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Tour Andalucía Spain details
- Discover the secret training grounds of 2011 Tour de
France winner Cadel Evans
- Andalucía including the lower valleys of the
Alpujarras and the Sierra Nevada National Park in southern Spain is a dream for
bike touring. As we ride you will see pretty
whitewashed villages, steep valleys and snow capped
mountains, this is postcard rustic Spain hopefully
with the weather to boot.
- Ride to the base of Europe's southern most ski resort of
Sierra Nevada at 2600m and the Pico de Veleta - the equivalent
height of our very own Col du Galibier - a 20 kilometre
climb from our base in Monachil with a fantastic descent.
- Cycle to the sea and the town of Almuñécar
approximately 90 km away
- 7 days centre based cycling holiday based in the small mountain
village of Monachil in the heart of Andalucía Spain
and just 30 minutes cycle ride from
the beautiful regional city of Granada.
- Great cols on super smooth quite roads
frequently visited by the Tour of Andalucía and the
Vuelta España
- Cheap flights to Malaga with
Easy
Jet and Ryan Air and others. Once you reach Malaga we can then pick you up from the
airport for £70GBP per person. You can hire a car
(starting from 50 Euros for the week) from
www.doyouspain.com . There is also a cheap bus
service from
Malaga airport to Granada bus station. We can then pick
you up from Granada bus station for free.
- We need a minimum of 5 people booked on this holiday for
it to run.
Itinerary
- Saturday - Arrive in
Monachil after 3PM. Buffet dinner in
the house tonight
- Sunday - We will be heading out of Monachil today into the outskirts
of Granada before heading back out and up towards La Peza. This
is an out and back ride over 80KM with a gentle climb up to the
Puerto de Los Blancares col at 1297 m above sea level. The climb
starts at 800m and takes 20km so is never steep. Once at the top
we descend the other side to La Peza over 10km and return the
same way as we have come - 80 KM
- Monday - Your legs should be warmed up from the first day. This is the
big one - the distance is fairly short today but the climb is
high and starts within 100 metres of leaving the front door. We
will be taking the quiet switchback climb up the Pico de Veleta
from Monachil passing the Sierra Nevada Ski resort and climbing
as high as the snow will allow us. The road summit is 3300m
higher than anything in the French Alps ! Dinner is provided in
the house tonight
- Tuesday - Today we are going to tackle the steep ascent up towards the ski
resort via the mountain town of Guejar Sierra. We will be riding
deep into the valley next to the lake before hitting the climb
for the day. Its steep ! Even the bends have had grooves cut
into them to allow you to get traction ! The climb starts in
earnest at 1000 m and rises to 1643m over the next 7 km.
- Wednesday - Day off /
free day
- Thursday - Ride to the Spanish coast today and staying in Almuñécar in a hotel for the night. This 90 km ride takes us
from Monachil at 800m on the Ruta Turistica road to a peak of
1500m before a fast technical twisty descent down to the beach
resort of Almuñécar at sea level. After about 20km the true
climb starts and there is a real feeling of remoteness as you
gradually climb. At the high point we hit a narrow twisty road
that hugs the mountains
- Friday - We will be retracing our steps today
back to Monachil. The climb out of
Almunecar is long and fairly steep but the views are
fantastic.
- Saturday - Depart
Monachil by 10AM
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