Touring Altura Portugal to Estepona
I'm hoping to cycle from Altura to estepona sometime in October over a week and was hoping that someone has done the same and would give me an easy enough route and places to stay on the way.. Hope someone out there can help ..
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Originally Posted by Don11
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I'm hoping to cycle from Altura to estepona sometime in October over a week and was hoping that someone has done the same and would give me an easy enough route and places to stay on the way.. Hope someone out there can help ..
Don Can you point me to it? This way I can recommend places to stay. |
Oh well,
I have driven from Malaga to Cadiz several times, but so long ago as to be irrelevant for recommendations. All I can say is I was gobsmacked standing in Europe and looking across the Strait of Gibraltar to Tangier and Africa. |
Originally Posted by Don11
(Post 23132695)
I'm hoping to cycle from Altura to estepona sometime in October over a week and was hoping that someone has done the same and would give me an easy enough route and places to stay on the way.. Hope someone out there can help ..
Don |
Thanks all, hopefully someone has done this route and will give me their experience 😄
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Originally Posted by MinnMan
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Hmm. I just spent a couple of weeks riding in Ronda, but maybe you are planning to ride on the coast and not wander that far inland? The moment you leave the coast in those parts, it gets fairly mountainous. But also, the roads are quiet and the scenery is gorgeous. I haven't ridden any of the coastal roads in that part of Spain.
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Originally Posted by Don11
(Post 23133128)
Thanks all, hopefully someone has done this route and will give me their experience 😄
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Yes it is Estepona in Spain. I was thinking of doing maybe averaging 60km a day and sleeping in hostels. I was hoping someone has done similar and would share their experience... Thanks for your reply
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Altura Portugal to Estepona Spain
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Originally Posted by indyfabz
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I toured in Andalucia for 7 weeks 23 years ago. Spent 4 nights camping in Ronda leading up to Easter. Came from Ardales over El Puerto del Viento. Did a day ride one day to Setenil de la Bodega to see the houses built under the cliffs. When I left I rode to El Bosque. Great riding all around Ronda.
Yes, the cycling around Ronda is fantastic. It's not one of the great cycling centers of Spain (i.e., Girona, Mallorca), but the routes are really sweet. I was based in Ronda for 2+ weeks. My "easy day" out and back was up to El Puerto del Viento and back down. It's just over a 1000' foot climb. People who live there do that route for hill repeats. I also went through Setenil de la Bodega quite a few times, including a very nice circuit with the far point in Olvera. I didn't make it quite as far as El Bosque (that would be quite a ride out and back to Ronda), but did visit numerous villas blancas to the south (Banaojan, Atajate, Juzcar, etc.). It was my second time riding in Ronda, and I know I'll be back. |
Originally Posted by Don11
(Post 23133794)
Yes it is Estepona in Spain. I was thinking of doing maybe averaging 60km a day and sleeping in hostels. I was hoping someone has done similar and would share their experience... Thanks for your reply
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RideWithGPS is your friend. You can build a route based on roads used by cyclists and bike routes. Search routes built by other cyclists. Pre ride the route with built in google street view.
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Originally Posted by Atlas Shrugged
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RideWithGPS is your friend. You can build a route based on roads used by cyclists and bike routes. Search routes built by other cyclists. Pre ride the route with built in google street view.
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...95ef8993d2.png Quite handy when building a route in an unfamiliar area. |
Originally Posted by terrymorse
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RidewithGPS also has heatmaps that show the most popular cycling roads:
https://cimg1.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...95ef8993d2.png Quite handy when building a route in an unfamiliar area. |
I would say RideWithGPS is 99% reliable. I used it to build all of my routes in Spain this past month. It steered me wrong just once, to a road it thought was paved but very much wasn't.
In very unfamiliar country, I supplement with Google maps. Google Street View is not always available in every part of every country. |
Thank you for all the information... Brilliant
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Originally Posted by MinnMan
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23 years - you have either a great memory or took good notes.
Bad scans of some slides of Setenil: https://cimg8.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...ca4abfee1.jpeg https://cimg9.ibsrv.net/gimg/bikefor...3e3145479.jpeg |
Can’t help the OP (I’ve only travelled around Estepona in golf buggies :D) but I am going to Ronda for the first time in a couple of months cycling with friends so it’s great to hear that it’s good riding country.
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Thanks for reply and enjoy your trip
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Although you might be lucky and get some good advice on this forum, this question would probably get more and much better responses if you posted it to the touring forum.
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Thank you
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Originally Posted by choddo
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Can’t help the OP (I’ve only travelled around Estepona in golf buggies :D) but I am going to Ronda for the first time in a couple of months cycling with friends so it’s great to hear that it’s good riding country.
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October or late September.... I think I start in Malaga and head to Faro via coast....
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Originally Posted by choddo
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Can’t help the OP (I’ve only travelled around Estepona in golf buggies :D) but I am going to Ronda for the first time in a couple of months cycling with friends so it’s great to hear that it’s good riding country.
Don’t know how long it would be or how much climbing, but maybe map out Ronda-Grazalema-Puerto de Las Palomas-Zahara de la Sierra-Montecorto-Setenil de la Bodega-Ronda. |
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