Jaén to Úbeda to Granada to Mojacar

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The rain has stopped and it has warmed up to 16 degrees. Our plan today is to make it to sleep in the UNESCO city of Úbeda. It is only 57 km directly, but of course we managed to make it into a loop of 160 km and got us to our 3 pm check in at a boutique hotel for 65 Canadian a night in a 14 th century building.… Read the rest

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Tarifa to Estepona to Ronda to Jaén

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It’s only an hour east and 73 km from Tarifa to Estepona, but we managed to again make a day of it by going the long way. This means riding west and we initially took a small road north, but after 40 km it was blocked with a gate with only access to residents.… Read the rest

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Sevilla to Cadiz to Tarifa

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With a late start and some curvy roads we took until almost 6 pm to get the 260 km on our planned route south to Cádiz. This includes one of the most famous motorbike roads in the region thru the Grazelema National Park.… Read the rest

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Esperança to Sevilla

 

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We have another blue bird day on our hands for a 416 km trip south east to Sevilla España. We had a few more castles to visit today, but if you stopped at all the hill top towns with castles the trip would take days.… Read the rest

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Lisboa to Coimbra to Esperança

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It was a rainy morning so we decided to wait it out and took a ride on the famous 28 tram around the castle hill.

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The traffic was not too bad initially but after 45 min we bailed and hit the toll road for 35 km.… Read the rest

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Vila Nova to Lisboa

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We woke to another stellar day with only just over 200 km to go. We made a stop at the view point in the town and then made for the Galp for gas and breakfast! Not much for scenery on the ride today.… Read the rest

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Riding with an Angel: Quarteira to Vila Nova

 

IMG_5076 We have planned to meet up today with our friend Trevor Angel who lives here in Portugal. We first met him in Guatemala in 2012. He has a mountain ride planned for us with a traditional Portuguese lunch. We headed out from Quarteira at 930 and met Trevor 15 min away in Loulé.Trevor… Read the rest

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Peso to Matagosa to Evora to Quarteira

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We have another fantastic sunny day on our hands and 285 km of mostly curvy roads. Much of the day will be trying to keep to the Portuguese National route 2. We interspersed this with a few stretches of 20 or so km on the highway to make some miles.… Read the rest

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Porto to Peso da Régua

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We decided we needed to return to the Douro valley now that the weather is sunny and the group is all back together. We headed out of our digs near Porto and spent the day curving our way on the small road and mostly along the river.… Read the rest

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Porto

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We started our day out well with a nice breakfast in our apartment prepared by the Swede. It was an easy and inexpensive Uber ride into the city Center. We got dropped off at the Sao Bento train station with its iconic lobby and tracks.… Read the rest

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