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This is a 45km ride around some of the best bits of Sierra Cabo de Gata. From the start at Los Albaricoques the route goes NE to the Ermita de las Frailes the one time home of the poet Garcia Lorca and the site of scenes in 'The Good, The Bad and The Ugly'. Then the mines at Rodalquilar and a 5-mil…

Starting from Turre, the climb is about 11km once you turn off the main road.  There is a spring just above the village of Carrasca for a welcome water stop - especially in the summer.  At the summit you leave the road and there is over an hour of more or less all downhill to the coast at Playa Mac…

Starting at Vera, the route heads out towards Los Gallardos and at Perulaca it joins the route of the old silvermines train route which used to transport silver ore from the mines above Bedar down to the sea at Garrucha.  There is a broken bridge which you have to go around.  On the approach to Ser…

Starting from Palomares you head north across the rambla and around the back of Las Herrerias to the old mining area of El Artea. There is a short technical climb before heading down to Los Lobos. Up the main road and at the summit take the ditch to the right. There is then 5km of varied downhill t…