Europe's most popular sports destination resort, La Manga Club, has responded to the growth in UK cycling participation with new packages aimed at offering keen cyclists the chance to get into the saddle on holiday.

The Spanish resort's new 'Best Bike & More' packages start at only €231 per person for three nights and provide guests with a choice of state-of-the-art road or mountain bikes to use during their stay with a series of group or guided rides available.

The bikes are provided by the well-established Biking La Manga company, which also runs three popular weekly group road rides from the resort. There are two evening group rides (Monday and Wednesday) and the Saturday Grupetto, which in recent weeks has grown to a peloton of about 150 cyclists. There are also has a multitude of mountain bike trails on its doorstep suited to varied category of rider.

The group rides have been joined in recent weeks by several notable professional cyclists, including top Spanish rider and Murcian son Alejandro Valverde, who finished eighth in this year's Tour de France and has previously won the Vuelta a España, which starts on August 24 in Vilanova de Arousa. 

Murcia is the ideal destination to swap pot holes and puddles for smooth roads and more than 300 days of sunshine per year, and La Manga Club provides the ideal base with a range of accommodation, restaurants and leisure activities.

The new packages also include complimentary access to the fitness centre, indoor pool, sauna and steam rooms at Spa La Manga Club, and guests can choose to exchange one day's cycling for golf, tennis or spa treatments. 

Three-night packages at the four-star Las Lomas Village cost €231 per person in November or €282 in September and October based on sharing a deluxe twin room. Upgrades to the five-star Principe Felipe hotel will cost an additional €38 per person per night in November and €30 per night in September and October. Prices include breakfast and tax.

La Manga Club boasts unrivalled facilities as a sports and leisure destination including three 18-hole championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and a 2,000sqm spa and fitness centre. It also offers the choice of a five-star hotel, four-star serviced apartments and townhouses, more than 20 bars and restaurants and is great fun for children.

For more information and to book call 00 34 968 17 5577, email reservas@lamangaclub.com or visit www.lamangaclub.com.

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La Manga Club - www.lamangaclub.com - is an unrivalled sports and leisure paradise which sits between the low hills that separate the Mediterranean from the Mar Menor Sea, just 20 minutes from Murcia airport and an hour from Alicante.  

Set out over an area of some 560 hectares (approx. 1,400 acres), it enjoys a mild year-round Mediterranean climate and offers visitors a prestigious five-star hotel, luxury vacation apartments and extensive sports facilities, including three championship golf courses, a 28-court tennis centre and eight grass sports pitches. The resort is also home to innumerable leisure facilities, such as the 2,000m2 Spa La Manga Club with its 13 luxurious treatment rooms, comprehensive fitness centre and 25m indoor swimming pool; meeting, banqueting and incentive facilities, and more than 20 restaurants and bars. 

As well as hosting both Davis and Fed Cup tennis matches, La Manga Club has signed a long-term deal to be the overseas training resort of the Lawn Tennis Association (LTA) until 2016. It has also staged the Spanish Open golf championship and regularly attracts professional and international football teams to the first-class year-round training facilities which are also used by rugby and cricket sides.

As a result of more than 40 years of continued investment, innovation and commitment to excellence, La Manga Club is widely recognised as Spain's flagship resort and as one of the finest sports and lifestyle destinations in the world. Evidence of this is provided by its numerous awards and accolades.

La Manga Club was the proud recipient of a 2013 Certificate of Excellence from TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel website, for the facilities and service on offer at its five-star Hotel Principe Felipe. The resort has long been a staunch supporter of women's golf, being the official overseas resort partner of the English Women's Golf Association for three years as well as hosting the Ladies European Tour (LET) Qualifying School from 2009-12. La Manga Club is also the venue for the Ladies Murcia Open, an LET Access Series event, and regularly hosts top women's amateur events and teams.