Cycle Touring in Spain - European cycling guide

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11 Oct 2006

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9781852843816

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1852843810

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17.2 x 11.6 x 1.5cm

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288

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1 Jul 2003

Cycle Touring in Spain

by Harry Dowdell

Guidebook to eight 1-2 week cycle routes covering the 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. More...

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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 Read More... 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 Read More... vibrant cities, wooded hills, narrow gorges, moorish palaces, Roman ruins, cave paintings, art, olives and oranges.

May 2011

Route 5 (Stages 1, 2 and 7), Route 6 (Stage 1) and Appendix 5 (Aeropuerto de Madrid)

All the above have been affected by significant changes to roads around Madrid and the opening of Terminal 4 at Barajas Airport. Route 5 Sierras de Gredos and Guadarrama Stages 1, 2 and 7. Stage 1 used originally used the M501 which has been upgraded to motorway standard and from which cyclists are banned. This has a knock on effect to Stage 2. Stage 7 used dual carriageways south of Alcobendas which have been upgraded to motorway standard and from which cyclists are banned. Have no fear that the revised routes are inferior to the originals. In fact many would consider them superior including the author. Route 6 Madrid to Bilbao Stage 1. The tunnel under the airport to Paracuellos has been rebuilt and cyclists are banned.

The following PDF file includes amended text and maps for these sections.

Download PDF of amended sections.

There are many other minor changes that will affect other areas of the guide but these should all be apparent from uptodate commercial maps.

December 2008

Route 7 – Los Pireneos

With thanks to Gail Boehm, October 2008.

Page 231    Delete Camping Peña Oroel. Reported closed autumn 2008.
        Add Camping Aín, Camino de San Salvador (tel: 656 47 77 12)

Page 231    Add before Biescas
        Senegüe
        Camping Valle de Tena, Ctra. N260 km 513 (tel: 974 48 09 77)
        (3) Casba, Unica, s/n (tel: 974 48 01 49)

Page 232    Add after Laspaúles
        Bonansa
        Camping Baliera, Bonansa (tel: 974 55 40 16)

Page 233    Add after Coll de Nargó
        Organyà
        Camping Organyà, Calle Piscina, s/n (tel: 973 38 20 39
        (3) Dom, Ctra. de Lleida, 56 (tel: 973 38 35 13)

        Cambrils
        Camping La Comella, Ctra. Organyà a Sant Llorenç (tel: 973 48 90 24)

Comments
Stage 5. The campsite 10 km south of Biescas is highly recommended and campers may wish to end the stage here instead of Jaca.

Stage 7. An alternative route from Campo is to take the road east through Aguascaldas, Egea and Villacarli. Then turn north through Beranuy and Bonansa. The Coll de Bonansa is 1,380m. At the N260 turn right to rejoin the main route. Recommended for its mountain scenery and canyons. There is a camp site at Bonansa

August 2006

Route 2 Sierra de Grazalema and Torcal, Andalucía

Stage 1 Álora or Málaga Airport to Carratraca
It has been confirmed that bicycles are allowed on all the local trains between Málaga and Álora. The rule is one bicycle per platform. Unless told otherwise this may be interpreted as one bicycle per standing area adjacent to the doors. Bicycles are not allowed on trains that leave Álora before 09:30.

Bicycles are not allowed on any train between Málaga and Fuengirola. This includes the trains between the airport and Málaga.