garage), they have wifi and parking available, plus boast well proportioned rooms, a well equipped kitchen with a coffee machine, kettle and all the bits you will need, and they nearly all boast great views up to the mountains.
Location-wise, this accommodation offers us an opportunity to really mix up our routes, making use of our unparalleled local contacts – we will sometimes ride direct from the door, and at other times we’ll load your bikes into vehicles and head further afield too. Andorra is incredibly mountainous, but we don’t spend much more than 20 minutes or so in the van at any time. We often do point-to-point rides where we start and finish in different locations too. La Massana sits in the junction of several huge valleys, and mountains tower all around. This means that there are several amazing descents which return you right to the front door – most of which descend around 1000 vertical metres!
After an amazing day on the trails you’ll be more than happy to head back to La Massana for a cold (and cheap) beer from a frosted glass! If you need spares there are lots of big, well stocked bike shops. Andorra is basically tax-free, so there are genuine bargains to be had. You can also rent high quality bikes here – unlike many shops in the Alps the machinery is top quality, well maintained and usually current season. You’ll find the very best are from our sponsors Commencal; the famous company are based in Andorra (next door to our hotel) and their bikes are designed & tested locally. We even offer exclusive discounted bike hire to simplify your trip – Commencal Enduro Bike Hire
Another benefit of La Massana is that you can jump on a cheap bus & be in the capital city – La Vella – in 10 minutes. Famous as one of the premium (almost) duty-free shopping destinations in the world, there are many hundreds of shops. Prices are often quite a bit cheaper than the UK! You will also find Europe’s largest Spa baths (The Caldea) which are enormous, great fun and well-loved by everyone who visits them – we can’t get most people to leave!
Food and drink is cheap – think Spanish prices, minus VAT! A few examples: a large beer is around 4E, tapas from 5E per dish, a really good full-sized pizza from 9E , main courses in most places start from 10E and even the most expensive dish in the very best restaurant will still only cost around 25E!
Visiting Andorra really does not mean spending a lot of money – it’s almost impossible to find a better value-for-money riding destination anywhere in Western Europe. You will probably spend half as much money here as you would compared with the Alps. Unless you go into the many bike shops and get excited, of course!
Our Andorran guided holidays have 3 price points: these simply reflect the amount of uplift (gaining height be vehicles and lifts) which you can expect in those weeks. Mostly this comes down to lift opening dates – we still use vans for uplifts in cheaper low-season weeks, but there may be routes which we have to adapt and do a little more climbing in order to access the highest areas. In higher season weeks we use maximum uplift in order to achieve a huge amount of descending in comparison with how much pedalling there is – we aim for at least 3 times the descending to climbing…and some days we do not climb at all!
| Overview | Available Dates (commencing) |
7 Night Price | Short Break Price | Single Supplement | Special Offers | |
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– Daily Uplift Supported Price includes: – Great apartments |
June 2023 |
£650
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£525 4 night break, 3 days riding |
£195 – week |
Early Season, Uplift-Supported Weeks WE NOW FEATURE SOME FORM OF UPLIFT EVERY DAY! These early-season weeks are before the lifts are open fully, but ALL June dates are now lift-assisted daily – this means we will use vehicle uplift for high start/ low finish rides (or the lift at Vallnord) EVERY DAY. In low-season weeks, even WITH van support there is a bit more climbing than in July, August and September, as these weeks are before the opening of the gondola at Soldeu – so we start very high, and make alterations to our route choices to reflect the extra effort, and we always climb at a very gentle pace! Some routes will also be slightly shorter than in September, as certain linking lifts which we use to add additional descending in high season weeks will not be open. Certain big-mountain routes involve longer climbs which are avoided in higher priced weeks, but usually no areas or major descents are inaccesable. For example, “Jordi’s Way” & “Ridgeliner” are accessed via a huge van uplift followed by around an extra 300m of climbing which would accessed via a gondola in high-season weeks. But with our new format you will still descend far more metres than you will climb (usually 3x more down)! |
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– Daily/ Max Uplift Support Price includes: – Great apartments |
June 2023 Sept 2023 |
£680
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£565 4 night break, 3 days riding |
£195 – week |
June DAILY and September MAX Uplifted Weeks These are traditionally slightly quieter weeks, athough September now sells out every season! There will be a mixture of vehicle uplifts for high start/ low finish rides, plus use of ski lifts wherever possible. JUNE DATES are DAILY UPLIFTED – these rides will feature some form of uplift every day, but there may be certain routes that have less uplift than in later weeks. For details see the description of the low-season weeks above. SEPTEMBER WEEKS now run in MAX UPLIFT format, just like High Season Weeks! The gondola at Soldeu will now open every day in September, which means that these weeks will run almost like high season weeks, with heavy use of ski lifts and/or vehicle uplifts every single day for high start/ low finish rides and minimal climbing! They are tradtionally slighty quieter weeks, so we are keeping the price down, but the uplift will increase! During September we aim to achieve at least 75% descending every day, and some days are entirely uplifted! Some short climbs of upto 30 minutes or so are still neccesary mid-route on our biggest backcountry trails, but this is minimised wherever possible – but, of course, there are not always lifts or roads to the very top of highest trails! |
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– MAX Uplifted Price includes: – Great apartments |
July 2023 August 2023 |
£730
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£605 4 night break, 3 days riding |
£275 – week |
High Season, MAX Uplifted Weeks These high-season weeks have heavy use of ski lifts and/or vehicle uplifts every single day for high start/ low finish rides and involve minimal climbing! If you are wanting to maximise your descents, and minimise your climbing these are the ones to go for as we have the widest uplift options available. During these weeks we aim to achieve at least 75% descending every day, and some days are entirely uplifted! Some short climbs of upto 30 minutes or so are still neccesary mid-route on our biggest backcountry trails, but this is minimised wherever possible – but, of course, there are not always lifts or roads to the very top of the very best trails! NEW EXTRA DESCENTS! Many riding days now include a bonus uplift during the day, so you get even more bang for your buck! |
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⛰ 40km of DH freeride and Enduro trails
🏆 3 World Cup Tracks
🚲 a HUGE 1,100m vertical drop top to bottom
🌎 Voted 4th best Bike Park on the planet by Red Bull
Just a few things we love about Vallnord Bike Park!
For you park rats, we have Bike Park packages available that are fully supported and cheaper than booking direct!
For you enduro riders, in-between big mountain singletrack days, we still explore the park and take advantage of the lifts to access those secret spicy off piste descents 🌶
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The guy in the picture highly recommends!! 😁👌
