CycleSummit Sports 2027 · About the island
An island made for active tourism
Sunshine, the Atlantic, beaches — Gran Canaria has all of that. But leave the coast and head for the mountains, and you discover a completely different island: one that seems almost designed by nature for cycling. Three reasons: the climate, the terrain and the ecosystem built around sport.
Climate
Stable, mild temperatures all year round. When winter makes outdoor training complicated in much of Europe, Gran Canaria’s season simply carries on — cycling, running, swimming in the Atlantic and triathlon, twelve months a year.
Terrain
Leave your hotel at sea level and you’re soon climbing through ravines, volcanic landscapes, villages and pine forests towards the island’s highest point at almost 2,000 metres. The official cycling map lists 18 major climbs — and one official route takes you around the whole island in roughly 190 km.
22 km
From Ingenio, average gradient 7.3%.
20 km
Almost 20 km at an average of 7.4%.
30 km
Thirty kilometres of climbing.
190 km
One of the official cycling routes.
Road, MTB & gravel
Volcanic origins have created forest tracks, rocky sections, ravines and mountain trails for MTB. Gravel connects secondary roads and tracks to parts of the island most visitors never reach.
One day road. One day MTB. One day gravel.
The ecosystem
Bike-friendly hotels with storage, maintenance areas and recovery facilities. Specialist rental centres with road bikes, MTBs and e-bikes, workshops and guided tours. Local guides who ride these roads every week. And everything else of an established destination: an international airport, transfers, restaurants, spas and medical services.
Events
Gran Fondo Pico de las Nieves, Gran Canaria Bike Week, EPIC Gran Canaria, Desafío La Titánica, Challenge Mogán, the Vuelta Ciclista al Norte and Transgrancanaria Bike — behind the calendar stand clubs, organisers, guides, rental companies and hotels. That is what makes an active destination.
Gran Canaria will provide the rest. Join us at CycleSummit Sports, 6–9 March 2027.
