The section between Tossa de Mar and Sant Feliu de Guíxols hides 365 curves, are you ready?
We put on our helmets and set off in search of the lesser-known secondary roads, those that treasure landscapes and emotions difficult to forget . An enjoyable map full of surprises ready to surprise traveling bikers.
CASTILLA Y LEÓN, MADRID AND CASTILLA-LA MANCHA
The first recommendation begins in **Riaza (Segovia) ** and ends in **Majaelrayo (Guadalajara) **, passing through the Cheese Port . “The landscape is impressive, the Montejo beech forest It changes with each season and the curves of this road are a delight to ride a motorcycle ”, advises us the first Spaniard who has traveled around the world on a motorcycle, Alicia Sornosa.
ESTREMADURA
If you are looking for wild nature, opt for the national route that goes from Cáceres to the north: it accompanies the Tagus River in one of the gorges, borders the Monfrague Park and go up to the reservoir Almaraz . Is about an almost forgotten road , according to Alicia Sornosa , “you pass through beautiful towns, you have an incredible port but, above all, I like the part that runs along the Tagus, I have even seen eagles there!”
Monfrague (Caceres)
BASQUE COUNTRY AND CANTABRIA
The coastal roads in the Basque Country are an explosion of emotions. One of the favorites of motorcyclist Sergio Morchón is the one that unites Zarautz Y Lekeitio . “The landscapes of green hills, alternated with forests that between curve and curve hide some vertigo cliffs and a spectacular Cantabrian, and what's more, they eat to death in the area!”, he suggests.
Other winding options are the roads that go up from the Bay of Biscay to the Picos de Europa . It is one of the areas that Alicia Sornosa usually travels on his Ducati Urban Enduro: “from those that surround Santona , for instance, you can see the estuary, Laredo... you begin to go up and down curves, doing hundreds of kilometers to reach a stop and see the sea ”. Sounds tempting right?
Alicia Sornosa in Santoña: a very TEN-TA-DOR landscape
CATALONIA AND ARAGON
If you are looking for a coastal road in the east of Spain, louis morales , Director of the magazines Solo Moto 30 and Solo Scooter , proposes us to travel the GI-682 road in the section that joins the towns of Tossa de Mar and Sant Feliu de Guíxols . There you can enjoy cliffs overlooking the Mediterranean, a true paradise for motorcycles with “ twenty-one tortuous kilometers, with no less than 365 curves between the two towns, and with good asphalt ”, details Louis. Of course, during the beach months you will find frequent traffic of coaches, cars, caravans or bicycles. “It can be included in any route that explores the Costa Brava , or reach it by taking advantage of routes that approach the coast after doing the Montseny , for example”, comments Luis Morales. guaranteed happiness.
The motorcyclist Sergio Morchón, author of the website TheLongWayNorth, in Tossa de Mar
For excursions of two or three days, the road N-260 will give you views of the best valleys of the Pyrenees and Pre-Pyrenees and, of course, the excellent gastronomy of the high mountains. “Add the entire Aragonese part (includes the ring that forms from Fiscal, which passes through sprout, bias, Sabiñánigo , and go back to Fiscal ) with the Catalan. The port of El Cantó stands out, spectacular; between Ripoll and Olot , better opt for the old layout, the N-260A , Passing by Vallfogona of Ripolles ”, recommends Luis Morales. They add up to nearly five hundred kilometers with curves and asphalt of all kinds.
In Lleida, the biker, photographer and traveler Sergio Morchón suggests that we feel the layout of the L-511, from Coll de Nargó to Isona . “It is the typical road that you can enjoy tilting the motorcycle as if you were dancing to the rhythm of the violin ; They are not the best landscapes, but it had been a long time since I enjoyed the bike so much like driving down that road ”, He remembers.
View of Sabi nigo from Santa Orosia with Mount Oroel in the background
GALICIA
We always want more Galicia. Once we have read the basic Dictionary to defend yourself if you travel to Galicia, we are ready. The Galician biker David Borrás (known as El solitaire, the brand that has made him a world leader in customizing motorcycles and specialized clothing together with his wife Valeria) recommends us a day trip: his route begins in Ourense , on the N-120, and go through: The Pears , Monforte, Doade, Castro Caldelas , Sas de Penelas, Montefurado , O Barco, Domingo Flórez Bridge, Carucedo and until finishing in Ponferrada. Mountains and meadows, churches and bells, as Rosalía de Castro wrote: pure Galician immersion, “ amazing for its earthly beauty and its exciting layout , as well as the absence of four-wheeled vehicles that are so threatening for motorcycle enjoyment”, Borrás tells us.
Castro Caldelas will catch you
We asked the biker Fabián C. Barrio to explore cliffs and cliffs, chiseled by the Atlantic, on a legendary route. He recommends a two-day trip between Santiago de Compostela Y Ortigueira . “The first day we are going to go through the Rias Baixas, with a smooth coast punished by the Atlantic, the Barbanza peninsula, between the Muros and Vilagarcía estuaries ”, begins Barrio. Let yourself be surprised by the beautiful Celtic enclave of Castro de Barona , the privileged views of the entire peninsula from Monte da Curota, ancestral beauty of Toja, San Andrés de Teixido (as the saying goes: Teixido, vai de morto quen non foi de vivo) or the salty views of Sweetie . Here is the map of the first:
And here the map of the second stage. When do we go?
ANDALUSIA
To explore the south of the peninsula, David Borras , recommends us to start in Marbella, cross Round, Grazalema and ubrique ; cross Cortes de la Frontera and end in Genalguacil , a town with less than 500 inhabitants in the Genal valley.
The end of our Andalusian stage: Genalguacil (Málaga)
A PLUS: THE UNDISCOVERED FAVORITES OF THE EXPERTS
We look for the least explored places to cross them at ground level, where the landscape slips through the fingers and the horizon sticks to the memory.
“Whoever visits Barcelona You shouldn't stop looking for a road you probably haven't heard of: Coll d'Estenalles , in the Sant Llorenç de Munt Natural Park; it is the road that connects Terrassa with Navarcles, the BV-1221”, recommends the Director of the Solo Moto 30 and Solo Scooter magazines, Luis Morales. Spoiler: right in the middle of the path you will find the towns of wall Y Talamanca , a marvel!
Discover the magical town of Mura (Barcelona)
Alicia Sornosa was surprised by the roads that exist inside Valencia : “those that run between the few mountains that are in the community”. While she prepares her next challenges, to travel through Central America very slowly and publish a novel based on her return to the world, she recommends that we travel along the south coast of Almería “from The black ones to Carboneras , although the best thing is to get lost to discover”.
Finally, Sergio Morchón claims three areas to which we pay little attention, his unknown favorites: the **Merindades de Burgos **, the Maestrazgo between Teruel and Castellón Y Soria (more unexpected than it may seem) together. In these three zones we will find corners of a landscape beauty of the first order , and little known; we can also travel second-rate desert roads with magnificent layouts; and of course, luxury gastronomy at low cost prices ”, he sentences. Traveler bikers, we want to know: what are your favorite routes?
Organs of Montoro (Maestrazgo)
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