Cycle Touring in Spain
A guidebook to eight 1-2 week routes covering Spain's Pyrenees and Picos de Europa in the North, the Sierras of Demanda, Gredos and Guadarama in central Spain, and the Sierras of Nevada and Grazalama and the Serrania de Ronda in the South. Varying in difficulty, with options to shorten or lengthen stages or go off-road.
Cycle Touring in Spain
8 detailed cycle tours
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Paperback - Laminated
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First
ISBN_13
9781852843816
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Reprinted
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£14.00
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Seasons
Year round, depending upon how much heat you can cope with!
Centres
Malaga, Ronda, Granada, Sevilla, Cordoba, Madrid, Segovia, Bilbao, San Sebastian, Girona, Llanes
Difficulty
Difficulty varies according to the terrain - so some tours have difficult sections, some may be more challenging throughout. In most cases there are suggestions for alternative routes.
Must See
Discovering the ‘real’ Spain inland from the tourist centres. A world of villages, small towns and vibrant cities, wooded hills, narrow gorges, moorish palaces, Roman ruins, cave paintings, art, olives and oranges.
Introduction
Roads
Climate
Holidays and public holidays
A short history
Getting there
Getting around
Passports, visas, health care and insurance
Mobile phones
Money and banks
Staying there
About the bike
What to take
Eating and drinking en route
Coping with extreme weather
How to use this guide
Route 1 Serranía de Ronda
Route 2 Sierra de Grazalema and Torcal
Route 3 Las Alpujarras and the Sierra Nevada
Route 4 Sierra Morena
Route 5 Sierras de Gredos and Guadarrama
Route 6 Madrid to Bilbao via the Sierra de la Demanda
Route 7 Los Pireneos
Route 8 Picos de Europa
Further reading
Appendix 1 Temperature and rainfall
Appendix 2 Sunrise and sunset times
Appendix 3 Language notes
Appendix 4 Travelling to Spain
Appendix 5 Spanish airports: routes and maps
Appendix 6 Car hire companies
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