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Bikepacking the Transnevada in Southern Spain
A scant 30 kilometers due north of the touristy Mediteranean beaches, the Sierra Nevada juts straight out of the Earth in massive spires of wildflower covered peaks. The autonomous range was designated...
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The GR 48: Off-road Bike Touring Spain
The 353 Mile (568KM) GR 48 route starts in Barrancos, a small village in eastern Portugul and finishes near the autonomous community border of Andalusia and Castile-La Mancha. Due to time constraints,...
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Basque Bikepacking: Vuelta de Vasco
Starting from Bilbao, the route quickly joins a section of El Camino de Santiago del Norte on the way towards the north coast where it then passes through a series of fishing villages between Lekeitio...
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The GR247, Spain
The GR247 is a designated GR footpath (Gran Recorrido) created for hikers and cyclists alike. The 190 mile (309 KM) loop weaves in and through the dramatic limestone crags of the Sierras De Cazorla,...
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Montanas Vacias (Empty Mountains)
The Serranía Celtibérica, known as the Spanish Lapland, is an expanse in central Spain that makes up 13% of the country’s total area. At the heart of this region is the Montes Universales, an area...
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Rodeno-Algarbe Loop Overnighter
When I started planning this route, I thought that here in Teruel we would attract maybe 6 to 8 people. Who could imagine that we would have more than 40 participants with 17 of them being women! Above...
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Altravesur: Southern Spain Traverse
Originally published in 2016, the Altravesur had a major update in July, 2021: Many thanks to Matteo Minelli (@GranGuanche.route) for providing several detailed workarounds for new private land issues,...
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The Maestrazgo Loop
The term Maestrazgo comes from Maestre, which refers to the first rank of a military order. Maestrazgo, then, was the territory under its jurisdiction. Several military orders controlled these areas...
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Of Resilience And Hope
Of Resilience And Hope pays tribute to the toughness and resilience of a land that refuses to lose its identity. Now, more than ever, these villages need all of us, inhabitants and visitors alike, to...
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Iberica Norte
The Sistema Ibérico is the dominant mountain range that stretches over 500 kilometers across the northeast of Spain. It’s a natural border that separates the Spanish central plateau and the […] The...
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La Huella del Oso
Belén and I first cycled the province of Asturias in the summer of 2020. We learned the story of its Cantabrian brown bears and were fascinated by the region’s natural […] The post La Huella del Oso...
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