Southern Spain Extreme (4AN2102)

Day 1  Arrival in Malaga Guided city tour in Malaga with Helen and Allan from Australia/Sambia. The whole group arrived sava and in time in our start hotel near Malaga. Helen and Allan explored the city of Malaga,  Castles, Cathedral,  Picasso and Tapas. The welcome briefing made everybody exited about the tour start tomorrow.      Day 2  Malaga -  Alcaucin  220 km Great first day with twisties, a scenic ride through a Spanish village and perfect lunch at the beach.  Our nice chaotic dinner. A lovely evenning! Day 3 - Alcaucin - La Calahora  290 km Freezing cold in the Morning, But it warmed up and we had a great intense riding day.  Tonight we are ready for bed. So many corners! Super Hotel and good dinner. Relaxing first coffee stop :-) Day 4  Calahora - Pecina 310 km A perfect day in motorcycle paradise. Many passes, countles curves and the best group you can imagine. The bootbeer at the terrace overlooking the Mediterranean was a great ending. Aigars! :-) Our group on top of the pass, Paso de la Ragua Tetica pass...only one of the highlights today. Spain HAS roads! Wow! Jeff, Keith and Dan Phil looking down the cliff Aigars from Latvia enhaling the views Our arrival in La Calahorra Our lunch stop today...yummy! Classic Paella...a must:-) Los Pueblos Blancos...Welcome to Andalucia! Day 5 Pechina - Arroyo Frio Today we cross over the endless Sierras of Andulcia, mountains, mountains in different shapes and deserts...almond and olive tree plantations, embalses and guess what: mountains! :-) The real :-) Hollywood in the middle of the desert! Well, Clint Eastwood, Charles Bronson, Sergio Leone...they were all here! Helmut at our lunch stop Castril and the embalse...compared to 2 years ago 20m less water El Puerto del Tiscar... Dan and... Keith Jeff and... ..the BMW crew! Arrival in our Hotel in Arroyo Frio. What a beautiful day! Day 6 Arroyo Frio "Rest Day" 240 km Of course this group did not really rest today. We went for a loop around Arroyo Frio. Challenging goat trails and nice sweepers, excellent lunch. On top we had a closer look at one of the castles. Not much rest, but lots of experiences. Day 7  Arroyo Frio  - Montorro  320 km A long day for everybody, but we enjoyed it. The ride on a lonesome backcountry road through a national park and the at the end we had a really twisty road. The dinner in our hotel,  an old oliveoil mill, was outstanding.  Day 8  Montorro  - Malaga  330 km Unfortunately our last riding day, but some nice roads back to Malaga. The Highlight was the last part, incredibly twisty. All riders made it safe back to the hotel. Well done laydies and gentleman! See you on an other Edelweiss trip. Our arrival back in Malaga!