Category: Andalucia

Day 3 and 4 took us from Monachil to Almunacar and back over the Sierras de Tejeda. We set off from Monachil fairly early to tackle the rolling climb up over the Sierras de Tejeda. The first 15km or so are through the suburbs of Granada through what once must have been small villages –…

Today’s ride was a 91 km ride from our base in Monachil to La Peza over the Puerto de Los Blancaros. This forms day 1 of our Tour of Andalucia holiday in March. The temperature hit an amazing 21 degrees centigrade on the steady climb up to just under 1300 metres above sea level and…

Todays ride took in part of the coastal road (Ruta Turistica) to Almunecar before turning off right at about the half way point to the small village of Jayena just before the Sierra de Almijara. The 115km route (it would have been about 105km I took a wrong turning on the way back and ended at a…

Todays ride took me into Granada city centre from my base in Monachil before exiting it again to cycle up towards the town of Guejar Sierra. The town is nestled on the side of a mountain overlooking a massive lake. I cycled through the town centre to find a super steep short climb exiting and…

Rode the Pico de Veleta today from Monachil. The climb starts directly outside Monachil through some fairly steep swithbacks. After a while the road flattens out for a while before dropping down and climbing steadily up to 2500 metres. The road continues on further than this but at this time of year its a ski…