Spanish Hills

scottjames1uk · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Karma :

I am planning a 3500-4000 mile trip around the coast of spain all the way round to barcelona then up through france to calais. I have allowed a just short of a month to do this. I am wanting to go south west heading for cangas del narcia or somewhere like that. Unless someone can think of somewhere else. Looking for somewhere remote to stay over
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tatters · Exxon Valdez Joined: 05 Jan 2004 Karma :

A month

are you on a push bike???

l did 5,000 miles around France/Spain in just under 2 weeks
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scottjames1uk · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Karma :

I am not planning a non stop trip and be constantly on my bike. I want to stay over in Faro for a few nights. 4 nights in benodorm, paris for a couple of nights. And anywhere else i fancy. I am doing it on a 1200 Custom Harley Sportster
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DidierD · Brolly Dolly Joined: 16 Nov 2007 Karma :

There was an article in RIDE a couple of months ago about a guy test riding a new CBF600 just south of Barcelona near Catalonia. Looks incredible. I'll throw some road names in coz I'm not gonna read out the whole thing! Laughing

TP7403 - "Not on the reccomended route but absolutely storming...quiet...blah blah.

T711 - Even more of a challenge than the previous road.

Hope this gives some ideas Very Happy

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R4nger · World Chat Champion Joined: 05 Jan 2005 Karma :

Not going to the Faro rally are you?

scottjames1uk · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 11 Nov 2007 Karma :

No i will just miss the faro rally. Would be good if i could find some other ones though.
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TheDonUK · World Chat Champion Joined: 20 Feb 2006 Karma :

Make sure you take in the Spanish Pyrenese roads just south of the French border, i.e. Stretching from Pamplona - Andorra: N240/N260.

Worth a detour...

EuropeanNC30R... · Gay Hairdresser Joined: 20 Jun 2002 Karma :

4k over a month in Spain sounds alright, good chance to see the places and laze about enjoying the sunshine rather than just ride all the time.

I recommend doing some camping, a lot of inland Spain is covered by mountains, some beautiful remote spots about even for a bit of wild camping. We did that next to a huge river one evening, warm as a bath :-

https://www.motocapers.com/siteimages/photos/spain06/Spain06w%20035.jpg

My pick of the roads would be the ones around Rhonda (in the South, Andalucia). Some of those were incredible.

Radar · Two Stroke Sniffer Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Karma :

I have just come back from riding in souterh Spain and i have posted on here in this section.

The best roads were A397 (Ronda), A366 and N7000 "Road to Heaven"

The Corjita I stayed did B&B accomodation, contact them via

www.biketoursspain.com

Great people (ex pats). If you do contact them, say hello from Radar for me