Girona’s New Cycling Rules for 2025 (WATCH Before You Go)

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[lucyphillips]

Glad that I stumbled onto your video! Heading to Girona in a few months to ride. I’m glad to hear and see how to get around and not annoy the locals or get a fine! Thanks!

[lcooperdesign]

Good on you for making this! I think you should repackage it with a new thumbnail that isn't so much of a WARNING, but more of a guide. Then you should print a QR code that links to it on some flyers and leave them in the major cycling cafes. La Fabrica in particular needs this because when you come out of that little ally and turn left you're immediately at risk of breaking the rules, and it's not clear.

[ronaldnoakes]

One thing you didn't mention is if you ride on a sidewalk you can be fined. So I think when you rode over the foot bridge that could have cost you 200 euros.

[jollygoodvelo]

Thanks for the heads up. I’m cycling to Girona from France and will be there on Monday evening!

[MiamiCycling]

Good video. We visit girona a ton to ride. I don’t have an issue with this at all and think it’s a good idea. Those aren’t the roads you came to ride anyway

[Bruceridesbikes]

Great video. Easy to understand for anyone who has been there previously, Easy to follow local laws wherever you visit.

[CycoWarriorx]

As a new resident to Girona? A very belated congrats… When I visited in October, I didn’t want to leave… I’ve been researching the process of moving there… 🙌🏽🍻

[neilt]

I visited Girona twice last year and I rarely cycled around the old town. I generally started and ended my rides at Eat Sleep Cycle, they make great coffee. I would head for roads that led out of town as quickly as possible, I hate mingling with pedestrians.

[winterwatson]

good info! the cyclists beware title had me afraid that they were doing something more drastic. there’s no chance i’d be able to afford to pay a fine like that on the spot, but otherwise the rule seems pretty reasonable. i can imagine walking my bike if i *really* had to go the wrong way

[vermilionink]

A little courtesy to pedestrians goes a long way! We'd have so much more solidarity about shared streets if more of us rode with more chill through busy pedestrian areas (or even just crosswalks). All it takes is some consciousness about personal space, yours and everyone else's.

[brentperez]

Thanks. Good video. I stayed at a hotel across the river at the red bridge. I realize now that I was going the wrong way when I went to go to my hotel. Agree with you that it is easy to just go around. I just didn’t know better.

[Bandyrobs]

Good video. Was there in September and must admit I didn’t read the signs and got abuse! Will be more aware next time.

[adamwilkinson]

Thanks for showing me all the rules I broke 😂. In Girona 2 weeks w family this summer and loved it. Did get pulled over and ticketed by cops....but not downtown. Fairplay to them for enforcing the rules.

Huge thanks for showing this route around the Nexus of downtown! That right turn when you pass, eat sleep was the one that I didn't do, otherwise flow around is pretty straightforward.

Girona is awesome, but so are a lot of areas of Spain. Love the people and landscape.

[richardharker]

I'm not so sure I would want to ride there unless I really had to.

[CalafellUrbanCycling]

I would probably avoid areas like that altogether if I was in Girona, but it's good info for people that live there or want to do a scenic tour of the Barri Vell

[borisacat]

This is caused by the penguin walk shoes.
As a club cyclist and audax rider I quickly got over the need to wear shoes like a pro. Wear shoes you can walk easily in. Why on earth not?
SPD cleats hidden by a good rubber sole solve all issues around walking your bike. Then maybe the Lancealikes would not rocket through crowded shopping streets.

[the_slow_lane]

Honestly riding through that lot looks like a nightmare which I would avoid like the plague.

[TonyTonyCurrie]

I’ve lived in Girona and I am a cyclist. A minority of cyclists behaviour has brought this on. Please abide by the rules.

[Frame_Up_Builds]

Thanks for the heads up - we usually walk on that side of town, but ride our bikes on the other side simply because there are so many pedestrians and steep hills by the cathedral and city walls. Girona is the only place we have found bergamot flavoured gelato- it's heaven!

[event]

Streets so narrow and crowded with people literally call for some regulation. While cyclist myself I passionately hate idiots on bikes and scooters flying at very close distances. Guys, get a life and use bike appropriately. Crowded places aren't pista or strada. Don't become lite versions of motorists being disrespectful of pedestrians. I just don't get what they mean by "you cannot cycle on pavement", what does THAT means?