Included
Hire of 21speed hybrid cycle and equipment
B&B in quality "Posadas" and hotels in rooms with shower/wc
Luggage transport
Tour information including maps and routes.
non cycling tour guide with support vehicle
Transfers to/from Malaga Airport

Excluded
Lunches and Dinners
Cycle helmets

Extras
Single rooms
Extra night(s)

Access: (advice only not include) by air to Malaga airport.

Duration: 7 Nights/8 Days

Start: Saturday 27th Sept 2008

Level 2/3 (note that partial transfers of riders with our support vehicle allow both short and long stages).

Price £690 per person
Single Supplement £90

Early booking discount before 1st March - 5%

Day 1. Arrive RONDA
Transfer from Málaga Airport to Ronda. Explore the town in its spectacular setting, divided by a ravine. Enjoy the typical Andalusian architecture and visit the famous bullring. Collect cycles and briefing.

Day 2. Circular tour from Ronda 29ml(46km)
Explore the Serranía de Ronda with its magnificent scenery dotted with picturesque white villages. Visit the fascinating village of Setenil de las Bodegas, where the inhabitants live in house-caves built to the rock.

Day 3. RONDA - ZAHARA DE LA SIERRA 23/39ml(39/62km)
Head west through the beautiful mountains and the "Parque Natural Sierra de Grazalemaisit" to the village of Grazalema with its mix of Moorish and mountain architecture. From Grazalema, descend to follow the shores of the reservoir of Zahara - El Gastor. The overnight stop, Zahara de la Sierra, is another fine village in a wonderful setting.

Day 4 ZAHARA DE LA SIERRA - ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA 36/44ml(58/70km)
Leaving Zahara, head through the Parque Nacional de Grazalema, famous for its beautiful scenery and unique wildlife. Begin the descent towards Arcos de la Frontera, one of the most famous of the white villages, perched high on a hill and dominated by its castle.

Day 5. ARCOS DE LA FRONTERA - MEDINA SIDONIA 32/50ml(51/80km)
Cycle southwardsfrom Arcos towards the Parque Natural de los Alcornocales, one of the largest cork forests in Europe and on reaching the park, turn south towards the Atlantic coast. Tonight's stop is in the village of Medina Sidonia, an old Arab fortress town perched high above the Cádiz countryside.

Day 6. MEDINA SIDONIA - VEJER DE LA FRONTERA 21/40ml(34/64km)
From Medina Sidonia, head down towards the coast and cross the flat lands of La Janda where fighting bulls may be grazing. At the hilltop village of Vejer de la Frontera there is some leisure time to explore this enchanting village. Its chaotic street plan, and indeed of most of the villages en route, is evidence of the Arab heritage of Spain.

Day 7. VEJER DE LA FRONTERA - ZAHARA DE LOS ATUNES/TARIFA 30ml/56ml(49km/90km)
Pass CapeTrafalgar lighthouse and continue through

Barbate, famous for its peculiar "almadraba" method

of fishing for tuna. At the fishing village of Zahara de los Atunes there is the Palace of the Dukes of Medina Sidonia and from here it is an optional cycle to Tarifa, windsurfers paradise and southernmost point of Western Europe. Transfer to Mijas near Málaga for the last night.

Day 8. Depart MIJAS
Transfer to Malaga airport.

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