{"id":40498,"date":"2021-10-27T11:11:52","date_gmt":"2021-10-27T11:11:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/els-pioners-en-cicloturisme\/"},"modified":"2024-07-05T09:25:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T09:25:46","slug":"els-pioners-en-cicloturisme","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/els-pioners-en-cicloturisme\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pioneers in Cycletourism"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In Hotel M\u00f3nicain Cambrils, rightnexttothepromenade, in thecenterofthetown, the real know-how ofbicycletourism can be found. 50 yearsofthehistoryoftheMassagu\u00e9familyformpartofthefamilybusinessthatoneday, a long time ago, <strong>hadthegreat idea of hosting cyclistswhowantedtoget off thebeatentrack.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cambrils, thecyclinghubofCosta Daurada, whereeverything can be found in thevicinity, relieson Hotel M\u00f3nica toattractthebicyclecommunitiesthatwantto explore theworldbybicycle.\u00a0 Letusnotforgetthatwe are talking<strong>aboutoneofthemostexperiencedhotelsofthestate<\/strong>whosehistorygoes back tothesefirstcyclistswhowereattractedbythebeautyofthearea.<\/p>\n<p>M\u00f3nica Massagu\u00e9,the head ofthedepartment, has beenpartofthe hotel fromanearlyage<em>: \u00a8I startedwhen I was 17 yearsold, learningontheflyaboutthejob. <\/em><em>\u2018 Ihavebeentravelingabroad and havebeenlearninglanguagesfromtheverybeginning, skillswhichturnedoutto be veryuseful.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Inthebeginning, thebookingswerecoming in byletter, whichhadgotnothingto do withhowthingsworknow, buteventhen<strong>shewasabletopredictthetrendsthatwerecoming and wereheretostayforsportstourists<\/strong>, especiallyforcyclists. \u2018Wewouldsend a Christmas cardby post everyyeartogetherwiththeratesforthecomingyear. Slowlywebeganto host a significantnumberoftwo-weekstaysfor French people.\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Step by step, the hotel gainedpopularityamongsomecyclingcommunities. <em>\u2018In thenineties, wewantedtoknowwhatitwasthatcyclistswere after. RaimundDietzen, an ex cyclist, providedusefulinsights and thankstohim, wecouldmeetourclients\u00b4 expectations. <strong>Welearnedhowtohangbicycles, keepthemsafe<\/strong>, wealsolearnedabouttheimportanceofhaving a certaintypeoffood in ouroffer.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>What are cycle<\/strong><strong>tourists&#8217; expectationsforhotels?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thingsthat are withinreachtodaywerefirsttriedout in Hotel M\u00f3nica in Cambrils 30 years ago. Then, commercialdevelopmentscame onto thestage: <em>\u00b4<\/em><em>Witheverything up and running, wesent a considerable numberof emails todifferentcyclingcommunities in France, a country witha well-developedcyclinginfrastructure and acyclisttouristsfederationofitsown\u00b4, <\/em>says M\u00f3nica.<\/p>\n<p>In Mallorca, theylearnedtocustomizebothproduct and servicetosuittheneedsofcyclists. \u2018Wegatheredenoughinformationaboutthistypeofclient &#8211; precises M\u00f3nica &#8211; Weadaptthemealsschedule, wehavegot a specifictypeofwaterforthem, fruitthattheymightwanttotakefortheride&#8230;.<strong>Todaywetakepride in havingclientswho are cyclists and havebeen regular clientsforover 20 years.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Thecyclingclientsof Hotel M\u00f3nica are loyal and regular clients, attachedtotheregion, whousuallybook a halfboardholiday and wanttohavedinnersurroundedbythepeopletheyknowtotalkaboutthedaytheyspenttogether and plan thenextone.Ultimately, a typeofclientwho\u00b4s<em>\u2018notcomplicated, whowantsto be relaxedwhennotriding a bike and enjoywhatthe hotel has tooffer.\u2019<\/em><\/p>\n<p>And thatishowthe hotel fills up in April, May, September and October, outsidethehottestmonths, with fine, shavedcyclists, nicelydressed inuniforms, mainlycomingfrom France butalsofromBelgium and evenfromCanada. <strong>\u2018We are anaccessibledestinationforthem and we\u00b4vegoteverythingtheyneed\u2019, <\/strong>adds M\u00f3nica, whogotusedtobeingaroundcyclists, someofwhom are professionalswhocameto Cambrils to complete theircyclingstagesortofindaccomodationwhileparticipating in Volta a Catalunya or Vuelta a Espa\u00f1a.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In Hotel M\u00f3nicain Cambrils, rightnexttothepromenade, in thecenterofthetown, the real know-how ofbicycletourism can be found. 50 yearsofthehistoryoftheMassagu\u00e9familyformpartofthefamilybusinessthatoneday, a long time ago, hadthegreat idea of hosting cyclistswhowantedtoget off thebeatentrack. Cambrils, thecyclinghubofCosta Daurada, whereeverything can be found in thevicinity, relieson Hotel M\u00f3nica toattractthebicyclecommunitiesthatwantto explore theworldbybicycle.\u00a0 Letusnotforgetthatwe are talkingaboutoneofthemostexperiencedhotelsofthestatewhosehistorygoes back tothesefirstcyclistswhowereattractedbythebeautyofthearea. M\u00f3nica Massagu\u00e9,the head ofthedepartment, has beenpartofthe hotel fromanearlyage: [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":40489,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[173,170],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40498"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40498"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40498\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51848,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40498\/revisions\/51848"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40489"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40498"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40498"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cambrils-turisme.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40498"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}