Month: May 2023

Monday, May 29th 2023. Ardales to Alora Today began with…another uphill! This one was over after three kilometres or so after dropping down into the valley highway junction upon leaving the town of Ardales. We did a little map verification at the crossroads and reconfirmed our route that would take us towards Ardales Lake. This… Continue reading Day 14

Sunday, May 28th 2023. Setenil de las Bodegas to Ardales. We’ve awoke from our cave at 7:00 am after a very restful sleep in complete silence. It was kind of cave like really, imagine that, especially since we occupied the back bedroom of the cave away from the narrow front road that had traffic until… Continue reading Day 13

Saturday, May 27th 2023 Setenil de las Bodegas Our day starts off with Churros and Cafe con leche looking over the ravine thats etched into the stark landscape of the Setenil de las Bodegas townsite itself. This region has been the stronghold of mankind for thousands of years. It’s provided and protected it inhabitants for… Continue reading Day 12

Friday, May 26th 2023. Móron de la Frontera to Olvera, to Setenil de las Bodegas. We set out early again after stopping in a cafe to have a morning coffee. It’s 9:00 am and the morning rush hour traffic (15 minutes of rush) is now over. After another 15 minutes of navigating to our first… Continue reading Day 11

Thursday, May 25th 2023. Seville to Utrera, El Coronil, and Morón de la Frontera. Back in the saddle this morning as of 8:30 am and gliding through the Via Verdes of Seville as parents deliver the little people to school by electric scooter, bicycle, walking and cars. The order of kids being dropped off went… Continue reading Day 10

Wednesday, May 24th 2023. Seville – Day 2 of 2. Today began with a relaxing morning and a bit of a sleep in as we planned the next few days of our bike trip. We backwards engineered our distances towards our destination of Malaga from Seville based on hills, distance between towns and a little… Continue reading Day 9

Tuesday, May 23rd 2023. Seville – Day 1 of 2. We woke up in our tiny casa in Seville to the sound of light rain. A perfect morning to get out to explore the city by bicycle. We found our first Via Verde parallel to the river that took us along the river towards the… Continue reading Day 8

Monday, May 22nd 2023. Cordoba to Seville. The alarm clock rings at 6:00 am and we pack up and ride the bikes to the station and get through security with the bags and bikes only to be told we weren’t allowed to go on the high speed train with our bikes and had to cancel… Continue reading Day 7

Sunday, May 21st 2023. Cordoba – Day 2 of 2. This is our last day in Cordoba and we’re heading to Seville first thing in the morning. We thought it would be prudent to buy our tickets today since it might become a bit of an ordeal to leave it until the travel day. After… Continue reading Day 6

Saturday, May 20th 2023. Cordoba – Day 1 of 2. Our first full day in Cordoba began with a traditional breakfast of toast and tomato relish, coffee, and a fried scrambled egg just outside the fortress wall as a group of 8 affluent Harley Davidson motorcyclist drove by escorted by the Spanish Police. This group… Continue reading Day 5