Granada Geopark to the Tropical Coast

Type of Tour

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Difficulty Level

Duration

6 days

Departure - Destination

Gorafe - Granada

Number of participants

2

Price from

799 €

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Granada Geopark to the Tropical Coast, along the desert to the sea

Within the limits of Gorafe, starts the bike route “Granada Geopark to the Tropical Coast”. It will find Andalusia’s largest Megalithic archaeological site. Then the valley around Guadix will surprise you with its strange, moon-like quality, both enchanting and desolate. This wild, arid landscape known as the “bad lands”, is one of Spain’s most remote areas. The local Guadix environment has left its mark on the way of life of the local population, so as to force them to construct a peculiar type of family and communal dwelling: caves.

Cycling to Granada

Granada Geopark to the Tropical Coast, abandons the moon-like area of Guadix to the winerys of Graena,  also famous for the arab baths. The wines of the area are wellworth to taste.

Up and down from Graena to La Peza, is a rewarding route throught orchards and vineyards. From La Peza, Granada Geopark to the Tropical Coast has to climb to the Blancares Port to an altitud of 1297m. A long downhill along the Aguasblancas river to the Quéntar reservoir with its emerald water. Then the downhill  continues to the Genil River that will accompany you to the center of Granada

From Granada to the Tropical Coast, extra route

From Granada, the route heads to find the so-called Carretera de la Cabra. This old road was the connection from Granada to the Coast in former days, now it is a quiet road with Mediterranean landscape loved by bikers. You’ll pass 2 small villages, Jete and Otivar, with deep ravines and terraced crops,  and so you enter the green valley full of mangoes, avocados and other subtropical fruits, The road brings you finally to Almuñecar.

The price for the extra route includes:

  • transfer with the bike from Granada to the starting point, 1 night with breakfast in 4 star hotel in Almuñecar right in front of the sea, luggage transfer, bike rental and collection of the bike, total pp 198€ (in case of e-bike +20€)

Almuñecar, the capital of the Tropical Coast

The extra stage to the Tropical Coast finishes at Almuñecar, a lively Andalusian town at the beach. Take a dip in  the Mediterranean Sea, eat delicious fresh fish and relax!

Day 1: Arrival in Granada

Day 1: Arrival in Granada

From Malaga or Granada airport, take the local comfortable bus to Granada, where you will stay in a cosy hotel in the city's historic centre. You can wander around the cathedral and the old side market, have a drink and enjoy delicious tapas. Stroll through the UNESCO district of Albayzin and enjoy the amazing views of the Alhambra and Sierra Nevada!

Day 2: Visit the Alhambra & transfer Granada-Gorafe

Day 2: Visit the Alhambra & transfer Granada-Gorafe

Today you have time to visit the beautiful Moorish palaces and stunning gardens of the Alhambra. Around 5pm, you will be transferred to Gorafe, a good hour's drive from Granada. At night, enjoy the starry skies, Gorafe has a very clean and dark sky, and has a Starlight certificate.  You will stay in an authentic cave house, now a comfortable flat, where you can experience the night silence. In Gorafe you will be handed over your rental bike, a comfortable mountain bike or an electric mountain bike if you have chosen one.  

Day 3:  Cycle tour through the desert of Gorafe (28 km, 650 m ↑↓)

Day 3:  Cycle tour through the desert of Gorafe (28 km, 650 m ↑↓)

Today you will make a wonderful round trip (unpaved) through the desert! First you climb from the village to the plateau above and cycle fairly flat across this plateau where even almond trees grow. Soon the landscape changes into a desert and you descend to the ravine Barranco de los Anchurones with beautiful views over the desert. From the ravine, you can clearly see the erratic shapes that erosion has caused. You climb out of the ravine again and pass "Los Coloraos", which has beautiful red colours, especially in the evening sun. At the end of the route, you descend again to the village of Gorafe.  

Day 4:  Gorafe-Guadix, 43-45 km, 420m↑- 270m↓

Day 4:  Gorafe-Guadix, 43-45 km, 420m↑- 270m↓

You cycle along a quiet tarmac road to the spa town of Alicún de las Torres, where you can stop to see the natural wonder of the El Toril acuaduct.  You then cycle on a tarmac road along the river Fardes and can continue on a dirt track to the ancient Ermita de San Torcuato, the patron saint of Guadix. You then cycle via Benalúa to the pretty town of Guadix, where you can see the cave neighbourhood and the impressive cathedral.

Day 5:  Guadix-Granada, 63 km, 950m↑ - 1080m↓

Day 5:  Guadix-Granada, 63 km, 950m↑ – 1080m↓

A long day with quite a few climbs, but also long descents totalling 22 kilometres!  A varied tour, taking you first to the small village of Paulenca and from there to the "Mirador Fin del Mundo".  You cycle along the whimsical shapes of the natural monument "Cárcavas de Márchal" to los Baños and via a picturesque tarmac road with nice views you reach the village of la Peza, where you can have something to eat and drink before the next climb to the pass "Puerto de las Blancares" at 1297 m altitude. A long descent along the Quéntar reservoir eventually brings you to the city of Granada. In the evening you can relax in a Hammam, with a massage for the tired body and dine in the Moorish district of Albayzin....

Day 6: Granada, end of your tour or extra stage to Almuñecar, 52 km, 530m↑ - 1720m↓

Day 6: Granada, end of your tour or extra stage to Almuñecar, 52 km, 530m↑ – 1720m↓

After breakfast,  come back home, or spend an extra night in Granada enjoying the arab baths. If you want to continue to Amuñecar, after breakfast you will be picked up with  your bike and half an hour later you will be cycling along the old Carretera de la Cabra straight through the mountains and the green valley full of mangoes, avocados, and other subtropical fruits to the seaside resort of Almuñecar on the Costa Tropical! Take a dip in Mediterranean Sea, eat delicious fresh fish and relax

Day 7: Almuñecar, end of the trip

Day 7: Almuñecar, end of the trip

From Almuñecar, travel back to Malaga airport by bus (bus arrives at airport at 1pm!).

Accommodation with breakfast

Included

6 days

Transfer to the starting point

Included

Luggage transport

Included

Information on the trip

Included

Bike rental with delivery & collection

Included

4 days

Services not included

E-Bike rental with delivery and collection

Not Included

80€

4 days

Extra stage to Almuñecar in the Tropical Coast

Not Included

198€

1 dia

extra night

Not Included

on request€

Hammam baths

Not Included

on request€

Baths of at least one hour (arab style with hot and cold water). You can add relaxing massage.

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