Los Alcornocales Cycling Tour Southern Spain Spain This cycling holiday lets you discover Los Alcornocales and Estrecho Natural Parks. Cycling on different routes everyday, you will be astonished by the variety of terrain and beautiful landscape of this region. Cross beautiful cork oak forests, and enjoy extensive views over the Mediterranean Sea. Biking Tour Meeting: Los Barrios Airport: Malaga Airport Transfer: Riders: Min 2 riders Trip Brochure (PDF) Trip Rating

Packages and Options

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Rates Note:

Shorter or longer trips can be arranged - please inquire

Transfer and Other Charges:

Because this is a self-guided trip, participants are expected to arrive independently to their accommodation in Los Barrios.

Sample Itinerary - subject to changes

Day 1: Arrival
Arrival at Hotel Montera (Los Barrios) and meet with a local guide who will give you a presentation of the program and fit your bike.
Meals included: Dinner
Overnight in Los Barrios

Day 2: Los Alcornocales
This gorgeous trail goes through the mountain, parallel to the ravine that gives it a fresh touch and a spectacular natural soundtrack. This route will allow you to meet the vegetation of this park, including the famous canutos. Those are a
special and unique kind of forests only seen here. These ones ares filled with rhododendron (known locally as “ojaranzo”) and little hazels. It also allows us to feast our eyes in the exhuberant gall oaks, alders, and ferns that will freshen up your trip on this easy, circular, and flat route.
After the ride, enjoy lunch in Venta “El Frenazo”.
Option A (short): Medium/high difficulty / 50 km
Option B (long): Medium/high difficulty / 64 km
Meals included: Breakfast & Lunch
Overnight in Los Barrios

Day 3: Natural Park & Costa de La Luz
Today's route goes through the roads that were made by the Republican prisoners between 1931 and 1942. The route offers a splendid view where you’ll be able to witness the great contrast between the cattle fields and the leafy cork forests, as well as the bushy masses of gall in the wettest lands.
You then continue pedaling to the coastline of Cadiz with its beaches.
Cycling 53 km (medium difficulty)
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight in Conil de la Frontera

Day 4: Tarifa beaches
You cycle through one of the most pristine and exclusive places of the Costa de la Luz.
Cycling 59 km (medium difficulty)
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight in Tarifa

Day 5: Southern Spain
This could be considered the southernmost route of the Iberian Peninsula. It runs parallel to the coast through an old livestock route. The whole route constitutes a splendid natural viewpoint to the Strait, Morocco, and the colony of Gibraltar, with the pillar of Hercules and the Djebel Musa, forever standing at the other side.
Cycling 27 km (medium/high difficulty)
Accumulated elevation gain 440 m
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight in Cadiz

Day 6: Las Corzas
This route goes through El Estrecho Natural Park, with breath-taking views and clean tracks through an exquisite laurel forest full of corks, gall oaks, hornbeams and many other species. You will enjoy views over Algeciras Bay and the Rock of Gibraltar before starting a steep climb until to La Higuera port. Then, ride downhill to an open space with stellar views.
Cycling 44 km (high difficulty)
Accumulated elevation gain 840 m
Meals included: Breakfast
Overnight in Algeciras

Day 7: Departure
End of the tour after breakfast.
Meals included: Breakfast

                                                    Los Barrios area

Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average High Temperature (°F)	61	62	65	68	72	78	83	83	79	73	66	63
Average Low Temperature (°F)	51	52	54	56	60	65	68	69	67	62	57	53
Average High Temperature (°C)	16	17	18	20	22	26	28	28	26	23	19	17
Average Low Temperature (°C)	11	11	12	13	16	18	20	21	20	17	14	12
Average Precipitation (days of rain)	6	7	5	5	2	0	0	0	1	5	6	7

Source: NOAA


Seasons
Andalusia benefits from a Mediterranean climate with mild winters and warm summers.
Rainfalls are not common in this region as the sun shines on average 300 days a year. Most of the rain falls during the winter months, but it very rarely rains for a long time.

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Accommodations
This is a point to point holiday so overnights are spent in different locations.

Description
You will be sleeping in various small hotels along the way.

Accommodation Itinerary - subject to changes based on availability
Night 1 & 2: Hotel Montera in Los Barrios
Night 3: Hotel Almadraba in Conil de la Frontera
Night 4: Hotel Margarita in Tarifa
Night 5: Hotel Meson Sancho in Cadiz
Night 6: Hotel Mercure in Algeciras 

Hotel Montera in Los Barrios 
This small hotel offers 64 spacious bedrooms, decorated with style and all equipped with air conditioning, a TV, free Wi-Fi access, private facilities and a balcony. The hotel has a garden and a terrace with an outdoor swimming pool. It is possible to do your laundry for an extra fee.

Hotel Almadraba in Conil de la Frontera
This charming hotel has 17 cosy bedrooms. Each room is equipped with heating/air conditioning, a phone, a safe, and a private bathroom.

Hotel Margarita in Tarifa
This modern accommodation offers 22 bedrooms featuring private facilities, a TV, air conditioning/heating and free Wi-Fi internet.

Hotel Meson Sancho in Cadiz
This rural hotel has 40 guestrooms furnished with a TV, phone, full bathroom, free Wi-Fi connexion and heating. Guests are welcome to relax in the garden or go for a swim in the outdoor pool.

Hotel Mercure in Algeciras 


Meals
All breakfasts are included as well as 2 dinners and 1 lunch.

Meals feature typical regional cuisine: paellas, stews, local vegetables…

Special diets and dietary restrictions:
We can cater to special diets with prior notice.
 

This trip can accommodate special dietary requests.

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Pace:
Level:		(3.5 out of 5)    Strong Intermediate
Riders:		Min 2 riders

Passports

Passport valid for at least three months beyond length of stay required by all nationals referred to in the chart except:

(a) 1. EU nationals holding a valid national ID card.

Note: EU nationals are only required to produce evidence of their EU nationality and identity in order to be admitted to any EU Member State. This evidence can take the form of a valid national passport or national identity card. Either is acceptable. Passports held by EU nationals need only be valid upon entry to and exit from Spain. Possession of a return ticket, any length of validity on their document, sufficient funds for the length of their proposed visit should not be imposed.

Passport Note

Spain is a signatory to the 1995 Schengen Agreement.



Visas

Not required by nationals of EU countries regardless of purpose and/or length of stay; 2. not required by nationals of other countries referred to in the chart above for stays of up to 90 days.

Visa Note

Nationals not referred to in the chart above are advised to contact the embassy to check visa requirements 

 

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