Hey, I am looking for places that would be great base towns for a group of road cyclists. I have been to Italy four times now for road biking and like the idea of staying in one town with a nice hotel, good resturants, some sights to look at in the afternoons and evenings, and then biking around the countryside each day doing routes of 40 to 90 miles or so. Places I have stayed in Italy that are ideal for this include Siena, Lucca, Bormio, Lake Garda, Canezei--scenic, hilly or mountainous, challenging rides.
I am looking for similiar places in northern Spain. Plan would be to fly into Barcelona, leave bike cases at a airport hotel then make a loop around the Pyrenees staying at two towns in Spain and two in France. Hope for 4 or 5 days at each place then drive to the next town. The France side seems easier to find info on some of the famous villages used by the Tour de France or near legendary climbs. But, other than Girona, I don't know much about any other place.
Any ideas to base ourselves? It would probably be next June. Thanks