GPX - Figure of 8 in Spain

last week in August 1st week in September
 
I'm looking at heading SE of Ciudad Real to Valdepenas (just because I like the DO wine!) then into the National Park SE of the A32. Then loop north back up towards Albacete for 1 night. There looks to be some nice roads through pine forests and National Parks between Albacete and Albarracín.
Do you mean the Tablas de Damiel? No other National parks in that area ...
 
Do you mean the Tablas de Damiel? No other National parks in that area ...


seem to be Natural Parks, not national. I only look for the green shading on Google Maps
 
A bit of a detour but Caceras is one of our favourite Spanish cities. Also Cuenca but may I suggest that instead of sticking to the main road head up to Las Majadas to visit the ‘Callejones’ then over the mountains on the little roads - there’s plenty of swimming opportunities in the rivers and they reintroduced bears some years ago.
 
I've posted the POI's , which includes Templar sites (courtesy of Yarkto) and a variety of castles and other interesting stuff, the Paradors and other hotels but the GPX file with routes and tracks is too big so I've put them here
 
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and a revised route, still a figure of 8 centred on Siguanza. Again, this is just waypoints joined up by Google maps. I've decided to spend more time in NE Spain exploring the Cantabrian mountains and then a couple of nights in Pamplona where I have not been before. I have found a nice 200 mile circuit on the Ride website into France that I can do from Pamplona that takes in 2 passes in the Pyrenees I have yet to ride.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UeT3MDKKovy7FU9T7

I will now work on some routes and post them here in due course, so patience Richard! I'm not going until May.
 
and a revised route, still a figure of 8 centred on Siguanza. Again, this is just waypoints joined up by Google maps. I've decided to spend more time in NE Spain exploring the Cantabrian mountains and then a couple of nights in Pamplona where I have not been before. I have found a nice 200 mile circuit on the Ride website into France that I can do from Pamplona that takes in 2 passes in the Pyrenees I have yet to ride.
https://maps.app.goo.gl/UeT3MDKKovy7FU9T7

I will now work on some routes and post them here in due course, so patience Richard! I'm not going until May.
I'll keep an eye out Wessie. Might be a few of your routes we can do whilst we are there 😉
 

seem to be Natural Parks, not national. I only look for the green shading on Google Maps

Nice, I spent a few days exploring there based at Riopar but if I went again I'd start at Siles. Lovely roads and scenery. The Cazorla area is great but as it gets towards the southern end there's lots of tourism based around the source of the Guadalquivir river - the one that ends up going through Sevilla and the Doñana PN - so the A-319 south to Aroyo Frio is very congested. It's also more or less a dead end as climbing up over the head of the river the road drops down to Cazorla itself, which is a dump, you look our over an expanse of olive cultivation that spreads literally from horizon to horizon, all equally spaced like a mega dot matrix - impressive if it's not lost in the heat haze but I'm not sure of the view is worth effort to get there!
 
Nice, I spent a few days exploring there based at Riopar but if I went again I'd start at Siles. Lovely roads and scenery. The Cazorla area is great but as it gets towards the southern end there's lots of tourism based around the source of the Guadalquivir river - the one that ends up going through Sevilla and the Doñana PN - so the A-319 south to Aroyo Frio is very congested. It's also more or less a dead end as climbing up over the head of the river the road drops down to Cazorla itself, which is a dump, you look our over an expanse of olive cultivation that spreads literally from horizon to horizon, all equally spaced like a mega dot matrix - impressive if it's not lost in the heat haze but I'm not sure of the view is worth effort to get there!
+1. Fantastic riding from Siles - https://maps.app.goo.gl/W7jgY8jZ1AHQCXUPA
 
First day, well afternoon as arriving in Santander lunchtime so probably not off the boat until after 2pm

I have had the Mirador Fuente El Chivo (Goat Fountain) at 1994m on my to do list for a long time and if the weather is okay, it will be a good way to extend the route for an hour as it is only 42km round trip from the hotel.

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ferry to Ormas via El Chivo https://maps.app.goo.gl/xcz1L5hn2egPHgGW9

@Wapping - let me know if you can download this GPX file from Onedrive. It was created directly onto my Zumo 390 and exported via USB file transfer. I do this as I know the route will work on my device and is easy to edit in the field as a) I know the device well and b) no 3rd party foibles to fuck it up.
 
First day, well afternoon as arriving in Santander lunchtime so probably not off the boat until after 2pm……


@Wapping - let me know if you can download this GPX file from Onedrive. It was created directly onto my Zumo 390 and exported via USB file transfer. I do this as I know the route will work on my device and is easy to edit in the field as a) I know the device well and b) no 3rd party foibles to fuck it up.

Yup.

Here it is displayed in Pocket Earth Pro on my iPad. It’s the bold magenta line:

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And in MyRoute, where I downloaded it as a track, rather than as a route:


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Here it is displayed in Pocket Earth Pro on my iPad. It’s the bold magenta line:
thanks, now for the other 14 days, well probably fewer as I will have at least two exploring on foot in Salamanca and Cordoba, and maybe one in Pamplona.
 


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