More Favourite Bike Rides in Andalucia!
What are some of the Best Cycling Routes in Andalucia?
There are way too many favourite rides to list in Andalucia but if we are going for one of the "local" rides, it would be the famous "Doorway of Wind" route which extends from Ronda to Antequera (130 km)
Coming in on the list is the spectacular road riding that is
to be done from the pretty town of Ronda in the direction of Granada. Spectacularly
located on top of a gorge that Hemmingway wrote about in ‘For Whom the Bell
Tolls’, it boasts a longevity of being so impressive that Orson Welles
requested his ashes be buried in a local Matador's garden.
Cycle past the Caminito del Rey!
The winding downhill here is incredible and only the descent driven will not be able to put on the brakes so to take in the vistas that come around every corner. Heading towards Antequera, a noble and illustrious baroque town in its own right, with a spreading landscape below its Moorish Fortress, you first pass the rocky gorges that surround the road and crane your neck upwards to Spain´s famous El Chorro gorge that has a tiny staircase cut into the sheer cliffs and only the fool hardy try to scale. Known as the "Caminito del Rey" (King's walkway), this beautiful setting was a stage finish in La Vuelta a España 2015 and in 2018.
Find these rides on our White Villages of Andalucia, Spain - Self Guided Tour (heading towards Ronda!) and our Famous Vuelta Climbs - The South Road Biking Tour, Spain
Comments
Post a Comment