Can Freu is a rural farmhouse in the Girona countryside built from the ground up for cyclists — road, MTB or gravel. Mauri Nialet, director and host, has 30 years of cycling experience and 25 years running Can Freu. We speak Catalan, Spanish, français i English.

Privileged setting and territorial positioning

Can Freu’s location is one of the project’s main strategic assets. Situated at the gateway to Les Guilleries and close to the main cycling corridors of La Selva, the centre offers direct access to mountain roads, an extensive network of forest tracks, rural paths and road, MTB, gravel and enduro routes — no vehicle transfers needed.

Les Guilleries and the Santa Coloma de Farners area are well known among mountain biking enthusiasts for their variety of terrain, elevation, forests and trails, enabling year-round training thanks to an exceptionally mild climate.

Girona’s proximity is an exceptional competitive advantage. In recent years, Girona has established itself as one of Europe’s leading cycling hubs, regularly attracting professional cyclists, international teams, specialist companies and a large road, gravel and MTB community. This international profile drives growing demand for specialist accommodation and sports experiences across the province.

Can Freu benefits directly from this ecosystem, but with a differentiated offer: the peace of a natural setting, immediate access to Les Guilleries routes and an accommodation model designed specifically for training camps and sports group stays.

Who we are

At the helm of Can Freu is Mauri Nialet, who has spent 25 years opening the doors of this Selva farmhouse to those seeking to disconnect from city life. Before running Can Freu, Mauri lived high-level sport first-hand: alpinism, sport climbing, mountain running, cycling and kitesurfing. That background is exactly what led him to make the move into cycling: turning Can Freu into a cycling centre, because we believe the bike is one of the best ways to reconnect with the land around us.

Our purpose

At Can Freu Cycling Center we see sport as a gateway into nature, not an excuse to ride roughshod over it. Every route we design, every forest we ride through, commits us to looking after it: existing tracks only, respect for the natural spaces of Les Guilleries, and a farmhouse surrounded by 2 hectares of woodland that we manage under that same philosophy. Riding here is also a way of caring for the place.