Southern Spain Extreme ( Spring Version)
Sunshine 25º Celsius the first Oranges are ready to get harvested, this is the perfect time to get the South Spain extreme Tour get kicked off. We will have thousands of Curves ahead of us... countless "Sierras" and passes · to get conquered and of course diving into the Lifestyel of the Adnalusian flair incl. Tapas, Vinos, Moorish architecture and culture..... so lets get started.... Arrival in Almeria Nothing better than fresh Oranges directly from the tree..... Bikes are ready and waiting to get curved around the Mountains..... Even Lance Armstrong Tour de France Champion 99 was here in Almeria in the Mountains to train for his success. In front of the Hotel The hot springs of the mountain up to 58ºC .... Patio of this little sweet Hotel which was build during the moorish occupancy Ramsey and Susan arrived safely after their Anadlusia Tour which they made before. Here we are the Best Tapa Bar in the Sierra Almahilla
The first day we already will ride 350 km/ 220 mi to get used to the area where wi well pass the Sierra de los Filabres with the highest peak of over 7100ft. Despite the desert part in the south where a lot of "Desperados" movies have been made such as Western with Clint Eastwood, and Bud Specncer & Terence HIll, we will see as well the northern part which is dominated by Almond trees, Olive trees and citrus fruits...what a beautiful start.. Mini Hollywood....
Today we do have a 250km loop around the "Embalses" water reservoirs of Andalusia and Spain. More than 350 of these reservoirs are located in this area, and additional we will ride through the breathtaking Naturepark of Sierra Cazorla and Sierra Segura, Lets get ready to roll...
Today was a very challanging day. Temperature dropped 15ºC from 25º to 10º with a lot of local showers. So we were lucky and could drive almost around all thunderstorms :-)
Tofay was another spectacuar riding. We startet in the Sierra Tejada with about 9ºC and arrived for lunch at the beach with sunny 25ºC . 2,5 hours later we have been up in the Sierra Nevada at an altitude of about 2100 m ( +6000ft) with snow and 2ºC what a difference.....and a Cafe con leche warmed us up again :-) So we had from everything a little bit despite the breathtaking views and another 1000s.... of curves. Whatelse do you want :-)
Already the last day to enjoy and ride the mountains between Almeria and Malaga. Unfortunatly we had some rain during the day however we had a great trip and a super final day......Thank you so much Susan & Ramsey