Tractorpilot
Registered user
Just got back from a week in the Picos via Santander and I have to say it was fantastic! We stayed at a little place called Arenas de Cabrales in the Hotel Torrecerredo. Hotel was simple and straightforward but clean, tidy and friendly. From where we stayed we were able to do a number of routes with a variety of surfaces but generaly on tarmac as the other eight bikes crossed the spectrum from a Guzzi to a Mille Factory! The hotel had a map showing 4x4 tracks I would have liked to try... Next time! Evening meals were cheap and cheerful in the village. Good value filling local food.
I have done three separate biking holidays this summer to Kerry, to the Italian Alpine and Dolomite passes and to the Picos. Over 4,000 miles in Europe (we cheated and took a ferry to Santander!) Of the three, the Picos one gets the prize as the most enjoyable for roads, scenery and traffic.
