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 Welcome to Hooked on Spain Holidays and our Cycling Holiday in Andalusia. Our biking vacation in Andalucia takes you from fabulous historic Granada in a south west direction to Ronda. During your cycling holiday you shall cycle through many of the fabulous white villages which make this region of Spain so unique. Our cycling tour the white villages of Andalusia is available as a self led cycle tour. We have graded this cycle tour as a level 2-3 tour as the cycle tour does have some climbs and some section which are on forest tracks and paths.
Granada probably best exemplify Spain’s Moslem heritage at a time when the Arab Empire included substantial portions of Europe and the greater part of the Iberian Peninsula. This occupation of Spain by the Moslems was to last almost eight centuries. . The start of the trip is in beautiful city of Granada with the Arab palace-cum-fortress of La Alhambra and the winding streets of the Albayzín. This tour is an unforgettable journey in space and time, in constant touch with Andalusia’s landscapes and culture, with its diversity and spirit riding in reverse the route once taken by warrior monks of the north African desert along the frontier of the last surviving kingdom of Moorish al-Andalus: the kingdom of Granada.
Setting out from Granada and following a constant southwesterly direction you will ride through various mountainous regions, crossing age-old passes. These are the mountains of Almijara, Antequera, Líbar, Alcornocales, and finally Cabrito. You will finish in the romantic town of Ronda.
Available March to November
Day 1 Arrive Malaga or Granada airports and transfer
The journey from Malaga to Granada takes approximately 2 hours. Depending on your arrival time you will be able to visit this beautiful city with its famous Alhambra (Arab palaces), try some typical “vino & tapas” and wander in the old silk market or the ancient Moorish Albayzin neighbourhood.
Day 2 Granada to Alhama, 37 miles , 60 km
Setting out from Granada, you cycle over smooth hillocks and through small villages to Alhama, once a very important town in the Nasrid Kingdom, now famous for its thermal baths. You can see the original cistern where its hot water, with medicinal properties, has been collected since times gone by. It is built on a Roman foundation and crowned by Moorish arches in the Caliphate style. You can have a bath yourself in “El baño de la Reina” (Queens’ bath)
Day 3 Alhama to Axarquia, 19 - 33 miles ,31-53 km
(Due to limitations in accommodation in this area we may have to adapt the route according to availability). You leave Alhama and cycle to the “Boquete (gap) de Zafarraya”, a strange hole in the otherwise impenetrable mountains. You are now in the Axarquía region, with views of undulating hills and mountains south towards the Mediterranean. Follow a disused railway line in continuous descent to the town of Periana, and from there you continue through the mountains with beautiful views of the villages and biking that await you.
Day 4 Axarquia to Antequera 25-37 miles ,40-53 km
Today you cycle up and down through the Axarquia and its villages. A good climb brings you close to the El Torcal Nature Reserve with its limestone mountains. Then you head down fast to Antequera, approaching this ancient town by its oldest route of access, enjoying beautiful views of its white-washed houses and the Peña de los Enamorados (Lover’s Rock), named after a local legend about the impossible love of a young Christian man and a beautiful Moorish girl, driven to the top of the cliff by the Moorish soldiers. Rather than renounce their love, they chose to hurl themselves into the abyss.
Day 5 Antequera to El Chorro or Ardales, 19- 28 miles , 32 - 45 km
In the morning you have some time to visit Antequera: the castle, the dolmens (megalithic tombs) of Menga, Viera and Romeral, the “Iglesia de Carmen”, etc. Afterwards you cycle over smooth hillocks through Holm oaks and olive groves, passing the Abdalajís Valley and its village, to El Chorro, a beautiful spot next to a lake, surrounded by mountains.
Day 6 El Chorro or Ardales to Ronda, 32 - 40 miles, 60 - 47 km
Today the biking will be a bit more challenging. You start with a beautiful ride through a strange, lunar landscape to the villages of Ardales and El Burgo. Then you have to climb to the Puerto de los Vientos (Mountain pass of the Winds, 1190m), crossing the beautiful Sierra de las Nieves Nature Reserve. A long descent will bring you finally to the lively town of Ronda.
Day 7 Departure
After breakfast your departure from Ronda or maybe stay a few extra nights.
This tour uses mainly quiet country roads with some forest and wide land rover track which are stoney in places. There are climbs on this tour some of which are long
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What is Included
- 6 nights Bed and Breakfast
- 3 star Hotels and Country Inns
- Information Pack
- Routes and Map
- Luggage transfers
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Extras
- Visit to Alhambra Palace £12 per person , must arrive in Granada by 2pm
- Cost before and after tour
- Flights
- Extra nights Granada & Ronda
- Airport transfers on request
- Travel Insurance
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Tariff 2009
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ASWV01
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Single occupancy
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N/A
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Price per person based on two persons sharing double/twin room
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£637
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Rental cycle
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£142
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Extra Nights in Granada per person
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£70 Double £140 single
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Extra Nights in Ronda per person
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£47 double / £94 single
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High Season 3-12/4,17-25/5, 1/7-15/9, 10-12/10
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£45
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Fly Low cost to Malaga www.easyjet.com , flyglobespan.com , Thomsonfly.com , flymonarch.com
How to get there
By Plane
To Malaga / Granada airports where on arrival transfer to Hotel , Go , Easyjet , BA , Iberia , British Midland , Aerlingus , Air Europa are the major airlines flying into Malaga.
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