Spain - where to ? Must see?

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Ok.

So I’ve got two weeks, end of Sept. never done Spain. Don’t even know where to start ( yes yes I’ve looked at all the posts etc).

I’d really appreciate 10 day route ideas please guys, also places that are a must, mountain, regions, amazing roads etc.

My idea of a biking holiday is around 6hrs per day riding.

I’ve got the long slog from Rotterdam first so will be entering from France.

Thanks folks.


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Segovia, all rides through Spain must go via Segovia, it's the law.
 
Failing the suggestion to let RiDE do it all for you, you could do worse than copy this:

https://magellanmotorcycletours.co....jMF5_qWVt4Ge7rcM5s6LOXfERj1hoC0ZMQAvD_BwE#map

You’ll need to arm yourself with a half decent map but, with a bit of imagination, you could create something pretty good.

This has some ideas:

https://www.andalucia.org/en/routes/types/motorbike-routes/?#


Some idiot posted this up, Lord knows why:

https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showthread.php/511490-South-west-Spain-Malaga-1-700-km-1-000-miles


The same idiot created this, which is Spain top to bottom:

https://www.ukgser.com/forums/showt...-through-Spain-Ruta-de-la-Plata-Historic-road
 
I arrive in Bilbao on 19 Sept and return home via Santander on 29 Sept

I have used the Ride guide and Michelin maps for research plus this website is nice https://www.lespyrenees.net/route_des_cols for the French Cols

This is a google map of the N260 and I will ride sections of this: https://goo.gl/maps/ijQcvmrysd72

I'm heading to Sort to begin with via an overnight stop in the Parador at Sos del Rey Católico. Riding mainly scenic roads rather than motorways. After a couple of nights in Sort I might head for Carcassone for another 2 nights, taking 1 day off the bike to roam around the ramparts. Head west on the French Cols and spend 2 nights in Pau, again a day off the bike if my body needs it or a loop south in the mountains. From there, cross back into Spain to stay in Jaca for a couple of nights. Last night is going to be in a Rioja Finca at Entrena before heading to Santander for a late afternoon ferry.

I'll be by myself. PM if your dates overlap and you want to meet up for a beer.

Oh, I have booked hotels but they can all be cancelled for free a few days before arrival and I will be altering the plan if the Pyrenees will be wet or covered in low cloud. That could be any direction but most likely to be Spain or Portugal.
 
I think first you have to calculate how long it will take you from Rotterdam to the Spanish border. Two days ? Three days ? If the latter that six days of your ten days gone ! So realistically only two days into Spain then turn round and head out for two days !

I’d be tempted to hit the Spanish border dropping over through Andorra into Spain. Lots of nice roads to chose around the Pyrenees , head to Pamplona ?

You could head over the Millau Viaduct and then head over towards the Pyrenees . Plenty to do and see, just need a little more info from yourself , mileage per day etc .
 
DC said:
I think first you have to calculate how long it will take you from Rotterdam to the Spanish border. Two days ? Three days ? If the latter that six days of your ten days gone ! So realistically only two days into Spain then turn round and head out for two days !

I’d be tempted to hit the Spanish border dropping over through Andorra into Spain. Lots of nice roads to chose around the Pyrenees , head to Pamplona ?

You could head over the Millau Viaduct and then head over towards the Pyrenees . Plenty to do and see, just need a little more info from yourself , mileage per day etc .
Click to expand...

Got 2 weeks in total.
Planning on 2 days each way Spain / Rotterdam, allowing 10 in Spain.
Miles per day in Spain around 250-300 or 5 hours wheels rolling - ish.


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That’s better info....I’d agree with Wapping. For a ten day trip into Spain check out the RIDE guide to Spain. You will easily sort some routes of that . I’d be tempted to go over the Millau viaduct then enter Spain along the coastal route to Barcelona. Have a nosey round there , then head inland ,Pyrenees zig zagging between France and Spain to reach the Spanish coast, then head back towards Holland across France .
 
I would head South West and take in Vosges / GDV / Tran Gorge to southern end of Pyrenees and then ride back up them, that will fill your time quite nicely and leave you a 2 day blast home, or blast out and runt he route the other way around.

As stated if you meander there and back using 3-4 days each way you wont be seeing any of Spain.

TBH from your start point with 10 days to play with I would just head for the Alps.
 
as Rasher says with only 14 days to play with and a limit of around 6hrs a day i would spend my time in the french alps, maybe a bit of the swiss alps as well, and also germany black forest on the way back. you will not go far wrong with Rashers suggestion.
but if spain is a must then the spanish side of the pyrenees would be my choice.
 
One of Spain's (and mine, but no longer :blast) best kept secrets is the Júcar gorge and environs in Castilla-La Mancha.

It's well off the beaten track but the roads are empty and fun, the scenery stunning (think Don Quixote and windmills as well as the aforementioned gorge), nobody will speak a word of English and the food is simple, local and lovely. Oh, and people still live in caves ~ have a Google if that appeals as there's a hotel just opened in Alcalá del Júcar (picture below) where you can stay in a cave if you fancy it (not sure about secure parking for bikermates though :nenau).

<a href="https://andressotoscastello.smugmug.com/UkGSer/n-5CFLKf/i-9xRLNmX/A"><img src="https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-9xRLNmX/0/f29d57d0/L/i-9xRLNmX-L.jpg" alt="Bridge over Jucar at Alcala del Jucar"></a>

Andres

PS Madrid is a shit hole. Do not go to Madrid :thumb
 
Salamanca. It has one of the best Plaza Major's in Spain and is a fantastic historic city with an important university.
Having said that, with your time available come to the Alps.
 
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